Ruth Moore > Quotes

“Grampie's boat was a little double-ender, a model not built nowadays. She was narrow, so that she pitched and rolled something wicked in almost any sea. He could handle her, but he said she was probably the boat Christ got out of and walked away from on the water.”
― Ruth Moore, Candlemas Bay

“He would sit singing, his cheeks turning red above his whiskers; but his voice always came out deep and steady, like the sound of long ago, if long ago could make a sound instead of being forever lost and silent.”
― Ruth Moore, Candlemas Bay

“What ails people, they can’t let their kids alone, he thought, turning back into the barn. As if their kids was property they owned, and not livin’, breathin’ people.”
― Ruth Moore, Spoonhandle