All the way up the river she's been holding back somehow, waiting. Now you'll both have to wait. I'm not going to disappoint her, Kit. When I take you on board the Witch, it's going to be for keeps.

Elizabeth George Speare


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There was something irresistible about popcorn.

Elizabeth George Speare


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There is no escape if love is not there," Hannah had said. Had Hannah known when she herself had not even suspected? It was not escape that she had dreamed about, it was love.

Elizabeth George Speare


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How right- how incredibly, utterly right- and how impossible!

Elizabeth George Speare


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Who would guess," he teased, "that I'd ever see you on a rooftop with straw in your hair?"

Kit giggled. "Are you saying I've turned into a crow?"

"Not exactly." His eyes were intensely blue with merriment. "I can still see the green feathers if I look hard enough. But they've done their best to make you into a sparrow, haven't they?

Elizabeth George Speare

Tags: individuality friendship spirit



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What a pity every child couldn't learn to read under a willow tree...

Elizabeth George Speare


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Tis a strange thing, that the only friends I have I found in the same way, lying flat in the meadows, crying as if their hearts would break.

Elizabeth George Speare


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She rolled over and stretched, blinking up at the blue sky. The tips of the long grasses swished gently in the breeze. The hot sun pressed down on her so that she felt hot and empty. Slowly, the meadow began to fulfill its promise.

Elizabeth George Speare


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From that first moment, in a way she could never explain, the Meadows claimed her and made her their own.

Elizabeth George Speare


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I have no word of yours to assure me that our brief friendship held for you the same significance it held for me, but I must go on believing so. Every hope of the future is meaningless unless I have faith that you and I will share it together.

Elizabeth George Speare

Tags: future love hope letter together connaturality



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