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title: "2 Cruel world Quotes By Eowyn Ivey"
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> [“Was it as Ada had suggested, that we can choose our own endings, joy over sorrow? Or does the cruel world just give and take, give and take, while we flounder through the wilderness?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eowyn-ivey/was-it-as-ada-had-suggested-that-we-can-choose-our-own-endings-joy/)

[Eowyn Ivey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eowyn-ivey/)

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> [“we can choose our own endings, joy over sorrow? Or does the cruel world just give and take, give and take, while we flounder through the wilderness?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eowyn-ivey/we-can-choose-our-own-endings-joy-over-sorrow-or-does-the-cruel-world/)

[Eowyn Ivey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eowyn-ivey/)

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## Other authors on Cruel world

- [Bangambiki Habyarimana 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cruel-world/bangambiki-habyarimana/)

## More by Eowyn Ivey

> [“It was beautiful, Mabel knew, but it was a beauty that ripped you open and scored you clean so that you were left helpless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eowyn-ivey/it-was-beautiful-mabel-knew-but-it-was-a-beauty-that-ripped-you-open/)

[Eowyn Ivey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eowyn-ivey/)

> [“Makes me see that there might be some sense to having children after all, just so your entire life and all your family’s contributions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eowyn-ivey/makes-me-see-that-there-might-be-some-sense-to-having-children-after/)

[Eowyn Ivey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eowyn-ivey/)

> [“She and Jack had formed her of snow and birch boughs and frosty wild grass.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eowyn-ivey/she-and-jack-had-formed-her-of-snow-and-birch-boughs-and-frosty-wild/)

[Eowyn Ivey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eowyn-ivey/)

> [“You’ll drive yourself crazy looking for something that’s not there.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eowyn-ivey/you-ll-drive-yourself-crazy-looking-for-something-that-s-not-there/)

[Eowyn Ivey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eowyn-ivey/)

> [“She might be curt and ungrateful, but by God she could bake.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eowyn-ivey/she-might-be-curt-and-ungrateful-but-by-god-she-could-bake/)

[Eowyn Ivey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eowyn-ivey/)

> [“And if it is true...that we are each inhabited by some bit of divine light, then upon death, how long before those particles dissipate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eowyn-ivey/and-if-it-is-true-that-we-are-each-inhabited-by-some-bit-of-divine/)

[Eowyn Ivey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eowyn-ivey/)

> [“Carry me on and on to the edge of the earth, with children's laughter like a wind - full sail, then carry me beyond”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eowyn-ivey/carry-me-on-and-on-to-the-edge-of-the-earth-with-children-s-laughter/)

[Eowyn Ivey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eowyn-ivey/)

> [“When she first fell in love with Jack, she had dreamed she could fly, that on a warm, inky black night she had pushed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eowyn-ivey/when-she-first-fell-in-love-with-jack-she-had-dreamed-she-could-fly/)

[Eowyn Ivey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eowyn-ivey/)

> [“But what makes the question of cultural loss the most uncomfortable, and difficult for me to address, are the inherent definitions built into it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eowyn-ivey/but-what-makes-the-question-of-cultural-loss-the-most-uncomfortable/)

[Eowyn Ivey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eowyn-ivey/)

> [“Sewing was different. Mabel knew if she was patient and meticulous, if she carefully followed the lines, took each step as it came, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eowyn-ivey/sewing-was-different-mabel-knew-if-she-was-patient-and-meticulous-if/)

[Eowyn Ivey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eowyn-ivey/)

> [“As Jack's eyes grew accustomed to the darkness, he saw the ground covered in white and, in the light of Garrett"s lantern, snowflakes spinning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eowyn-ivey/as-jack-s-eyes-grew-accustomed-to-the-darkness-he-saw-the-ground/)

[Eowyn Ivey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eowyn-ivey/)

> [“Doubt crouched over his shoulder, ready to take him by the throat, whispering in his ear, You are an old man. An old, old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eowyn-ivey/doubt-crouched-over-his-shoulder-ready-to-take-him-by-the-throat/)

[Eowyn Ivey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eowyn-ivey/)

> [“All her life she had believed in something more, in the mystery that shape-shifted at the edge of her senses. It was the flutter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eowyn-ivey/all-her-life-she-had-believed-in-something-more-in-the-mystery-that/)

[Eowyn Ivey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eowyn-ivey/)

> [“In my old age, I see that life itself is often more fantastic and terrible than the stories we believed as children, and that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eowyn-ivey/in-my-old-age-i-see-that-life-itself-is-often-more-fantastic-and/)

[Eowyn Ivey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eowyn-ivey/)

> [“I see that life itself is often more fantastic and terrible than the stories we believed as children, and that perhaps there is no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eowyn-ivey/i-see-that-life-itself-is-often-more-fantastic-and-terrible-than-the/)

[Eowyn Ivey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eowyn-ivey/)

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