Gigi

“The brain’s like the world. Every part of it has a way of doing things. But you won’t know what you know until you know it.”
― Lauren Wolk, Echo Mountain

“My father set a fresh log on the stump and hefted his ax. “Nothing to say. And no sense pointing you children toward something better left alone. Which is what you’ll do, Ellie. Leave her alone.” And there was something so hard in his voice that I’d obeyed him.”
― Lauren Wolk, Echo Mountain

“mountain”
― Lauren Wolk, Echo Mountain

“What's wrong between you two?' she said. 'You used to be like peas in a pod.'
I thought about everything I might say, then chose the simplest. 'We're different.'
Cate scoffed at that. 'So are ink and paper, but they get along very well indeed.'
'She's mad at me,' I said.
'Not mad,' Esther said.
'She thinks I'm the reason our daddy got hurt.'
Cate scoffed again. 'You're a girl. You're not a tree.'
'She was in the way,' Esther said.
Cate shook her head. 'Blame comes from the Greek for 'curse.' That's the root of it. A curse. Against the sacred. Which is what sisters are. Or should be. To each other.' She glared at us both. 'Sacred.”
― Lauren Wolk, Echo Mountain