14 quotes found
“Only weak thinkers do not love the sky.”
“It is difficult to believe extraordinary things.”
“Governments can do both great and stupid things.”
“You have been the great green adventure of my life. Without you my days would be unlit.”
“Keep you secret, then, my darling. Everybody needs them. Secrets make you tough, and wily.”
“I do, Im afraid, understand books far more readily than I understand people. Books are so easy to get along with.”
“If music can shine, Sophie thought, this music shone... 'It's like eight thousand birds, Charles!'When the music closed, she clapped until the rest of the audience had stopped and until her hands w...”
“Perhaps, she thought, thats what love does. Its not there to make you feel special. Its to make you brave. It was like a ration pack in the desert, she thought, like a box of matches in a dark wood...”
“He was thirty-six years old, and six foot three. He spoke English to people and French to cats, and Latin to the birds. He had once nearly killed himself trying to read and ride a horse at the same...”
“Let me introduce you. Sophie, this is Miss Eliot, from the National Childcare Agency. Miss Eliot, this is Sophie, from the ocean.”
“But those coins are wishes! Youre stealing other peoples wishes!The look Matteo gave her was so flinty, she could have chipped a tooth on it. If you have money to waste on wishes, you dont need the...”
“I do, I’m afraid, understand books far more readily than I understand people. Books are so easy to get along with.”
“Perhaps, she thought, that’s what love does. It’s not there to make you feel special. It’s to make you brave. It was like a ration pack in the desert, she thought, like a box of matches in a dark w...”
“But those coins are wishes! You’re stealing other people’s wishes!”The look Matteo gave her was so flinty, she could have chipped a tooth on it. “If you have money to waste on wishes, you don’t nee...”
