For an instant she felt his touch on her cheek then he stepped back. There that was my ration for all eternity. People have died for less I dare say.
Eva IbbotsonLoneliness had taught Harriet that there was always someone who understood - it was just so often that they were dead, and in a book.
Eva IbbotsonShe took a deep breath, inhaling the night air scented with hay, honeysuckle and the rich waters of the lake, listened to the music and laughter coming from the theatre, tilted her head to the the stars. She had never seen them so brilliant and clear. Cassiopeia, Orion, the great girdle of the Milky Way-and her own birth sign, Gemini. With such staggering beauty in the world, how could anyone not rejoice?
It seemed however, that 'anyone' could. For at once came the age-old cry of lovers since time began. 'What are the stars if i am not gazing at them with him? What is beauty except something we share?
When you're sad, my Little Star, go out of doors. It's always better underneath the open sky.
Eva IbbotsonAnyone who has an egg to watch over has a stake in the future, and the future--they were sure of it--was going to be good.
Eva IbbotsonOne must not judge other cultures by the standars of one's one,' said Aunt Hilda
Eva IbbotsonStichwörter: philosophy-of-life
Please, God,' Ruth would pray, 'don't let me be competitive. Let me realize what a privilege it is to study. Let me remember that knowledge must be pursued for its own sake and please, please stop me wanting to beat Verena Plackett in the exams.'
She prayed hard and she meant what she said. But God was busy that autumn as the International Brigade came back, defeated, from Spain, Hitler's bestialities increased, and sparrows everywhere continued to fall.
Stichwörter: philosophical humor-inspirational
You cannot stop the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can stop them nesting in your hair.
Eva IbbotsonStichwörter: inspirational sorrow mourning
I want to live like music sounds."- Ruth
Eva IbbotsonHow dare you suppose that I don't know who you are or what you are? That I don't understand what I see? Do you take me for some kind of besotted schoolboy? It is unspeakable! You could weigh as much as a hippopotamus and shave your head and wear a wig and it wouldn't make a difference to me. I never said you were beautiful. I never thought it. I said that you were you.
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