Karen Lord Quotes & Sayings

I think if a story has a message it should be incidental and accidental, otherwise it leans too close to indoctrination. — Karen Lord

You create a team by binding each to each, acting as glue, not as god. — Karen Lord

I've always thought academics should get a little slurry on their boots from time to time. — Karen Lord

Knowledge can create unlimited credit whereas credit can only buy limited knowledge. — Karen Lord

Everything teaches, everyone preaches, all have a gospel to sell! Better the one who is honest and open in declaring an agenda than the one who fools you into believing they are only spinning a pretty fancy for beauty's sake. — Karen Lord

In the beginning, God created human beings, which is to say God put the ingredients together, embedded the instructions for building on the template, and put it all into four separate eggs marked 'Some Assembly Required. — Karen Lord

I am experiencing a measure of excitement combined with increasing pleasure, which is perhaps manifesting as an expression of amusement."
It was the first time he had ever used the scales to describe his emotions. "I love it when you talk dirty," I whispered ... — Karen Lord

However, one can be telepathically connected to one with whom it is difficult to live peaceably. The ability to know another's mind does not preclude the likelihood of misunderstanding it. — Karen Lord

He smiled at his glass. It seemed to be in on the joke. It fed daring and plausibility to the tiny flame of rebellion growing in his heart. Rahid — Karen Lord

Knowledge is power, I said at last. "Let's do it. — Karen Lord

All my tales are true, drawn from life, and a life story is not a tidy thing. — Karen Lord

Remember your ancestors, dream of your descendants and work hard while you're living. — Karen Lord

For some in my audience, a tale is like a riddle, to be solved at the end. To them I sail the best tales leave some riddles unanswered and some mysteries hidden. Get used to it. For others the tale is a way of living vicariously, enjoying the adventures of others without having to go one step beyond their sphere of comfort. To them I say, what's stopping you from getting on a ship and sailing halfway around the world? Tales are meant to be an inspiration, not a substitute. — Karen Lord

This is my universe, my time, my world. There is no going back to what was. There is only the future. — Karen Lord

I find that sometimes if you just sit still, things have a way of finding you before you can find them. — Karen Lord

A little story is supported by a lot of untold backstory. What they get is more than what they see. — Karen Lord

Judging other humans and finding them wanting is what the Sadiri do. — Karen Lord

Let me tell you, there's no long-distance relationship like an interstellar one. — Karen Lord

You must never tell people their own stories. They have no interest in them, or they think they can tell them better themselves. Give them a stranger's life, and then they're content. — Karen Lord

Names are very important for humans, aren't they? How do I translate for you the name of this town as it seems to me, the true name that tells of its history and people and lands and weather and ... everything? — Karen Lord

She had imagined her mind would be bare before his, naked under a scorching desert sun, with neither shelter nor refuge. Instead, it was like playing hide-and-seek in the light and shadow of a forest, discovering and inventing a new language of double meaning, subtlety, poetry, and image. As a linguist, she was captivated; as a lover, she was enraptured. Nothing could be said the same way twice. — Karen Lord

A retreat will teach you again and again that you are neither indispensable nor self-sufficient. — Karen Lord

Beautiful women like Neila are not interested in competitors. Without a doubt she would prefer a man with the means to display her beauty to its best advantage over a man whose beauty rivalled hers. — Karen Lord

I was still excited. Big or small, elephants are elephants, after all. Just before we mounted, when I was sure no one could see me, I quickly kissed the shoulder of my beast and murmured, 'Hey, sweetie.'
'Hey, darlin'. That was Tonio, appearing suddenly by my shoulder. He gave me a laughing look that suggested he was either amused by or attracted to women who kiss elephants for no good reason. — Karen Lord

This was not an Indiana Jones classic holovid; it was real life. — Karen Lord

Ever wonder if you've done the right thing?" I asked him finally.
"Frequently," he replied. "Legalities notwithstanding, to not wonder indicates a dangerous lack of awareness of the near-infinite array of choices presented by life. More tea? — Karen Lord

Do I have any recommendations for a Sadiri boys' night out?" I shrugged, smiled, and allowed myself a laugh. "I can come up with something."
I did, too. The Ministry of Culture has all kinds of programmes, and I got someone to put together a package that even the Sadiri might enjoy. But people, this is Cygnus Beta. Yes, we have a few large cities and several towns
we're not all country bumpkins, vagabonds and adventurers
but there are few professional artists and actors, few galactic-standard museums and theatres. We simply can't afford them. — Karen Lord

There are other, civilised ways of dealing with the matter," Dllenahkh insisted.
Darithiven looked at him with pity. "Then, by your definition, this cannot be civilisation. — Karen Lord