“Give someone more time and they'll appear to have done more with it.” — Kate Morton Accomplishments Copy Share Image
But everyone's an expert with the virtue of hindsight . . . . — Kate Morton Character Copy Share Image
“Full of life and light; blissfully unaware of all the future had in store.” — Kate Morton Life Copy Share Image
“Why did Hannah marry Teddy? Not because she loved him, but because she was prepared to love him.” — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
“I had forgotten, I suppose, that there were bright memories in amongst the dark.” — Kate Morton Dark Copy Share Image
Reluctance to begin is quick to befriend procrastination. . . . — Kate Morton Procrastination Copy Share Image
. . . companions were to be valued, wherever one found them. — Kate Morton Companion Copy Share Image
“That was the nature of history, of course: notional, partial, unknowable, a record made by the victors.” — Kate Morton History Copy Share Image
“Loneliness had made the Queen bitter, bitterness had made her selfish, and selfishness had made her suspicious. --The Changeling” — Kate Morton Bitterness Copy Share Image
“...if she didn't learn to stop her mind racing on ahead of her she'd end up running into a mountain made of… — Kate Morton Heart Copy Share Image
“-Before I started, when it was all in my head, the project was full of unlimited potential. Now that it's on film,… — Kate Morton Cinema Copy Share Image
“It'll be a change," says Marcus. "Something different." "Not a mystery." Marcus laughs. "No. Not a mystery. Just a nice safe history."… — Kate Morton Authors Copy Share Image
Children don’t require of their parents a past and they find something faintly unbelievable, almost embarrassing, in parental claims to a prior… — Kate Morton Child Copy Share Image
“Love affairs, in their beginnings, are all about the present. But there is a point in each--an event, an exchange, some other… — Kate Morton Affairs Copy Share Image
Will history remember us, I wonder? I do hope so - to imagine that one might do something, touch an event somehow,… — Kate Morton Events Copy Share Image
“Something inside Dolly curled up and died. Things could not have been worse. Except that suddenly they were.” — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
“when she first came to Blackhurst, one twist and the same pieces were rearranged to create a vastly different picture. Where a… — Kate Morton Heart Copy Share Image
“Eliza had a skill for rat catching, though she didn't like to do it. The rats were just trying to stay alive… — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
“As Linus grew into his teens, became even more awkward, with long, gangly arms and odd ginger hairs sprouting from his spotty… — Kate Morton Children Copy Share Image
“there are stories everywhere and that people who wait for the right one to come along before setting pen to paper end… — Kate Morton Writer Copy Share Image
“She'd filled twelve notebooks and still she hadn't stopped. Indeed, the more she wrote, the louder the stories seemed to grow, swirling… — Kate Morton Writing Copy Share Image
“A plot that had filled her with glee when she began, was now revealed as flimsy and transparent. Eliza scratched out what… — Kate Morton Fairy tale Copy Share Image
“It is a cruel, ironical art, photography. The dragging of captured moments into the future; moments that should have been allowed to… — Kate Morton Art Copy Share Image
“And finally it seemed autumn had realized it was September. The last lingering days of summer had been pushed off stage and… — Kate Morton Autumn Copy Share Image
“Ben ducked beneath the arbor and paused by the fishpond when a memory crept upon him like a shadow. This was the… — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
“She knew why she had Gerry on her mind, why she was spotting his likeness in the faces of strange little boys.… — Kate Morton Astronomer Copy Share Image
“He felt like a character in a book. He thought of Mary Lennox as she discovered her secret garden. The blackberry bushes… — Kate Morton Books Copy Share Image
“It was the Riverton drawing room. Even the wallpaper was the same. Silver Studios' burgundy Art Nouveau, "Flaming Tulips," as fresh as… — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
“She was going to plant a Japanese maple tree on top. She had already procured it, a lovely sapling with pale bark… — Kate Morton Commemoration Copy Share Image
“She forced herself to stroll casually and appraise her plants. The wisteria was shedding its final leaves, the jasmine had long lost… — Kate Morton Bond Copy Share Image
“Don't you find it remarkable that the whole world can be involved in this madness we call war, and all the while… — Kate Morton Beauty Copy Share Image
“By the time she entered the hidden garden, early light was sifting through the autumn-sparse canopy. Eliza took a deep breath. She'd… — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
“Precisamos de memórias para manter vivo o que existiu no passado.” — Kate Morton Amor Copy Share Image
That, my dear, is what makes a character interesting, their secrets. — Kate Morton Character Copy Share Image
“home is a magnet that lures back even its most abstracted children.” — Kate Morton Child Copy Share Image
“There was something about a book that inspired dedication and a swelling desire to possess it.” — Kate Morton Book Copy Share Image
... people who'd led dull and blameless lives did not give thanks for second chances. — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
If you don't stop apologizing, you're going to convince me you've done something wrong. — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
“in my humble opinion, a house needs a good party once in a while; remind folks it exists.” — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
