Quotes by : Eowyn Ivey

Why was it always the woman's fate to pace and fret and wait?

You did not have to understand miracles to believe in them, and in fact Mabel had begun to suspect the....

A boy trying out a man's language.

There's been a lot to get used to here." Esther laughed. "Isn't that the truth. I don't know if you ever....

Who am I to claim such boundless sorrow? This heartache, acute and true as it may be, is slight compared....

She had watched other women with infants and eventually understood what she craved: the boundless permission-no,....

I am left to wonder, will anyone else see it?That day in the forest when I looked upon the marble bear,....

It was as if she had reached into her own pocket and discovered a small pebble, as hard as a diamond,....

...and she would wonder if one can truly stop the inevitable. Was it as Ada had suggested, that we can....

Then he returned to Mabel and put his mouth to her ear. I'd never let anything happen to you. You know....