I think fondly of the rabbit holes I disappeared down when I researched papers for history and English because I couldn’t find quite what I was looking for, or because I had to go through so much material to find examples for my thesis. Christina Baker Kline Read Quote
My mother was one of the most dynamic and brilliant women I have ever known. She was also mercurial and unfocused. Christina Baker Kline Read Quote
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 Read Quote
When I start a new novel and find myself diverted by domestic activities, many of which I genuinely enjoy, I panic that I will never write another word. Christina Baker Kline Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Radiation is relentless: my protocol is five days a week, 33 sessions altogether. Christina Baker Kline Read Quote
Without even thinking about it, my son uses technology in almost everything he does, large and small. Christina Baker Kline Read Quote
There’s no question that my son is better prepared for college than I was. He manages his time better, is more efficient and more directed, and spends less time in lines and more time doing exactly what he sets out to do. Christina Baker Kline Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Book clubs, both online and in person, have become a large percentage of the reading public, and many of them won’t consider reading books in hardcover. Christina Baker Kline Read Quote
