“There are no easy answers, there's only living through the questions.”
―
Elizabeth George,
Missing Joseph
“What a pity every child couldn't learn to read under a willow tree...” ― Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond
“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, The Witch of Blackbird Pond
“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, The Witch of Blackbird Pond
“The past can't be changed, can it? It can just be forgiven.” ― Elizabeth George
“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, The Witch of Blackbird Pond
“There was only one thing I could do to ease the pain. I turned to the only four guys who'd never let me down. The only four guys who'd never broken my heart, who'd never disappointed me. John, Paul, George, and Ringo. Anybody who has ever clung to a song like a musical life raft will understand. Or put on a song to bring out an emotion or a memory. Or had a soundtrack playing in their head to drown out a conversation or a scene.” ― Elizabeth Eulberg, The Lonely Hearts Club
“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, The Witch of Blackbird Pond
“Gentleness is strength under control. It is the ability to stay calm, no matter what happens.” ― Elizabeth George
“Expectations destroy our peace of mind. They are future disappointments, planned out in advance.” ― Elizabeth George
“There is no escape if love is not there” ― Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond
“He had never thought of himself as much of a praying man, but as he sat in the car in the growing darkness and the minutes passed, he knew what it was to pray. It was to will goodness out of evil, hope out of despair, life out of death. It was to will dreams into existence and spectres into reality. It was to will an end to anguish and a beginning to joy.” ― Elizabeth George, A Great Deliverance
“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, The Witch of Blackbird Pond
“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, The Witch of Blackbird Pond
“When we hold our thoughts up against God's standards of what is true and what is real, we can recognize and, with His help, learn to release many of our negative emotions, damaging thoughts, and destructive attitudes.” ― Elizabeth George
“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, Calico Captive
“Daniel, he said. I would have you follow me.Master!....I will fight for you to the end!.My loyal friend, he said, I would ask something much harder than that. Would you love for me to the end?...I don't understand, he said again, You tell people about the kingdom. Are we not to fight for it?The kingdom is only bought at a great price, Jesus said. There was one who came just yesterday and wanted to follow me. He was very rich, and when I asked him to give up his wealth, he went away.I will give you everything I have!....Riches are not keeping you from the kingdom, he said. You must give up your hate.” ― Elizabeth George Speare, The Bronze Bow
“From that first moment, in a way she could never explain, the Meadows claimed her and made her their own.” ― Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond
“Of all my children, you were always the hardest on yourself. You were always looking for the right way to behave, so concerned you might make a mistake. But, darling, there are no mistakes. There are only our wishes, our actions, and the consequences that follow both. There are only events, how we cope with them, and what we learn from the coping.""That's too easy," he said."On the contrary. It's monumentally difficult.” ― Elizabeth George, With No One as Witness
“What a pity every child couldn't learn to read under a willow tree...” ― Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond
“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, The Witch of Blackbird Pond
“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, The Witch of Blackbird Pond
“The past can't be changed, can it? It can just be forgiven.” ― Elizabeth George
“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, The Witch of Blackbird Pond
“There was only one thing I could do to ease the pain. I turned to the only four guys who'd never let me down. The only four guys who'd never broken my heart, who'd never disappointed me. John, Paul, George, and Ringo. Anybody who has ever clung to a song like a musical life raft will understand. Or put on a song to bring out an emotion or a memory. Or had a soundtrack playing in their head to drown out a conversation or a scene.” ― Elizabeth Eulberg, The Lonely Hearts Club
“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, The Witch of Blackbird Pond
“Gentleness is strength under control. It is the ability to stay calm, no matter what happens.” ― Elizabeth George
“Expectations destroy our peace of mind. They are future disappointments, planned out in advance.” ― Elizabeth George
“There is no escape if love is not there” ― Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond
“He had never thought of himself as much of a praying man, but as he sat in the car in the growing darkness and the minutes passed, he knew what it was to pray. It was to will goodness out of evil, hope out of despair, life out of death. It was to will dreams into existence and spectres into reality. It was to will an end to anguish and a beginning to joy.” ― Elizabeth George, A Great Deliverance
“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, The Witch of Blackbird Pond
“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, The Witch of Blackbird Pond
“When we hold our thoughts up against God's standards of what is true and what is real, we can recognize and, with His help, learn to release many of our negative emotions, damaging thoughts, and destructive attitudes.” ― Elizabeth George
“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, Calico Captive
“Daniel, he said. I would have you follow me.Master!....I will fight for you to the end!.My loyal friend, he said, I would ask something much harder than that. Would you love for me to the end?...I don't understand, he said again, You tell people about the kingdom. Are we not to fight for it?The kingdom is only bought at a great price, Jesus said. There was one who came just yesterday and wanted to follow me. He was very rich, and when I asked him to give up his wealth, he went away.I will give you everything I have!....Riches are not keeping you from the kingdom, he said. You must give up your hate.” ― Elizabeth George Speare, The Bronze Bow
“From that first moment, in a way she could never explain, the Meadows claimed her and made her their own.” ― Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond
“Of all my children, you were always the hardest on yourself. You were always looking for the right way to behave, so concerned you might make a mistake. But, darling, there are no mistakes. There are only our wishes, our actions, and the consequences that follow both. There are only events, how we cope with them, and what we learn from the coping.""That's too easy," he said."On the contrary. It's monumentally difficult.” ― Elizabeth George, With No One as Witness
