Katharine Swartz > Quotes

“Helena smiled and nodded, and Ava saw that people were moving over towards a small, scrubby patch of grass where a couple of trestle tables had been set up and were already near to buckling with plates of food. Together they walked over to the group, and Ava joined Eleni and Parthenope. She was soon filling her plate with souvlaki, cucumber and yogurt salad, and baklava sticky with honey and studded with nuts”
― Katharine Swartz, Beyond the Olive Grove

“walked with her”
― Katharine Swartz, The Orphan's Island

“kept one foot”
― Katharine Swartz, The Orphan's Island

“And so she closes her eyes, and lets the rain beat over her, and everything in her demands she take that small, final step into forever.”
― Katharine Swartz, The Wife's Promise

“Aberdeen had travelled in one day. There wasn't much”
― Katharine Swartz, Far Horizons

“If only it would all be this easy, she thinks. If only it was a matter of walking, one step at a time, into eternity. Walter was pushed—so suddenly, so unfairly—but she will go willingly. She will choose it. And yet she knows the entrance to eternity is not such a simple thing, although as she nears the beach she thinks perhaps it is after all. Perhaps this step is as simple as any other, if you just close your eyes.”
― Katharine Swartz, The Wife's Promise

“Another Country,”
― Katharine Swartz, Far Horizons

“There’s something so inspiring about a life quietly lived, isn’t there? Without any fuss or fanfare, just simple love and duty. She made a difference, even if no one sees it now, or even cares.”
― Katharine Swartz, The Wife's Promise

“dark hair, new”
― Katharine Swartz, Beyond the Olive Grove

“breeze ruffled her bonnet strings. It wasn't as if the voyage had come as a surprise. The MacDougalls”
― Katharine Swartz, Far Horizons