Quotes by Eva Ibbotson

Eva Ibbotson

The news should have terrified her, but it was difficult to be frightened of anything when she was sitting so close to Rom. ‘I thought we had convinced him that I was leading a blameless life?’ ‘We had, till you burst out of that damnable cake.

Cake

News

Should Have

The sisters worked from dawn to dusk. One of them was an idiot; she started shaving her legs and marrying tax inspectors, so she was no good.

Legs

Shaving

Taxes

Then he kissed her. It was a very long time before he let her go. When he did, she looked up at him, hurt and bewilderment on her face. ‘Why did you stop?’ asked Tessa. ‘I thought you might want to breathe,’ said Guy carefully. ‘Breathe?’said Tessa , shocked. ‘I don’t need to breathe when I’m with you.’

Guy

Hurt

Long

They were steaming out of the station before Maia asked, ‘Was it books in the trunk?’ ‘It was books, admitted Miss Minton. And Maia said, ‘Good.

Book

Missing

Trunks

This is worse than Hollywood, he thought. A girl comes in with a pork chop and I write a song for her.

Girl

Song

Writing

To show too much joy in a place such as this would be unseemly but, as he padded toward her, his tail was extended in a manner which would make wagging possible should all go as expected.

Dog

Joy

Would Be

What are you afraid of then? Not Being able to see, I think not seeing because your obsessed by something that blots out the world.

Able

Thinking

World

When you’re sad, my Little Star, go out of doors. It’s always better underneath the open sky.

Doors

Nature

Stars

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Anna

Aunt

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Baby

Blood

Book

Cake

Chemist

Crow

Cutting

Dare

Dog

Done

Doors

Eternity

Fall

Feet

Flower

Games

Girl

Guy

Hands

Hurt

I Can

Intelligent

Joy

Judging

Kissing

Knows

Legs

Loneliness

Long

Mean

Men

Might

Mind

Missing

Nature

News

Olives

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Peaceful

People

Promise

Rose

Ruth

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Quotes by Eva Ibbotson

Eva Ibbotson

The news should have terrified her, but it was difficult to be frightened of anything when she was sitting so close to Rom. ‘I thought we had convinced him that I was leading a blameless life?’ ‘We had, till you burst out of that damnable cake.

The sisters worked from dawn to dusk. One of them was an idiot; she started shaving her legs and marrying tax inspectors, so she was no good.

They were steaming out of the station before Maia asked, ‘Was it books in the trunk?’ ‘It was books, admitted Miss Minton. And Maia said, ‘Good.

This is worse than Hollywood, he thought. A girl comes in with a pork chop and I write a song for her.

To show too much joy in a place such as this would be unseemly but, as he padded toward her, his tail was extended in a manner which would make wagging possible should all go as expected.

What are you afraid of then? Not Being able to see, I think not seeing because your obsessed by something that blots out the world.

When you’re sad, my Little Star, go out of doors. It’s always better underneath the open sky.

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