Quote by Eva Ibbotson

“They had reached Euston station. Miss Minton waved her umbrella at a porter, and Maia’s trunk and her suitcase were lifted onto a trolley.…

— Eva Ibbotson

“Muriel sprinkled salt over her haddock mousse. ‘It is not easy to be specific, but both morally and hygienically there is . . .…

— Eva Ibbotson

“You’re taking this very well, my boy. Very well indeed. You’re taking it like a man. I confess I expected arguments, even tantrums.” “Well,…

— Eva Ibbotson

She stood looking carefully at the labeled portraits Ursala had put up: Little Crow, Chief of the Santees, Geronimo, last of the Apaches, and…

— Eva Ibbotson

“For the first part of the journey Maia kept her eyes on the side of the road. Now that she was really leaving her…

— Eva Ibbotson

“She realized that adventures, once they were over, were things that had to stay inside one--that no one else could quite understand.”

— Eva Ibbotson

What are you afraid of then? Not Being able to see, I think not seeing because your obsessed by something that blots out the…

— Eva Ibbotson

The sisters worked from dawn to dusk. One of them was an idiot; she started shaving her legs and marrying tax inspectors, so she…

— Eva Ibbotson

“When we’re grown up I’ll come back for you, I promise. No one can stop us then.”

— Eva Ibbotson

“But in the evening, when at last she had a moment alone, she slipped into the library and leaned her head against the mahogany…

— Eva Ibbotson

But she had to know words. She had to know everything.

— Eva Ibbotson

Please, God,' Ruth would pray, 'don't let me be competitive. Let me realize what a privilege it is to study. Let me remember that…

— Eva Ibbotson