Charlotte Cushman Quotes

“Goethe said there would be little left of him if you were to discard what he owed to others.”

“Goethe said there would be little left of him if he were to discard what he owed to others.”

“To try to be better is to be better.”

“As I explore the wilderness of my own body, I see that I am made of blood and bones, sunlight and water, pesticide residues and redwood humus, the fears and dreams of generations of ancestors, particles of exploded stars.”

“Love brightens and purifies the heart.”

“I am near fourteen and have never yet seen a hanging. My life is barren.”

“. . . . I cannot escape my life but can only use my determination and courage to make it the best I can.”

“It's important to know what you think, my dear, or else you will be so hemmed in by other people's ideas and opinions, you won't have room for your own.”

“or dead is coincidental. Copyright 2010 by Karen Fraunfelder Cantwell Chapter”

“When you're reaching the end of the semester and you just wanna die. Coffin Making 101 is literally killing me.-Karen Quan and Jarod Kintz”