K.E. Ormsbee > Quotes

“You might have a little trouble waking me," Fife told Adelaide. "I'm a very sound sleeper."
"No worries," Adelaide said sweetly. "I'll just kick your face till you come to.”
― K.E. Ormsbee, The Water and the Wild

“Eliot isn't like anyone I know. He's just Eliot. And even if he isn't refined, he knows how to live. That's why I'm not about to let him die.”
― K.E. Ormsbee, The Water and the Wild

“But how can you miss Felix when you don't know him?" "I carried you both inside me, him just as much as you. And do not tell me you don't miss your father because you've never known him." Lee grew quiet at the thought. Of course his mother was right: He missed his father with an inextinguishable love, even though he'd never seen his face.”
― K.E. Ormsbee, The House in Poplar Wood

“On the day that five angry creditors came calling at Thirsby Square, Mr. Yates inconveniently fell nose-first into his porridge and died, leaving Mrs. Yates to clean up the mess in the kitchen and at the bank.”
― K.E. Ormsbee, The Water and the Wild

“Humans are content to live small lives," Lee's mother had told him once. "They know greater forces are at work, but it's such a lot of effort to see or understand them. It's easier to just eat your breakfast and watch your favorite television shows.”
― K.E. Ormsbee