“Shakespeare had all these sonnets where what he said came down to this: Youth is fleeting and you'd better get married and have children and make a copy of the beauty you own because the world owns it too.” — Elizabeth Knox Copy Share Image
“Children are uncivilized, so have a staggering power to harm, especially those people whose hearts need mending. In that house an unhappy child was too much rain on a high water table. I poured it on and the terrain liquefied.” — Elizabeth Knox Copy Share Image
“The geologist, six years ago now, hadn't defied anything to climb the hill. He'd had his own powerful magic--the ordinary magic that extraordinarily interested… — Elizabeth Knox Copy Share Image
“I don't know whether you know this, but there are people in the world with a very odd gift, one that looks like crossed… — Elizabeth Knox Copy Share Image
“I knew I was in danger from the moment I proposed visiting you a second time. I knew because God warned me by sending… — Elizabeth Knox Copy Share Image
“I have no particular plan in life - and that's something I rather like. Most things that people do seem to me to be… — Elizabeth Knox Copy Share Image
“Of course, any map of the Place would be shocking to anyone with any understanding of geography. As you can see, this is a… — Elizabeth Knox Copy Share Image
“You fainted and I caught you. It was the first time I'd supported a human. You had such heavy bones. I put myself between… — Elizabeth Knox Copy Share Image
“Books can be the people we never get to meet, ancestors or far neighbors.” — Elizabeth Knox Copy Share Image
Happiness had never been like this before. Now it came like sun showers, the sun and the rain together. Happiness was happier than it… — Elizabeth Knox Copy Share Image
“Don't take this the wrong way, but you seem like the strangest stranger I've ever met.” — Elizabeth Knox Copy Share Image
The thought of flight has melted me, I am less solid than liquid, then I'm going up and going invisible like steam. — Elizabeth Knox Copy Share Image
“Xas put his face close to Sobran's and said, soft and succinct, "Listen, and take this in. The terms of the pact are this:… — Elizabeth Knox Copy Share Image
