--- title: "11 Finn Quotes By Eva Ibbotson" description: "11 Finn quotes by Eva Ibbotson. Plus more from Eva Ibbotson and more Finn sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57e/eva-ibbotson-2965_finn_and-when-finn-complained-at-the-end-of-a_2155268.jpg" --- > [“And when Finn complained at the end of a day that they had not come very far, she said, “What does it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-ibbotson/and-when-finn-complained-at-the-end-of-a-day-that-they-had-not-come/) [Eva Ibbotson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eva-ibbotson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57e/eva-ibbotson-2965_finn_and-when-finn-complained-at-the-end-of-a_2155268.jpg) > [“But in the evening, when at last she had a moment alone, she slipped into the library and leaned her head against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-ibbotson/but-in-the-evening-when-at-last-she-had-a-moment-alone-she-slipped/) [Eva Ibbotson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eva-ibbotson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2f/eva-ibbotson-2965_dreamed_but-in-the-evening-when-at-last-she-had_186591.jpg) > [“It was the Indian side of Finn that had taken over when he found her in the wood. That managed to carry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-ibbotson/it-was-the-indian-side-of-finn-that-had-taken-over-when-he-found-her/) [Eva Ibbotson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eva-ibbotson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/451/eva-ibbotson-2965_finn_it-was-the-indian-side-of-finn-that-had_278990.jpg) > [“Clovis, do you swear that you don’t mind staying here as Master of Westwood? Do you absolutely swear it?” “I swear it.”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-ibbotson/clovis-do-you-swear-that-you-don-t-mind-staying-here-as-master-of/) [Eva Ibbotson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eva-ibbotson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc7/eva-ibbotson-2965_finn_clovis-do-you-swear-that-you-don-t-mind_3053156.jpg) > [“But in the evening, when at last she had a moment alone, she slipped into the library and leaned her head against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-ibbotson/but-in-the-evening-when-at-last-she-had-a-moment-alone-she-slipped-2/) [Eva Ibbotson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eva-ibbotson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d1/eva-ibbotson-2965_dreams_but-in-the-evening-when-at-last-she-had_3142159.jpg) > [“Maia had thought that having Finn with them would make it easier--at least they could all be miserable together--but it didn’t. Finn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-ibbotson/maia-had-thought-that-having-finn-with-them-would-make-it-easier-at/) [Eva Ibbotson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eva-ibbotson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b18/eva-ibbotson-2965_finn_maia-had-thought-that-having-finn-with-t_939749.png) > [“I don’t remember much after that. It was the smoke, I think. I know there wasn’t anyone in the huts.” “Why not?”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-ibbotson/i-don-t-remember-much-after-that-it-was-the-smoke-i-think-i-know/) [Eva Ibbotson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eva-ibbotson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ac/eva-ibbotson-2965_escaped_i-don-t-remember-much-after-that-it-was_1154824.jpg) > [“Knowing it was her last night on the Arabella , Maia fought against sleep. She must remember it all--the lapping of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-ibbotson/knowing-it-was-her-last-night-on-the-arabella-maia-fought-against-2/) [Eva Ibbotson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eva-ibbotson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23e/eva-ibbotson-2965_finn_knowing-it-was-her-last-night-on-the-ara_2466204.jpg) > [“But he’s such a coward,” Finn said to Maia. They were scraping the old paint off Arabella’s deck fittings, a job which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-ibbotson/but-he-s-such-a-coward-finn-said-to-maia-they-were-scraping-the-old/) [Eva Ibbotson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eva-ibbotson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb4/eva-ibbotson-2965_aunts-and-uncles_but-he-s-such-a-coward-finn-said-to-maia_2601067.png) > [“She trusted Finn completely. If he said a pool was safe to swim in, she dived in without a second thought, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-ibbotson/she-trusted-finn-completely-if-he-said-a-pool-was-safe-to-swim-in-she/) [Eva Ibbotson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eva-ibbotson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afd/eva-ibbotson-2965_carpe-diem_she-trusted-finn-completely-if-he-said-a_2453142.png) > [“So when Finn sailed back down the Negro at dawn, he saw no flames and heard no roaring as the house was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-ibbotson/so-when-finn-sailed-back-down-the-negro-at-dawn-he-saw-no-flames-and/) [Eva Ibbotson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eva-ibbotson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba7/eva-ibbotson-2965_empty-shell_so-when-finn-sailed-back-down-the-negro_607716.png) ## Other authors on Finn ## More by Eva Ibbotson > [“They had reached Euston station. Miss Minton waved her umbrella at a porter, and Maia’s trunk and her suitcase were lifted onto a trolley.