20 Quotes by Edith Pattou

I knelt by the design. Yes, there was the sun rising. But the white form I had always thought to be a cloud was a bear. I could see it now, upside down. White bear, isbjorn, stood for north. Father had not been able to help himself. The truth was there, too. Truth and lie, side by side.

I crossed the room to him. "I love you," I said in a rush, afraid I would change my mind."Charles," he replied.

Here.After so long waiting.Her purple eyes.Torn cloak.Skin pale, sheer as ice.Exhausted.But unafraid.

They journeyed far and the white bear said, "Are you afraid?""No," she replied. "I am not afraid.

That’s the trouble with loving a wild thing: You’re always left watching the door.

A pine needle fell in the forest. The hawk saw it. The deer heard it. The white bear smelled it.

The joy I feel is immense; it burns inside me as though I have swallowed a piece of the sun.

It was the difference between walking with a stranger and walking with your heartmate. It was the difference between working for duty and working for love.

And telling a story, I suppose, is like winding a skein of spun yarn- you sometimes lose track of the beginning.