35 Quotes by Margarita Engle

There is no place more lonelyThan a rich man's home.

Without even trying to be a teacher, Fredrika is teaching us,Showing us how to see things in new waysInstead of always thinkingThe same old thoughtsThat have been passed along by strangersDay after day, year after yearWithout any spirit of amazementOr wonder,

I am aloneand my heartis my own.Loneliness.Solitude.The first is a curse,the second a blessing.I would rather be a hermitthan live with a strangerwho would make me feeleven more lonelythan when I amtrulyalone.

It's a sight I plan to remember, this spontaneous unity when faced with disaster.

If we knew how to find the lost, we would know how to rediscover the parts of our mindsleft behindin battle.

The Little War?How can there bea little war?Are some deathssmaller than others,leaving motherswho weepa little less?

Is there any way that two people from faraway places can ever really understand each other's daydrems?

Once I've mastered the art of pretending that I don't care what other kids think of me, I start to pay attention in class, discovering that I love library research for history term papers about ancient lands. It feels like a form of time travel.

The whole world's safety depends on the words of two men who are enemies.