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> [“We had taken her for granted until she was no longer there, like an ancient tree you don't truly see until it is felled, and then only from the empty space in the sky do you suddenly grasp its stature.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-maitland/we-had-taken-her-for-granted-until-she-was-no-longer-there-like-an/)

[Karen Maitland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-maitland/)

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## More by Karen Maitland

> [You've heard tales of beauty and the beast. How a fair maid falls in love with a monster and sees the beauty of his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-maitland/you-ve-heard-tales-of-beauty-and-the-beast-how-a-fair-maid-falls-in/)

[Karen Maitland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-maitland/)

> [Rain slips through your fingers as easily as words blow away in the wind, and yet it has the power to destroy your whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-maitland/rain-slips-through-your-fingers-as-easily-as-words-blow-away-in-the/)

[Karen Maitland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-maitland/)

> [But then, the flames of a fire are not made less painful by the knowledge that others are burning with you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-maitland/but-then-the-flames-of-a-fire-are-not-made-less-painful-by-the/)

[Karen Maitland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-maitland/)

> [“I'd believed mine was the greatest of all the arts, the noblest of all the lies, the creation of hope. I thought hope could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-maitland/i-d-believed-mine-was-the-greatest-of-all-the-arts-the-noblest-of-all/)

[Karen Maitland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-maitland/)

> [“We couldn't bring the sheep back to life, so there was nothing for it but to eat the evidence.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-maitland/we-couldn-t-bring-the-sheep-back-to-life-so-there-was-nothing-for-it/)

[Karen Maitland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-maitland/)

> [Id love to own Newstead, partly because it belonged to Lord Byron, but also to try to uncover what dark secrets really lie beneath.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-maitland/id-love-to-own-newstead-partly-because-it-belonged-to-lord-byron-but/)

[Karen Maitland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-maitland/)

> [“I had seen that errible look on a man's face before, on the faces of those being dragged to the gallows. Some scream and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-maitland/i-had-seen-that-errible-look-on-a-man-s-face-before-on-the-faces-of/)

[Karen Maitland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-maitland/)

> [“King John won't need any persuading that the French have a hand in this. From what I've heard, if a bean gives him a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-maitland/king-john-won-t-need-any-persuading-that-the-french-have-a-hand-in/)

[Karen Maitland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-maitland/)

> [“Why do mortals think that suffering is a coin with which they can buy justice or salvation? ... life is a steal if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-maitland/why-do-mortals-think-that-suffering-is-a-coin-with-which-they-can-buy/)

[Karen Maitland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-maitland/)

> [“They say despair is a terrible thing, but hope is worse: it keeps you shackled for ever, like a dog in a wheel, always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-maitland/they-say-despair-is-a-terrible-thing-but-hope-is-worse-it-keeps-you/)

[Karen Maitland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-maitland/)

> [People sense that our reaction to phenomena such as epidemics or religious war is not that different to how we reacted to plagues or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-maitland/people-sense-that-our-reaction-to-phenomena-such-as-epidemics-or/)

[Karen Maitland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-maitland/)

> [Home is the place you return to when you have finally lost your soul. Home is the place where life is born, not the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-maitland/home-is-the-place-you-return-to-when-you-have-finally-lost-your-soul/)

[Karen Maitland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-maitland/)

> [“We had taken her for granted until she was no longer there, like an ancient tree you don't truly see until it is felled,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-maitland/we-had-taken-her-for-granted-until-she-was-no-longer-there-like-an/)

[Karen Maitland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-maitland/)

> [The English king's power was curbed by Parliament, though that wasn't always a good thing, as politicians often behave no better than monarchs -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-maitland/the-english-king-s-power-was-curbed-by-parliament-though-that-wasn-t/)

[Karen Maitland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-maitland/)

> [“Hope is a beautiful lie and it requires talent to create it for others.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-maitland/hope-is-a-beautiful-lie-and-it-requires-talent-to-create-it-for-others/)

[Karen Maitland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-maitland/)

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