4 Quotes & Sayings By Kristin Hersh

Kristin Hersh is the author of the short stories collection "The Bear Went Over the Mountain" and the novel "Beautiful Children." She has received acclaim for her fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Her work has appeared in Harper's, The New Yorker, Allure, The Paris Review, and many other publications.

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Now I know I’ll never be numb again. A mother is condemned to feel everything forever. And I’m finally afraid, condemned to fear everything forever. But that makes sense: feel someone else’s pain, feel someone else’s everything. And he’s my baby, so everything’s okay. Kristin Hersh
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You started with a broken heart and blamed everyone you met after that for breaking it. Kristin Hersh
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I've always chosen my band members based on their sense of humor. It might sound stupid, but it means not only are they fun to live with on a tour bus for years, but humor implies intelligence. Kristin Hersh