Choose Joy 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

“Makes me see that there might be some sense to having children after all, just so your entire life and all your family’s contributions…

— Eowyn Ivey

“She and Jack had formed her of snow and birch boughs and frosty wild grass.”

— Eowyn Ivey

“You’ll drive yourself crazy looking for something that’s not there.”

— Eowyn Ivey

“She might be curt and ungrateful, but by God she could bake.”

— Eowyn Ivey

“And if it is true...that we are each inhabited by some bit of divine light, then upon death, how long before those particles dissipate…

— Eowyn Ivey

“Carry me on and on to the edge of the earth, with children's laughter like a wind - full sail, then carry me beyond”

— Eowyn Ivey

“When she first fell in love with Jack, she had dreamed she could fly, that on a warm, inky black night she had pushed…

— Eowyn Ivey

“But what makes the question of cultural loss the most uncomfortable, and difficult for me to address, are the inherent definitions built into it.…

— Eowyn Ivey

“Sewing was different. Mabel knew if she was patient and meticulous, if she carefully followed the lines, took each step as it came, and…

— Eowyn Ivey

“As Jack's eyes grew accustomed to the darkness, he saw the ground covered in white and, in the light of Garrett"s lantern, snowflakes spinning…

— Eowyn Ivey

“Doubt crouched over his shoulder, ready to take him by the throat, whispering in his ear, You are an old man. An old, old…

— Eowyn Ivey