Quote by E.L. Bates

“The journey they took up the Negro and into the Agarapi River was very different from the dreamy voyage Finn and Maia had made…

— Eva Ibbotson

“You know you said you used to wake up every morning in the lagoon when your father was alive and think, ‘Here I am,…

— Eva Ibbotson

“But the relief of seeing Maia safe soon took a different turn. On board the Arabella she complained about Maia’s tangled hair, her bare…

— Eva Ibbotson

“What do you mean to do with Maia when you do find her?” the professor asked that night. “Take her back to the Keminskys…

— Eva Ibbotson

“Oh Finn, thought Maia, I know I should be glad you’re free and happy, and I am glad. Only I really don’t know what…

— Eva Ibbotson

“I wish I could find him again.” And then: “I will find him again. If they don’t send me away.” “They won’t send you…

— Eva Ibbotson

“Clovis had been listening to Finn with a very worried face. “But that’s a sort of curse. Maia shouldn’t live in a house that’s…

— Eva Ibbotson

“I’m sorry you never got my note that night,” said Minty. “I was arranging for us to go and live with them. You’ll like…

— Eva Ibbotson

“Then in an instant the worst happened. The boy gave a wild shout, a shout of pure rage. He put down the paddle, threw…

— Eva Ibbotson

“There was nothing to be done with him and his kind - unless you were prepared to shoot them.”

— Christopher Isherwood