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.
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 waggi… - Eva Ibbotson
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 waggi…
- Eva Ibbotson
When you're sad, my Little Star, go out of doors. It's always better underneath the open sky. - Eva Ibbotson
When you're sad, my Little Star, go out of doors. It's always better underneath the open sky.
Loneliness had taught Harriet that there was always someone who understood - it was just so often that they were dead, and in a book. - 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.
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 intelli… - Eva Ibbotson
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 intelli…
Just because we've never done it doesn't mean we can't do it. - Eva Ibbotson
Just because we've never done it doesn't mean we can't do it.
The sisters worked from dawn to dusk. One of them was an idiot; she started shaving her legs and marrying tax inspectors, so she was no good. - Eva Ibbotson
The sisters worked from dawn to dusk. One of them was an idiot; she started shaving her legs and marrying tax inspectors, so she was no good.
Shadows are cool and peaceful places for those whose minds are overstocked with treasure. - Eva Ibbotson
Shadows are cool and peaceful places for those whose minds are overstocked with treasure.
I want to live like music sounds."- Ruth - Eva Ibbotson
I want to live like music sounds."- Ruth
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 tha… - Eva Ibbotson
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 tha…
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