434 Quotes by Kate Morton

If I were loved, as I desire to be, / What is there in the great sphere of the earth, / And range of evil between death and birth, / That I should fear,- if I were loved by thee?

You make a life out of what you have, not what you're missing.

I believe in science, Mr. Gilbert. But one of my first loves was natural history. The earth is ancient and it is vast and there is much that we do not yet comprehend. I refuse to accept that science and magic are opposed; they are both valid attempts to understand the way our world works.

Had any poet adequately described the wretched ugliness of a loved one turned inside out with grief?

History in the storyteller's hand was a potent force indeed,....

There were so many aspects of Eleanor her daughters didn't know. She took them out sometimes, those hidden traits, and turned them over, inspecting and admiring from all sides, as if they were precious seed pearls. And then she wrapped them up again safely and tucked them away. She would never never reveal them again because then she'd have to explain why she'd changed.

You're young.' she'd continued briskly. 'Life will cure you of naive assumptions. The only thing one can count on is that no else can truly be counted on.

Sadie felt a swell of emotion. That was love right there, wasn't it? Someone in your life who cared that your next meal was coming to you.

Mother didn't understand that children aren't frightened by stories; that their lives are full of far more frightening things than those contained in fairy tales.