“It is a cruel, ironical art, photography. The dragging of captured moments into the future; moments that should have been allowed to be evaporate into the past; should exist only in memories, glimpsed through the fog of events that came after. Photographs force us to see people before their future weighed them down....”
―
Kate Morton,
The House at Riverton
“You make a life out of what you have, not what you're missing.” ― Kate Morton, The Forgotten Garden
“Memory is a cruel mistress with whom we all must learn to dance.” ― Kate Morton, The Forgotten Garden
“A girl expecting rescue never learns to save herself. Even with the means, she will find her courage wanting.” ― Kate Morton , The Forgotten Garden
“That, my dear, is what makes a character interesting, their secrets.” ― Kate Morton, The Forgotten Garden
“I don’t have many friends, not the living, breathing sort at any rate. And I don’t mean that in a sad and lonely way; I’m just not the type of person who accumulates friends or enjoys crowds. I’m good with words, but not spoken kind; I’ve often thought what a marvelous thing it would be if I could only conduct relationships on paper. And I suppose, in a sense, that’s what I do, for I’ve hundreds of the other sort, the friends contained within bindings, pages after glorious pages of ink, stories that unfold the same way every time but never lose their joy, that take me by the hand and lead me through doorways into worlds of great terror and rapturous delight. Exciting, worthy, reliable companions - full of wise counsel, some of them - but sadly ill-equipped to offer the use of a spare bedroom for a month or two.” ― Kate Morton, The Distant Hours
“We're all unique, just never in the ways we imagine.” ― Kate Morton, The Forgotten Garden
“You must learn to know the difference between tales and the truth, my Liza, she would say. Fairy tales have a habit of ending too soon. They never show what happens afterwards when the prince and princess ride off the page.” ― Kate Morton, The Forgotten Garden
“...She's understood the power of stories. Their magical ability to refill the wounded part of people.” ― Kate Morton, The Forgotten Garden
“Mother didn't understand that children aren't frightened by stories; that their lives are full of far more frightening things than those contained in fairy tales.” ― Kate Morton, The Forgotten Garden
“Always remember, with a strong enough will, even the weak can wield great power.” ― kate morton, The Forgotten Garden
“She did as she felt, and she felt a great deal.” ― Kate Morton, The Forgotten Garden
“His words had tossed the book that was her life into the air and the pages had been blown into disarray, could never be put back together to tell the same story.” ― Kate Morton, The Forgotten Garden
“It's a terrible thing, isn't it, the way we throw people away?” ― Kate Morton, The Secret Keeper
“After all, it's the librarian's sworn purpose to bring books together with their one true reader.” ― Kate Morton, The Distant Hours
“I sound contemptuous, but I am not. I am interested--intrigued even--by the way time erases real lives, leaving only vague imprints. Blood and spirit fade away so that only names and dates remain.” ― Kate Morton, The House at Riverton
“The girl in the mirror caught my eye briefly...It is an uncanny feeling, that rare occasion when one catches a glimpse of oneself in repose. An unguarded moment, stripped of artifice, when one forgets to fool even oneself.” ― Kate Morton, The House at Riverton
“Happiness in life is not a given, it must be seized.” ― Kate Morton, The Distant Hours
“It was such a pleasure to sink one's hands into the warm earth, to feel at one's fingertips the possibilities of the new season.” ― Kate Morton, The Forgotten Garden
“You make a life out of what you have, not what you're missing.” ― Kate Morton, The Forgotten Garden
“Memory is a cruel mistress with whom we all must learn to dance.” ― Kate Morton, The Forgotten Garden
“A girl expecting rescue never learns to save herself. Even with the means, she will find her courage wanting.” ― Kate Morton , The Forgotten Garden
“That, my dear, is what makes a character interesting, their secrets.” ― Kate Morton, The Forgotten Garden
“I don’t have many friends, not the living, breathing sort at any rate. And I don’t mean that in a sad and lonely way; I’m just not the type of person who accumulates friends or enjoys crowds. I’m good with words, but not spoken kind; I’ve often thought what a marvelous thing it would be if I could only conduct relationships on paper. And I suppose, in a sense, that’s what I do, for I’ve hundreds of the other sort, the friends contained within bindings, pages after glorious pages of ink, stories that unfold the same way every time but never lose their joy, that take me by the hand and lead me through doorways into worlds of great terror and rapturous delight. Exciting, worthy, reliable companions - full of wise counsel, some of them - but sadly ill-equipped to offer the use of a spare bedroom for a month or two.” ― Kate Morton, The Distant Hours
“We're all unique, just never in the ways we imagine.” ― Kate Morton, The Forgotten Garden
“You must learn to know the difference between tales and the truth, my Liza, she would say. Fairy tales have a habit of ending too soon. They never show what happens afterwards when the prince and princess ride off the page.” ― Kate Morton, The Forgotten Garden
“...She's understood the power of stories. Their magical ability to refill the wounded part of people.” ― Kate Morton, The Forgotten Garden
“Mother didn't understand that children aren't frightened by stories; that their lives are full of far more frightening things than those contained in fairy tales.” ― Kate Morton, The Forgotten Garden
“Always remember, with a strong enough will, even the weak can wield great power.” ― kate morton, The Forgotten Garden
“She did as she felt, and she felt a great deal.” ― Kate Morton, The Forgotten Garden
“His words had tossed the book that was her life into the air and the pages had been blown into disarray, could never be put back together to tell the same story.” ― Kate Morton, The Forgotten Garden
“It's a terrible thing, isn't it, the way we throw people away?” ― Kate Morton, The Secret Keeper
“After all, it's the librarian's sworn purpose to bring books together with their one true reader.” ― Kate Morton, The Distant Hours
“I sound contemptuous, but I am not. I am interested--intrigued even--by the way time erases real lives, leaving only vague imprints. Blood and spirit fade away so that only names and dates remain.” ― Kate Morton, The House at Riverton
“The girl in the mirror caught my eye briefly...It is an uncanny feeling, that rare occasion when one catches a glimpse of oneself in repose. An unguarded moment, stripped of artifice, when one forgets to fool even oneself.” ― Kate Morton, The House at Riverton
“Happiness in life is not a given, it must be seized.” ― Kate Morton, The Distant Hours
“It was such a pleasure to sink one's hands into the warm earth, to feel at one's fingertips the possibilities of the new season.” ― Kate Morton, The Forgotten Garden
