Kate Morton Quotes - Page 5

I sound contemptuous, but I am not. I am interested--intrigued even--by the way time erases real lives, leaving only vague imprints. Blood and spirit fade away so that only names and dates remain.

They say everyone needs something to love.

Doors lead to things and I've never met one I haven't wanted to open.

Always remember, with a strong enough will, even the weak can wield great power.

You must learn to know the difference between tales and the truth, my Liza, she would say. Fairy tales have a habit of ending too soon. They never show what happens afterwards when the prince and princess ride off the page.

It's a funny thing, character, the way it brands people as they age, rising from within to leave its scar.

Darling girl, blinded by foolish thoughts of love. How to tell her that the hearts of men were not so easily won. If won, rarely kept.

Nell was not one for friends and had never hidden her distaste for most other humans, their neurotic compulsion for the acquisition of allies.

Only people unhappy in the present seek to know the future.

She was the breeze on a summer's day, the first drops of rain when the earth was parched, light from the evening star.

I've heard it said that children born to stressful times never shake the air of woe . . . .

Oh, there was harm indeed for a young lady flattered by the brief attentions of a handsome man.

Happiness in life is not a given, it must be seized.

Oh, Grey, no one really likes keeping secrets. The only thing that makes a secret fun is knowing that you weren't supposed to tell it.