The impression of strength came from an extraordinary vitality that seemed to pulse in the very air around him Elizabeth George Speare More Quotes by Elizabeth George Speare More Quotes From Elizabeth George Speare What a pity every child couldn't learn to read under a willow tree. Elizabeth George Speare pity tree children After the keen still days of September, the October sun filled the world with mellow warmth...The maple tree in front of the doorstep burned like a gigantic red torch. The oaks along the roadway glowed yellow and bronze. The fields stretched like a carpet of jewels, emerald and topaz and garnet. Everywhere she walked the color shouted and sang around her...In October any wonderful unexpected thing might be possible. Elizabeth George Speare autumn color jewels the demons that make a person afraid are the hardest to cast out. Elizabeth George Speare casts hardest demon She snatched at the dream that had comforted her for so long. It was faded and thin, like a letter too often read. Elizabeth George Speare dream letters long 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 eye hair blue There is no escape if love is not there Elizabeth George Speare ifs love-is 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 heart lying way There was something irresistible about popcorn. Elizabeth George Speare popcorn irresistible How right- how incredibly, utterly right- and how impossible! Elizabeth George Speare impossible 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 goes-on together believe From that first moment, in a way she could never explain, the Meadows claimed her and made her their own. Elizabeth George Speare moments way firsts 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 known said love-is 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 boards waiting rivers
