“ I have no word of yours to assure me that our brief friendship held for you the same significance it held for me, but I must go on believing so. Every hope of the future is meaningless unless I have f… Elizabeth George Speare
“ Have you noticed her name?Kit leaned sideways to see the letters painted jauntily on the transom. The WITCH! How did you dare? Does Hannah know? Oh, she's not named after Hannah. I hadn't gone ten mil… Elizabeth George Speare
“ She snatched at the dream that had comforted her for so long. It was faded and thin, like a letter too often read. Elizabeth George Speare
“ After the keen still days of September, the October sun filled the world with mellow warmth...The maple tree in front of the doorstep burned like a gigantic red torch. The oaks along the roadway glowe… Elizabeth George Speare
“ Who would guess, he teased, that I'd ever see you on a rooftop with straw in your hair?Kit giggled. Are you saying I've turned into a crow?Not exactly. His eyes were intensely blue with merriment. I c… Elizabeth George Speare
“ The girl looked about her. ’ Tis a pretty room, she said without thinking, and then wondered how that could be, when it was so plain and bare. Perhaps it was only the sunlight on boards that were scru… Elizabeth George Speare
“ Daniel, he said. I would have you follow me.Master!....I will fight for you to the end!.My loyal friend, he said, I would ask something much harder than that. Would you love for me to the end?...I don… Elizabeth George Speare
“ All the way up the river she's been holding back somehow, waiting. Now you'll both have to wait. I'm not going to disappoint her, Kit. When I take you on board the Witch, it's going to be for keeps. Elizabeth George Speare
“ It is the hate that is the enemy. Not men. Hate does not die with killing. It only springs up a hundredfold. The only thing stronger than hate is love. Elizabeth George Speare
“ If you ask me, it's all that schooling. It takes the fun out of life, being cooped up like that day after day...Books, now that's different. There's nothing like a book to keep you company of a long v… Elizabeth George Speare
“ The maple tree in front of the doorstep burned like a gigantic red torch. The oaks along the roadway glowed yellow and bronze. The fields stretched like a carpet of jewels, emerald and topaz and garne… Elizabeth George Speare
“ That lame man you saw-- is he grateful now? Is it worth it to get on his feet and spend the rest of his life dragging burdens like a mule? . . . It's not much of a world, is it? Is it worth trying to… Elizabeth George Speare
“ We can never know, Simon answered slowly. God hides the future from man's eyes. We are forced to choose, not knowing. I have chosen Jesus. Elizabeth George Speare
“ Tis a strange thing, that the only friends I have I found in the same way, lying flat in the meadows, crying as if their hearts would break. Elizabeth George Speare
“ From that first moment, in a way she could never explain, the Meadows claimed her and made her their own. Elizabeth George Speare