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-ibbotson/they-had-reached-euston-station-miss-minton-waved-her-umbrella-at-a/) [Eva Ibbotson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eva-ibbotson/) > [“Muriel sprinkled salt over her haddock mousse. ‘It is not easy to be specific, but both morally and hygienically there is . . .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-ibbotson/muriel-sprinkled-salt-over-her-haddock-mousse-it-is-not-easy-to-be/) [Eva Ibbotson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eva-ibbotson/) > [“You’re taking this very well, my boy. Very well indeed. You’re taking it like a man. I confess I expected arguments, even tantrums.” “Well,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-ibbotson/you-re-taking-this-very-well-my-boy-very-well-indeed-you-re-taking-it/) [Eva Ibbotson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eva-ibbotson/) > [She stood looking carefully at the labeled portraits Ursala had put up: Little Crow, Chief of the Santees, Geronimo, last of the Apaches, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-ibbotson/she-stood-looking-carefully-at-the-labeled-portraits-ursala-had-put/) [Eva Ibbotson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eva-ibbotson/) > [“For the first part of the journey Maia kept her eyes on the side of the road. Now that she was really leaving her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-ibbotson/for-the-first-part-of-the-journey-maia-kept-her-eyes-on-the-side-of/) [Eva Ibbotson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eva-ibbotson/) > [“She realized that adventures, once they were over, were things that had to stay inside one--that no one else could quite understand.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-ibbotson/she-realized-that-adventures-once-they-were-over-were-things-that-had/) [Eva Ibbotson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eva-ibbotson/) > [What are you afraid of then? Not Being able to see, I think not seeing because your obsessed by something that blots out the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-ibbotson/what-are-you-afraid-of-then-not-being-able-to-see-i-think-not-seeing/) [Eva Ibbotson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eva-ibbotson/) > [The sisters worked from dawn to dusk. One of them was an idiot; she started shaving her legs and marrying tax inspectors, so she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-ibbotson/the-sisters-worked-from-dawn-to-dusk-one-of-them-was-an-idiot-she/) [Eva Ibbotson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eva-ibbotson/) > [“When we’re grown up I’ll come back for you, I promise. No one can stop us then.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-ibbotson/when-we-re-grown-up-i-ll-come-back-for-you-i-promise-no-one-can-stop/) [Eva Ibbotson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eva-ibbotson/) > [“But in the evening, when at last she had a moment alone, she slipped into the library and leaned her head against the mahogany…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-ibbotson/but-in-the-evening-when-at-last-she-had-a-moment-alone-she-slipped/) [Eva Ibbotson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eva-ibbotson/) > [But she had to know words. She had to know everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-ibbotson/but-she-had-to-know-words-she-had-to-know-everything/) [Eva Ibbotson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eva-ibbotson/) > [Please, God,' Ruth would pray, 'don't let me be competitive. Let me realize what a privilege it is to study. Let me remember that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-ibbotson/please-god-ruth-would-pray-don-t-let-me-be-competitive-let-me-realize/) [Eva Ibbotson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eva-ibbotson/) > [“It was the Indian side of Finn that had taken over when he found her in the wood. That managed to carry her to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-ibbotson/it-was-the-indian-side-of-finn-that-had-taken-over-when-he-found-her/) [Eva Ibbotson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eva-ibbotson/) > [“Then, when he said her name, she opened her eyes. One hand went out to his sleeve. “Can we go now?” she whispered. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-ibbotson/then-when-he-said-her-name-she-opened-her-eyes-one-hand-went-out-to/) [Eva Ibbotson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eva-ibbotson/) > [“The children turned and saw the spinach-green boat coming toward them. “Oh no! Not the Carters!” said Maia. She looked round desperately for somewhere…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-ibbotson/the-children-turned-and-saw-the-spinach-green-boat-coming-toward-them/) [Eva Ibbotson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eva-ibbotson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/finn/eva-ibbotson/#itemlist", "name": "11 Finn Quotes By Eva Ibbotson", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“And when Finn complained at the end of a day that they had not come very far, she said, “What does it matter? 