160 Quotes by Kim Edwards

Once, this whole world had been hidden beneath a shallow sea.

Away from the bright motion of the party, she carried her sadness like a dark stone clenched in her palm.

All that sunny afternoon, traveling north and east, Caroline believed absolutely in the future. And why not? For if the worst had already happened to them in the eyes of the world, then surely, surely, it was the worst that they left behind them now.

Norah watched him, serious and utterly absorbed in his task, overcome by the simple fact of his existence.

In some deep place in her heart, Caroline had kept alive the silly romantic notion that somehow David Henry had once known her as no one else ever could. But it was not true. He had never even glimpsed her.

Think of it, Dad. What if I have it in me to do that, and I don't try?

She imagined herself as some sort of vessel to be filled up with love. But it wasn't like that. The love was within her all the time, and its only renewal came from giving it away.

I imagine that she flushes, seeing him there, for she is at that age when even the most commonplace boys take on a sense of mystery. And this boy is not ordinary. He is wild and he has strange and fanciful perceptions. [p. 153]

No one could suspect the intricate mysteries of her heart.