For a moment Ildiko had the oddest sense of being set adrift alone on a vast sea in a small boat. Her horse’s rolling gait was the tide that rocked her. Beyond her senses lay a horizon she couldn’t see and land she couldn’t reach; the
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“Sometimes she heard night-sounds she didn’t know or jumped from lightning too close, but whenever she stumbled, it was the land who caught her. Until at last, at some unclaimed moment, the heart-pain seeped away like water into sand. Still there, but deep. Kya laid her hand upon the breathing, wet earth, and the marsh became her mother.”
― Where the Crawdads Sing
― Where the Crawdads Sing
“I can’t imagine all men love their women the way I love Anne. If they did, the streets would be empty, and the fields would grow fallow. Industry would rumble to a halt and markets would tumble as men bowed at the feet of their wives, unable to need or notice anything but her. If all men loved their wives the way I love Anne, we would be a useless lot. Or maybe the world would know peace. Maybe the wars would end, and the strife would cease as we centred our lives on loving and being loved.”
― What the Wind Knows
― What the Wind Knows
“A robber who steals a knife and cuts himself cannot cry out against the woman who kept it sharp.”
― Spinning Silver
― Spinning Silver
“But the wind and water know all the earth’s secrets. They’ve seen and heard all that has ever been said or done. And if you listen, they will tell you all the stories and sing every song. The stories of everyone who has ever lived. Millions and millions of lives. Millions and millions of stories.”
― What the Wind Knows
― What the Wind Knows
“Adeline has decided she would rather be a tree, like Estele. If she must grow roots, she would rather be left to flourish wild instead of pruned, would rather stand alone, allowed to grow beneath the open sky.”
― The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
― The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
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