“I was halfway between my home and the cookhouse when a mist of cloud began to creep across the early-risen moon. It… — Martine Leavitt Copy Share Image
“How thin the air felt at the forest's edge, how ghostly the trees that guarded their realm.... The whole world seemed as… — Martine Leavitt Every morning Copy Share Image
Each man, when he dies, sees the landscape of his own soul. — Martine Leavitt Landscape Copy Share Image
“Me: Now I understand why a guy can give up his freedom and shackle himself to one girl and spend the rest… — Martine Leavitt Freedom Copy Share Image
His [Death] voice is cold at first, John. It seems unfeeling. But if you listen without fear, you find that when he… — Martine Leavitt Break Copy Share Image
...the girl longed for a love that could not be ended by death. From the time she was young, she knew that… — Martine Leavitt Color Copy Share Image
I have observed that you treat a man as an old garment to be taken apart and stitched again. Perhaps you could… — Martine Leavitt Fabric Copy Share Image
When it is winter and we must walk in the blizzard snow do not our fingers and toes whisper death And when… — Martine Leavitt Belly Copy Share Image
“There are some who come willingly," I said, as if I had not heard him, "not out of love, but out of… — Martine Leavitt Lack of understanding Copy Share Image
“The girl knew that quarrels would come because their lives were intertwined - how passionately one defends a heart that is vulnerable.” — Martine Leavitt Copy Share Image
“The hope of yellow must be nothing to the taste of it, she thought.” — Martine Leavitt Hope Copy Share Image
“She knew she had never been truly alive until she met him, and never so happy and content with her lot until… — Martine Leavitt Happy and content Copy Share Image
“There is no hell...Each man, when he dies, sees the landscape of his own soul.” — Martine Leavitt Copy Share Image
Living to an extraordinary age, she mourned them all equally as she buried her husband and, one by one, her children. In… — Martine Leavitt Age Copy Share Image
“There was no breath in him, no flush of blood, no taint of sweat or tears. Next to him, I felt the… — Martine Leavitt Copy Share Image
Had I truly thought I would not die when he kissed me? But I did. For a moment the breath and life… — Martine Leavitt Life Copy Share Image
These are the best reasons to do anything in life. People who say things like this are the kind of people who… — Martine Leavitt Anything in life Copy Share Image
“My lord, why do you trouble me by walking with me in the dark? It is cruel." "I think to protect you… — Martine Leavitt Dark Copy Share Image
Demonstrate talent, said Grandmother often to me, and you will still be loved by a husband when beauty has faded. — Martine Leavitt Beauty Copy Share Image
Papa loves you with a dying and infernal love," the youngest girl said. "Undying," the eldest girl corrected. "And eternal. — Martine Leavitt Dying Copy Share Image
“The soul, it longs for its mate as mas as the body. Sad it is that the body be greedier than the… — Martine Leavitt Spirituality Copy Share Image
“Anything could happen in a cosmos that was part math and part magic.” — Martine Leavitt Astronomy Copy Share Image