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Christina Baker Kline

Christina Baker Kline

American Novelist

Born: 1964

Book Few Life Mother Will You

Related authors: Elie Wiesel Ernest Hemingway H. P. Lovecraft James Baldwin John Updike Leo Rosten Nathaniel Hawthorne Richard Bach

The twists and turns of your life can be so unexpected, and that's a good thing to learn. Christina Baker Kline

Life Good Good Thing Learn Unexpected Turns Your Thing Twists

Most people are remarkably resilient. Even those who have been through war or great loss often find reservoirs of strength. But the legacy of trauma is a heavy burden to bear. Christina Baker Kline

The most surprising thing, honestly, is that so few Americans know about the orphan trains. I was also surprised at the resilience and fortitude of the riders I met, their pragmatism and grace. I don't know whether this is a Midwestern trait or simply a human one. Christina Baker Kline

Grace Met Few Honestly About Simply Know Most Also Pragmatism Surprised Surprising Surprising Thing Trains Trait American Human Whether Midwestern Fortitude Riders Orphan Thing Resilience

For a few years, skeins of yarn piled up in baskets around the house. There weren't enough humans in my mother's orbit to wear all the scarves and sweaters and hats she knitted. And then, as suddenly as she started, she lost interest, leaving needles still entwined in half-finished fragments. Christina Baker Kline

Mother Lost Few Enough Fragments Wear Hats Entwined House She Around Piled Yarn Still Leaving Were Years Up Orbit Interest Sweaters Then Suddenly Humans Started Needles

I don't think that trauma is an illusion; there is no question in my mind that circumstances beyond our control can shape and define us. But ultimately, we make choices about letting ourselves be defined by our pasts. Christina Baker Kline

Many people, for many reasons, feel rootless - but orphans and abandoned or abused children have particular cause. Christina Baker Kline

People Cause Abandoned Feel Abuse Particular Children Reasons Many Orphans

I was stunned to learn that more than 200,000 abandoned, neglected, or orphaned children had been sent from the East Coast to the Midwest on trains between 1854 and 1929. Christina Baker Kline

Neglected East Abandoned East Coast More Had Between Stunned Learn Been Than Trains Children Midwest Sent Coast Orphaned

I will not serve lunch to anyone in the middle of a workday. I rarely rearrange my furniture or cabinets; once I find a drawer for something, it stays there. I don't garden. And I don't knit. Christina Baker Kline

Garden Will Lunch Once Furniture Drawer Find Rarely Stays Something Knit Middle Anyone Rearrange Serve

My mother was a passionate, complicated, sometimes fierce woman. Christina Baker Kline

Woman Complicated Sometimes Mother Passionate Fierce

I don't believe in karma. Christina Baker Kline

Karma Believe

When you can type a few words into a search engine and land on your topic - or when you can scan a Shakespeare play for specific words or symbols - what opportunities might you miss to expand your thinking in unexpected ways? Christina Baker Kline

Having the book-club army embrace you is a gift that keeps giving for years. Christina Baker Kline

You Army Gift Giving Embrace Having Years Keeps

Words are both my vocation and my avocation - reading, writing, editing, teaching. Christina Baker Kline

Writing Editing Words Reading Vocation Both Teaching

I like meeting and connecting with readers. Christina Baker Kline

Meeting Like Readers Connecting

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