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It was the smoke, I think. I know there wasn’t anyone in the huts.” “Why not?” said Finn fiercely. “They promised they’d look after you.” “There was a wedding--an important one. They all went. And Minty, she went somewhere, too,” said Maia. “She’s left me.” “No.” “What do you mean, no? She wasn’t there--she didn’t come back from her day off.” “Maybe. But she won’t have left you. That isn’t what will have happened. What about the others?” “They escaped. I saw the river ambulance take them away, but I hid. I couldn’t bear to be with them anymore. They were all quarreling and screaming. So I hid in the trees, I didn’t notice my leg at first, but then…” She shook her head. “But it doesn’t matter, Finn, none of it matters, because you came back.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Eva Ibbotson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-ibbotson/i-don-t-remember-much-after-that-it-was-the-smoke-i-think-i-know/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ac/eva-ibbotson-2965_escaped_i-don-t-remember-much-after-that-it-was_1154824.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ac/eva-ibbotson-2965_escaped_i-don-t-remember-much-after-that-it-was_1154824.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ac/eva-ibbotson-2965_escaped_i-don-t-remember-much-after-that-it-was_1154824.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don’t remember much after that. It was the smoke, I think. I know there wasn’t anyone in the huts.” “Why…” — Eva Ibbotson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Knowing it was her last night on the Arabella , Maia fought against sleep. She must remember it all--the lapping of the water against the side of the boat, the white moths, the fireflies… Finn, too, was awake. “When we’re grown up I’ll come back for you, I promise. No one can stop us then.” But she wasn’t grown up and nor was he, and Finn was going on alone. The professor had tried to persuade him to come back with them, but Finn only said, “I promised my father I’d go and find the Xanti. I promised.” Now, though, lying in the dark, he realized how much he hated the idea of going on by himself. He wasn’t afraid exactly; he knew he could do it--but it suddenly seemed utterly dismal to go on without his friend. “We could still run away into the forest,” said Maia. But Finn said no. “Minty really cares about you. The professor told me she nearly went mad when she thought you’d been killed in the fire. You can’t play tricks on her--or on him. They’re good people. 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But she never made a fuss about it. I never remember her saving her voice for the performance or gargling with eggs and all that stuff. She’d just sing--in the house, in the garden, anywhere.” “Everyone says you ought to get your voice trained,” he said, and frowned because if she had a future as a singer, perhaps she shouldn’t be taking off into the unknown. She shook her head. “I’m all right like this.” “But won’t you miss music?” “There’s always music. 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If he had taken Maia as she had begged… He was shivering so much that it was difficult to steer the Arabella to the jetty and make her fast. There was no point in searching the ruins; it was so obvious that no one could survive such a blaze. But there was one last hope. The huts of the Indians had been spared. Perhaps they had gotten Maia out; perhaps he would find her sleeping there. He pushed open the door of the first hut and went inside…then the second and the third. They were completely empty. Even the parrot on his perch had gone, even the little dog. A broken rope in the run outside showed where the pig, terrified by the flames, had rushed back into the forest. There was no doubt now in Finn’s mind. They had let Maia burn and fled in terror and shame. What would it be like, Finn wondered, going on living and knowing that he had killed his friend? The howler monkeys had been right to laugh when he said he wasn’t going back. He had turned downriver again almost at once to fetch Maia, and he had made good time, traveling with the current--but he had come too late.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Eva Ibbotson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-ibbotson/so-when-finn-sailed-back-down-the-negro-at-dawn-he-saw-no-flames-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba7/eva-ibbotson-2965_empty-shell_so-when-finn-sailed-back-down-the-negro_607716.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba7/eva-ibbotson-2965_empty-shell_so-when-finn-sailed-back-down-the-negro_607716.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba7/eva-ibbotson-2965_empty-shell_so-when-finn-sailed-back-down-the-negro_607716.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“So when Finn sailed back down the Negro at dawn, he saw no flames and heard no roaring as the house was…” — Eva Ibbotson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/finn/eva-ibbotson/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/finn/eva-ibbotson/", "name": "Finn Quotes by Eva Ibbotson", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/finn/eva-ibbotson/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57e/eva-ibbotson-2965_finn_and-when-finn-complained-at-the-end-of-a_2155268.jpg" }, "description": "11 Finn quotes by Eva Ibbotson. 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