“Mabel was angry at the injustice of it—that she should have wanted a baby so dearly and be denied one, and that… — Eowyn Ivey Justice Copy Share Image
“All those sounds of her failure and regret would be left behind, and in their place there would be silence.” — Eowyn Ivey Failure 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 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
“As she began to peel potatoes, he stood behind her and touched the tendrils of hair that had fallen from their clips… — Eowyn Ivey Fresh air Copy Share Image
“He put one foot in front of the other and walked without seeing or feeling.” — 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
“She slid her boot soles onto the surface and nearly laughed at her own absurdity - to be careful not to slip… — Eowyn Ivey 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
“nothing is impossible. Take one step, and then another, and see where the path leads. Don’t think of the obstacles, only the… — Eowyn Ivey Adversity 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 Science Copy Share Image
“That is the excitement. We catch only glimpses, a burst of movement, a flap of wings, yet it is life itself beating… — Eowyn Ivey Life Copy Share Image
“What happened in that cold dark, when frost formed a halo in the child's straw hair and snowflake turned to flesh and… — Eowyn Ivey Children 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 Unable to forgive Copy Share Image
“When she first fell in love with Jack, she dreamed she could fly...” — Eowyn Ivey Love 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 Copy Share Image
“No. Sometimes these things happen. Life doesn’t go the way we plan or hope, but we don’t have to be so angry,… — Eowyn Ivey Life Copy Share Image
“Through the night, the black canyon groaned & heaved & gurgled, as if we slept in the belly of a coldblooded beast.… — Eowyn Ivey 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
“There is the feeling here that civilization is still just a speck, and it makes me feel small in a good way.… — Eowyn Ivey Copy Share Image
“...the child's arms around her, hugging her as a daughter hugs her mother. Joyfully. Spontaneously. The most beautiful of all. The most… — Eowyn Ivey Children 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
“Why was it always the woman's fate to pace and fret and wait?” — Eowyn Ivey Feminist Copy Share Image
