"The beginning of the end can feel a lot like the middle when you are living in it."
"I had been eagerly waiting just such a disaster. Storms, wolves, snakebite, floods-these are the occasions to find out how your father sees you, how strong and necessary he thinks you are."
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Source: The Exchange: Karen Russell on 'Swamplandia!' by Rachel Hurn, www.newyorker.com. February 15, 2011.
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