434 Quotes by Kate Morton

- "Life is long," was all he'd said, his voice calm; he hadn't looked up from the film. "Being human isn't easy.

Whatever one came across a lock, it was wise to assume that there was something on the other side one ought to see.

Her curiosity was unquenchable.

By quirk of geography, people did not come unexpectedly to Loeanneth. The estate sat deep in a dell, surrounded by thick, briar-tangled woods, just like houses must in fairy tales.

Comprendió el poder de las historias. Su mágica habilidad para sanar las heridas internas de la gente.

The garden is incredible. It's really overgrown, but underneath the brambles all kinds of plants have survived. There are paths, garden seats, bird feeders.""Like Sleeping Beauty, fast asleep until the enchantment is broken.""That's the thing, though; it hasn't been asleep. The trees kept growing, bearing fruit, even though there's been no one there to appreciate it. You should see the apple tree, it looks to be a hundred years old.

Hannah was still dressed in her oyster-colored silk. Like liquid. Her pale hair was pressed in waves about her face and a strand of diamonds was pinned around the crown of her head.

Gentlemen and ladies- in green, yellow, pink- arriving on the terrace, sweeping down the stone stairs onto the lawn. Jazz music floating on the air; Chinese lanterns flickering in the breeze; Mr. Hamilton's hired waiters balancing huge silver trays of sparkling champagne flutes on raised hands, weaving through the growing crowds; Emmeline, shimmering in pink, leading a laughing fellow to the dance floor to perform the Shimmy shake.

People , by and large, are fearful of old buildings, just as they fear the elderly themselves.