Atbash (Emma)

“The first house only is important; the first house, the road, and the wood.”
― Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting

“Queen Anne's lace lay dusty on the surface of the meadows like foam on a painted sea.”
― Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting

“But in another part of her head, the dark part where her oldest fears were housed, she knew there was another sort of reason for staying at home: she was afraid to go away alone.
[...] The characters in stories she read always seemed to go off without a thought or care, but in real life– well, the world was a dangerous place. People were always telling her so. And she would not be able to manage without protection. They were always telling her that, too.”
― Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting

“And finally she had sobbed the only truth there was into her mother’s shoulder, the only explanation: the Tucks were her friends. She had done it because—in spite of everything, she loved them.”
― Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting