“It's the past. Thoughts and dreams, hopes and hurts, all brewed together, fermenting slowly in the fusty air, unable ever to dissipate… — Kate Morton Dreams Copy Share Image
Mother didn't understand that children aren't frightened by stories; that their lives are full of far more frightening things than those contained… — Kate Morton Children Copy Share Image
“It suddenly seemed to Laurel that all the absences in her own life, every loss and sadness, every nightmare in the dark,… — Kate Morton Every night Copy Share Image
I want to be independent. To meet interesting people. ... I just mean new people with clever things to say. Things I've… — Kate Morton Adventure Copy Share Image
“I found myself wondering at the impermanence of things. One day, I thought, people will have forgotten any of this happened. This… — Kate Morton Death Copy Share Image
“I know what it meant. I worked it out myself. I've been reading about it. It was a metaphorical death. Sometimes the… — Kate Morton Death Copy Share Image
“One of the things I have come to know most surely in my work is that the belief system acquired in childhood… — Kate Morton Belief Copy Share Image
“Tea and toast were the rule after long-haul flying. It was one of the great mysteries of the universe, that a person… — Kate Morton Long haul Copy Share Image
The certainty that she would find what it was she sought just slipped away, until one night she knew there was nothing,… — Kate Morton Certainty Copy Share Image
“The woman in whose body I had grown, in whose house I’d been raised was, in some vital ways, a stranger to… — Kate Morton Stranger Copy Share Image
“The house, she'd explained to them many times, had spoken to her; she'd listened, and it turned out they'd understood one another… — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
“Life'd be a lot easier if it were like a fairy tale," said Cassandra, "if people belonged to stock character types." "Oh,… — Kate Morton Character Copy Share Image
“How can a person expect to escape their destiny, Merry? That is the question." A silence, then a small, practical voice. "There's… — Kate Morton Fitness Copy Share Image
“She wondered sometimes how he stood the constant criticism. "Love," Mr. Llewellyn had said when she ventured as much to him. "We… — Kate Morton Constant criticism Copy Share Image
