“Then he returned to Mabel and put his mouth to her ear. I'd never let anything happen to you. You know that,… — Eowyn Ivey Husband Copy Share Image
“It takes a kind of arrogance to think everything in the world can be measured and weighed with our scientific instruments.” — Eowyn Ivey Arrogance Copy Share Image
“I don’t know why, precisely. I believe we were in need of a change. We needed to do things for ourselves. Does… — Eowyn Ivey Change Copy Share Image
“Makes me see that there might be some sense to having children after all, just so your entire life and all your… — Eowyn Ivey Children Copy Share Image
“Carry me on and on to the edge of the earth, with children's laughter like a wind - full sail, then carry… — Eowyn Ivey Children Copy Share Image
“To believe, perhaps you had to cease looking for explanations and instead hold the little thing in your hands as long as… — Eowyn Ivey Slipped Copy Share Image
“In my old age, I see that life itself is often more fantastic and terrible than the stories we believed as children,… — Eowyn Ivey Age life Copy Share Image
“Yet what of love? That is another, more solid thing; it is not tricked by fine lights or spirits. It is more… — Eowyn Ivey Light Copy Share Image
“He would not look away. Everywhere, even in the blackest abyss, he believed one might witness the divine. The shadows and contrast… — Eowyn Ivey Copy Share Image
“She could not fathom the hexagonal miracle of snowflakes formed from clouds, crystallized fern and feather that tumble down to light on… — Eowyn Ivey Snowflakes Copy Share Image
“Sewing was different. Mabel knew if she was patient and meticulous, if she carefully followed the lines, took each step as it… — Eowyn Ivey Life Copy Share Image
“Dear, sweet Mabel,” she said. “We never know what is going to happen, do we? Life is always throwing us this way… — Eowyn Ivey Adventure Copy Share Image
“Life is always throwing us this way and that. That’s where the adventure is. Not knowing where you’ll end up or how… — Eowyn Ivey Adventure Copy Share Image
“You did not have to understand miracles to believe in them, and in fact Mabel had begun to suspect the opposite. To… — Eowyn Ivey Inspirational attitude Copy Share Image
“What a tragic tale! Why these stories for children always have to turn out so dreadfully is beyond me. I think if… — Eowyn Ivey Children Copy Share Image
“She could not fathom the hexagonal miracle of snowflakes formed from clouds, crystallized fern and feather that tumble down to light on… — Eowyn Ivey Miracle Copy Share Image
“It was as if she had reached into her own pocket and discovered a small pebble, as hard as a diamond, that… — Eowyn Ivey Grief Copy Share Image
“Ah, and this is the trouble with a diary. We are allowed to stand too long before its mirror and gaze at… — Eowyn Ivey Too long Copy Share Image
“I see that life itself is often more fantastic and terrible than the stories we believed as children, and that perhaps there… — Eowyn Ivey Children Copy Share Image
“And yet, what Ada had written about joy was entirely true. When she stands before you with her long, naked limbs and… — Eowyn Ivey Embrace Copy Share Image
“I think there’s this tendency to lump people together, to think that all people who look like this or come from this… — Eowyn Ivey Think People Copy Share Image
“life itself is often more fantastic and terrible than the stories we believed as children, and that perhaps there is no harm… — Eowyn Ivey Children Copy Share Image
“It was beautiful, Mabel knew, but it was a beauty that ripped you open and scored you clean so that you were… — Eowyn Ivey Beauty Copy Share Image
“Doubt crouched over his shoulder, ready to take him by the throat, whispering in his ear, You are an old man. An… — Eowyn Ivey Doubt Copy Share Image
“She slid her boot soles onto the surface and nearly laughed at her own absurdity - to be careful not to slip… — Eowyn Ivey Slip Prayed Copy Share Image
“It would be a hard life, but it would be theirs alone. Here at the world's edge, far from everything familiar and… — Eowyn Ivey Hard life Copy Share Image
“Was it as Ada had suggested, that we can choose our own endings, joy over sorrow? Or does the cruel world just… — Eowyn Ivey Cruel world Copy Share Image
“All her life she had believed in something more, in the mystery that shape-shifted at the edge of her senses. It was… — Eowyn Ivey Beautiful writing Copy Share Image
“For en tragisk historie! Jeg fatter ikke hvorfor slike eventyr for barn alltid må ende med forferdelse. Jeg tror at hvis jeg… — Eowyn Ivey Copy Share Image
“As the glow of the cabin windows turned to flickers through the trees and then to black, her eyes adjusted and the… — Eowyn Ivey Trees Copy Share Image
“Who would think than an adolescent boy would have anything to teach an old woman? But it was Garrett who had led… — Eowyn Ivey Esther Copy Share Image
“When she had the strength, she began to fold the tiny clothes and blankets and cloth diapers and put them into plain… — Eowyn Ivey Grief Copy Share Image
“As Jack knelt in the bloody snow, he wondered if that was how a man held up his end of the bargain,… — Eowyn Ivey Jack Knelt Copy Share Image
“Following the pattern offered a kind of comfort, a quiet balance to working in the field during the day. The farmwork was… — Eowyn Ivey Mabel Knew Copy Share Image
“But what makes the question of cultural loss the most uncomfortable, and difficult for me to address, are the inherent definitions built… — Eowyn Ivey Loss Copy Share Image
“He thought Mabel would cry, and he wanted to be anywhere else. It was wrong and cowardly, and he'd done it before--when… — Eowyn Ivey Mind Copy Share Image
“If you said you didn’t have children, it sounded like a choice, and what kind of craziness would that be? If you… — Eowyn Ivey Children Copy Share Image
“that day I was filled with more love than I ever could have imagined. And when my hands grew cold, you didn’t… — Eowyn Ivey Kissed Copy Share Image
“After all these years, still a spot within her fluttered at his touch, and his voice, throaty and hushed in her ear,… — Eowyn Ivey Tickled Copy Share Image
“When she slowly straightened, the land was vast before her. The sun was setting down the river, casting a cold pink hue… — Eowyn Ivey Flower Copy Share Image
