Quote by Eowyn Ivey

“It was beautiful, Mabel knew, but it was a beauty that ripped you open and scored you clean so that you were left helpless…

— Eowyn Ivey

“Mabel was angry at the injustice of it—that she should have wanted a baby so dearly and be denied one, and that this young…

— Eowyn Ivey

“She removed a knife from the pocket of her skirt and swiftly cut the umbilical cord. She ripped off the remaining portion of her…

— Lisa V. Proulx

“When she had the strength, she began to fold the tiny clothes and blankets and cloth diapers and put them into plain brown boxes.…

— Eowyn Ivey

“People are…” Mabel wheezed. “Mostly good, you…” Wheeze. “Know? Mostly.” She tried to take a breath. It was hard. Like breathing through layers of…

— Libba Bray

“Who would think than an adolescent boy would have anything to teach an old woman? But it was Garrett who had led her into…

— Eowyn Ivey

“From the elevator, Mabel watched the old woman's bare feet hobbling away, a trail of salt and the lace hem of her nightgown left…

— Libba bray

“But the cry of a baby the minute she yanked open the front door tightened her chest so hard she could scarcely catch her…

— Deanna Roy

“Sarah shifted on the bench. I worried she was winding up to say something, that Sky would start humming now, that the fright spring-coiled…

— Sue Monk Kidd

“I lay in the darkness, a single tear escaped and rolled down my cheek. Within minutes, I heard Jack's even breathing signaling that he…

— Andrea Smith

“It'd be okay,though.Jack knew where I was. He'd get help and bring it back...just like when he'd disappeared and left me stranded in the…

— Kiersten White

“All her life she had believed in something more, in the mystery that shape-shifted at the edge of her senses. It was the flutter…

— Eowyn Ivey