Quotes from Sara Donati

These were children who were nimble enough to get around any kind of barrier and hungry enough to try, despite the danger and the very real repercussions if they were caught looting. Sophie drew in a sharp breath. "There's something I didn't miss, children fighting over the chance to get killed.

Women who sought ways to limit the size of their families were to Comstock proof that humankind was on the brink of self-destruction. But not all women; he focused his ire on white women of good families, who were obliged, in his view of the world, to provide heirs for the ruling class.

The more that is taken away, the more clearly will thou see what is left behind.

Over time she had come to understand that her fear prevented nothing, achieved nothing useful.

How often do we find love in the world, that it should be set aside so thoughtlessly?

But the Lord had other plans," Curiosity said. "And he didn't see fit to lift the yoke.

Adam was lonely, so he was given Lilith; he wished to lie with her, but she refused. We were created by the same God, she said, turning away from him; why should I lie beneath you? When Adam tried to force her to his will, Lilith cried out the name of the creator, whereupon she rose into the air, and flew away to the Red Sea.

Generally people believed that an abandoned child was illegitimate and that the mother had put it away from her to hide an inexcusable moral

My father," said Elizabeth, "is made of the same fabric as my uncle Merriweather and every other Englishman I've ever come across. He cannot see my point, because he cannot see me. Do you realize that, Curiosity? He sees me as a—commodity. The person I am, that person is invisible to him.

White, black, or red. I expect even the yellow men ain't much different. All made by the same God.

If you were truly concerned for me, it would matter to you what I want for myself. But it is only what you want for me—from me—that concerns you.

I'll tell you the way I see it, families have got personalities just like people. The Donovans are healthy stock and stubborn, and prone to holding a grudge. The Sparrows see the humor in everything and like to laugh even when it's bound to upset more serious-minded folks.

The Joyces down the lane are always in trouble because the men can't keep their trousers buttoned and the women are just as bad

white sand. Lily white. Lily. After a good while she realized

She wasn't healing, that was the wrong word. She was coming to terms with loss.

The devils we run away from are the ones that pursue us most vigorously, and will only be defeated when you turn to face them down.

Queens and goddesses forget nothing, except when it suits them.

Hannah thought of her family and willed them well, and safe, and free of worry for things they could not help or change.

All women are alike when they fear for their children

Young children bump heads and sprain limbs and weep over lost toys, but the heartbreak of a grown child draws blood.

She discovered with great delight that one does not love one's children just because they are one's children but because of the friendship formed while raising them. —Gabriel García Márquez

A good doctor knows when to talk and when to listen. A lesson you have already learned, I see.

Seems like those boys of mine get into three times as much trouble when school is out. I still don't understand how you get them to mind without a switch or at least a primed rifle over your arm." He reached over to help himself to the doughnuts.

You scare one stupid man, he'll most likely run off. But a crowd of stupid men—there ain't nothing more dangerous, or meaner.