Eva Ibbotson quotes

When you're sad, my Little Star, go out of doors. It's always better underneath the open sky. (Eva Ibbotson)
Loneliness had taught Harriet that there was always someone who understood - it was just so often that they were dead, and in a book. View quote
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Shadows are cool and peaceful places for those whose minds are overstocked with treasure. View quote
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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. View quote
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But she had to know words. She had to know everything. View quote
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It's true that adventures are good for people even when they are very young. Adventures can get in a person's blood even if he doesn't remember having them. View quote
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Slowly, Anna put up a hand to his muzzle and began to scratch that spot behind the ear where large dogs keep their souls. View quote
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She was so intelligent that she could think herself into beauty. Intelligence... they don't talk about it much, the poets, but when a woman is intelligent and passionate and good... View quote
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What are you afraid of then? Not Being able to see, I think not seeing because your obsessed by something that blots out the world. View quote
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And so they played some of the world's loveliest piano music - the exiled homesick girl, the humiliated, tired old man. Not properly. Better than that. View quote
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She's like snow in Russian," said Anna. "Snow in the evening when the sun sets and it looks like Alpengluhen, you know? And if snow had a scent it would smell like that [the rose]. (Eva Ibbotson)
The news should have terrified her, but it was difficult to be frightened of anything when she was sitting so close to Rom. 'I thought we had convinced him that I was leading a blameless life?' 'We had, till you burst out of that damnable cake. View quote
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I want to live like music sounds."- Ruth. View quote
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One must not judge other cultures by the standars of one's one,' said Aunt Hilda. View quote
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Not a frog, I hope?” he asked...She shook her head. "No. And if it was I wouldn't kiss it, I promise you. I might kiss a prince if I could be sure he'd turn into a frog, but not the other way around. View quote
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This is worse than Hollywood, he thought. A girl comes in with a pork chop and I write a song for her. View quote
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You cannot stop the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can stop them nesting in your hair. View quote
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They were steaming out of the station before Maia asked, 'Was it books in the trunk?' 'It was books, admitted Miss Minton. And Maia said, 'Good. View quote
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Just because we've never done it doesn't mean we can't do it. View quote
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To show too much joy in a place such as this would be unseemly but, as he padded toward her, his tail was extended in a manner which would make wagging possible should all go as expected. View quote
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one of the sisters started shaving her legs and marrying tax inspectors, so she was no good. (Eva Ibbotson)