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The way I see it, hard times aren't only about money, or drought, or dust. Hard times are about losing spirit, and hope, and what happens when dreams dry up.Karen Hesse
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I turn my back on him as he goes, and settle myself in the parlor, and touch Ma's piano. My fingers leave sighsin the dust.Karen Hesse
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When I rode the train west, I went looking for something, but I didn't see anything wonderful. I didn't see anything better than what I already had. Home.Karen Hesse
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...the morning with the whole day waiting, full of promise, the nightof quiet, of no expectations, of rest. And the certainty of home, the one I live in, and the onethat lives in me.Karen Hesse