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Eowyn Ivey quotes: He goes not in search of obstacles, only the paths around them. Anything seems possible.

He goes not in search of obstacles, only the paths around them. Anything seems possible.

Eowyn Ivey quotes: She stared that color, trying to imagine a father who could name his child for such beauty and then abandon her.

She stared that color, trying to imagine a father who could name his child for such beauty and then abandon her.

Eowyn Ivey quotes: No. Sometimes these things happen. Life doesn't go the way we plan or hope, but we don't have to be so angry, do we?" He

No. Sometimes these things happen. Life doesn't go the way we plan or hope, but we don't have to be so angry, do we?" He

Eowyn Ivey quotes: All those sounds of her failure and regret would be left behind, and in their place there would be silence.

All those sounds of her failure and regret would be left behind, and in their place there would be silence.

Eowyn Ivey quotes: If she couldn't convince anyone else, how could she go on believing?

If she couldn't convince anyone else, how could she go on believing?

Eowyn Ivey quotes: remembered but not quite. I only hope by some

remembered but not quite. I only hope by some

Eowyn Ivey quotes: Carry me on and on to the edge of the earth, with children's laughter like a wind - full sail, then carry me beyond

Carry me on and on to the edge of the earth, with children's laughter like a wind - full sail, then carry me beyond

Eowyn Ivey quotes: Then he returned to Mabel and put his mouth to her ear. I'd never let anything happen to you. You know that, don't you?

Then he returned to Mabel and put his mouth to her ear. I'd never let anything happen to you. You know that, don't you?

Eowyn Ivey quotes: Now he sat laughing with strangers, when he hadn't smiled at her in years.

Now he sat laughing with strangers, when he hadn't smiled at her in years.

Eowyn Ivey quotes: A boy trying out a man's language.

A boy trying out a man's language.

Eowyn Ivey quotes: The December days had a certain luminosity and sparkle, like frost on bare branches, alight in the morning just before it melts. Mabel

The December days had a certain luminosity and sparkle, like frost on bare branches, alight in the morning just before it melts. Mabel

Eowyn Ivey quotes: There is hope in our wanting to be something better, even if we never manage it. Maybe that is what I can hold to. The wanting.

There is hope in our wanting to be something better, even if we never manage it. Maybe that is what I can hold to. The wanting.

Eowyn Ivey quotes: I'll tell you one thing about history - we leave a lot of carnage in our wake.

I'll tell you one thing about history - we leave a lot of carnage in our wake.

Eowyn Ivey quotes: She slid her boot soles onto the surface and nearly laughed at her own absurdity - to be careful not to slip even as she prayed to fall through.

She slid her boot soles onto the surface and nearly laughed at her own absurdity - to be careful not to slip even as she prayed to fall through.

Eowyn Ivey quotes: We are allowed to do that, are we not Mabel? To invent our own endings and choose joy over sorrow?

We are allowed to do that, are we not Mabel? To invent our own endings and choose joy over sorrow?

Eowyn Ivey quotes: Like a rainbow trout in a stream, the girl sometimes flashed her true self to him.

Like a rainbow trout in a stream, the girl sometimes flashed her true self to him.

Eowyn Ivey quotes: Doubt crouched over his shoulder, ready to take him by the throat, whispering in his ear, You are an old man. An old, old man.

Doubt crouched over his shoulder, ready to take him by the throat, whispering in his ear, You are an old man. An old, old man.

Eowyn Ivey quotes: You start seeing things that you're afraid of ... or things you've always wished for.

You start seeing things that you're afraid of ... or things you've always wished for.

Eowyn Ivey quotes: He stood there a moment, listened to the creek, and let the mountain air blow against his face. Even with all this heartache, it was beautiful here.

He stood there a moment, listened to the creek, and let the mountain air blow against his face. Even with all this heartache, it was beautiful here.

Eowyn Ivey quotes: She knew the snow and it carried her gently ... She knew the land by heart.

She knew the snow and it carried her gently ... She knew the land by heart.

Eowyn Ivey quotes: She seemed to him both powerful and delicate, like a wild thing that thrives in its place but withers when stolen away.

She seemed to him both powerful and delicate, like a wild thing that thrives in its place but withers when stolen away.

Eowyn Ivey quotes: She might be curt and ungrateful, but by God she could bake.

She might be curt and ungrateful, but by God she could bake.

Eowyn Ivey quotes: She watched Mabel mix bread dough, and it was as if a songbird had landed on a bedroom windowsill.

She watched Mabel mix bread dough, and it was as if a songbird had landed on a bedroom windowsill.

Eowyn Ivey quotes: The leaden sky seemed to hold its breath.

The leaden sky seemed to hold its breath.

Eowyn Ivey quotes: Why was it always the woman's fate to pace and fret and wait?

Why was it always the woman's fate to pace and fret and wait?

Eowyn Ivey quotes: She wanted to look presentable, but not like an overdressed outsider.

She wanted to look presentable, but not like an overdressed outsider.

Eowyn Ivey quotes: The child's arms around her, hugging her as a daughter hugs her mother. Joyfully. Spontaneously. The most beautiful of all. The most beautiful of all.

The child's arms around her, hugging her as a daughter hugs her mother. Joyfully. Spontaneously. The most beautiful of all. The most beautiful of all.

Eowyn Ivey quotes: I guess maybe I don't want to be warm and safe. I want to live.

I guess maybe I don't want to be warm and safe. I want to live.

Eowyn Ivey quotes: When she first fell in love with Jack, she dreamed she could fly ...

When she first fell in love with Jack, she dreamed she could fly ...

Eowyn Ivey quotes: You'll drive yourself crazy looking for something that's not there.

You'll drive yourself crazy looking for something that's not there.

Eowyn Ivey quotes: He expected to drown before she reached it.

He expected to drown before she reached it.

Eowyn Ivey quotes: ...this rubbed like a small pebble in a boot. At first it seems like nothing but a nuisance, but eventually it hobbles you.p 317

...this rubbed like a small pebble in a boot. At first it seems like nothing but a nuisance, but eventually it hobbles you.
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Eowyn Ivey quotes: I have only ever been truly frightened of boredom and loneliness," she says. It

I have only ever been truly frightened of boredom and loneliness," she says. It

Eowyn Ivey quotes: He put one foot in front of the other and walked without seeing or feeling.

He put one foot in front of the other and walked without seeing or feeling.

Eowyn Ivey quotes: It was as if she had reached into her own pocket and discovered a small pebble, as hard as a diamond, that she had forgotten belonged to her.

It was as if she had reached into her own pocket and discovered a small pebble, as hard as a diamond, that she had forgotten belonged to her.

Eowyn Ivey quotes: She and Jack had formed her of snow and birch boughs and frosty wild grass.

She and Jack had formed her of snow and birch boughs and frosty wild grass.