"There was some part of me that never left that house. Rather, some part of the house that wouldn't leave me."
- Kate Morton
"Alice felt a surge of pity for them, stuck as they were within the white-hot glow of youth, when everything seemed so vital, so essential, so important."
"Winter passed, and the world around began to wake. The birds returned to the kingdom and set about readying their nests, deer could be seen once more grazing where the fields met the woods, and buds b..."
"There was much work to be done in the crone's cottage, but the Princess was never heard to complain, for she was a true Princess with a pure heart. The happiest folk are those that are busy, for their..."
"This was the power of the story weaver, Nell realized. An ability to conjure color so that all else seemed to fade."
"Vivien thought how ugly adults could be, how weak. So used to getting what they wanted that they didn't know the first thing about being brave."
"You'll beat this. I know it doesn't feel like it, but you will. You're a survivor.""I don't want to survive it.""I know that, too," Nell had said. "And it's fair enough. But sometimes we don't have a ..."
"The happiest folks are those that are busy, for their minds are starved of time to seek out woe. -The Crone's Eyes"
"Apart from such visits, for the first time in her life Eliza was truly alone. In the beginning, unfamiliar sounds, nocturnal sounds, disturbed her, but as the days passed she came to know them: soft-p..."