52 Quotes by Patricia MacLachlan

Where else," I will say, "does an old turtle crossing the path Make all the difference in the world?

Fact and fiction are different truths.

Poets and children," said Sylvan. "We are the same really. When you can't find a poet, find a child. Remember that.

In MoonlightNoSoft sweet paw on my cheekNoFur curled under my chinJustA sad space left behind - Gray cat gone away. [Ellie's poem]

There are always things to miss," said Maggie. "No matter where you are.

Sometimes, what people choose to write down on paper is more important than what they say."Caleb didn't know what Sarah meant. But I knew. I wrote in my journal every night. And when I read what I had written, I could see myself there, clearer than when I looked in the mirror. I could see all of us: Papa, who couldn't always say the things he felt; Caleb, who said everything; and Sarah, who didn't know that she had changed us all.

I will come by train. I will wear a yellow bonnet. I am plain and tall.

My brother William is a fisherman, and he tells me that when he is in the middle of a fogboundsea the water is a color for which there is no name.

...there are some things for which there are no answers, no matter how beautiful the words may be.