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1 " I have no word of yours to assure me that our brief friendship held for you the same significance it held for me, but I must go on believing so. Every hope of the future is meaningless unless I have faith that you and I will share it together. "
― Elizabeth George Speare , Calico Captive
2 " the demons that make a person afraid are the hardest to cast out. "
― Elizabeth George Speare , The Bronze Bow
3 " She snatched at the dream that had comforted her for so long. It was faded and thin, like a letter too often read. "
― Elizabeth George Speare , The Witch of Blackbird Pond
4 " Miriam felt astonished at herself. It was a new thing for her to step out so independently. Somehow, in the past month a tough little root of determination had been growing in her. Whether it was strong enough to support the desperate plan she had undertaken she would soon find out. "
5 " After the keen still days of September, the October sun filled the world with mellow warmth...The maple tree in front of the doorstep burned like a gigantic red torch. The oaks along the roadway glowed yellow and bronze. The fields stretched like a carpet of jewels, emerald and topaz and garnet. Everywhere she walked the color shouted and sang around her...In October any wonderful unexpected thing might be possible. "
6 " What a pity every child couldn't learn to read under a willow tree... "
7 " All the way up the river she's been holding back somehow, waiting. Now you'll both have to wait. I'm not going to disappoint her, Kit. When I take you on board the Witch, it's going to be for keeps. "
8 " There is no escape if love is not there," Hannah had said. Had Hannah known when she herself had not even suspected? It was not escape that she had dreamed about, it was love. "
9 " There is no escape if love is not there "
10 " Tis a strange thing, that the only friends I have I found in the same way, lying flat in the meadows, crying as if their hearts would break. "
11 " From that first moment, in a way she could never explain, the Meadows claimed her and made her their own. "
12 " The impression of strength came from an extraordinary vitality that seemed to pulse in the very air around him "
13 " Hannah's magic cure for every ill," he teased. "Blueberry cake and a kitten. "
14 " There was something irresistible about popcorn. "
15 " How right- how incredibly, utterly right- and how impossible! "
16 " We can never know," Simon answered slowly. "God hides the future from man's eyes. We are forced to choose, not knowing. I have chosen Jesus. "
17 " When I take you on board the Witch, it's going to be for keeps. "
18 " The two boys stood and looked at each other. There was no amusement and no scorn in Attean's eyes. How very strange, Matt thought. After all the brave deeds he had dreamed of doing to win this boy's respect, he had gained it at last by doing nothing, just by staying here and refusing to leave. "
― Elizabeth George Speare , The Sign of the Beaver
19 " She rolled over and stretched, blinking up at the blue sky. The tips of the long grasses swished gently in the breeze. The hot sun pressed down on her so that she felt hot and empty. Slowly, the meadow began to fulfill its promise. "
20 " The maple tree in front of the doorstep burned like a gigantic red torch. The oaks along the roadway glowed yellow and bronze. The fields stretched like a carpet of jewels, emerald and topaz and garnet. Everywhere she walked the color shouted and sang around her. The dried brown leaves crackled beneath her feet and gave off a delicious smoky fragrance. No one had ever told her about autumn in New England. The excitement of it beat in her blood. Every morning she woke with a new confidence and buoyancy she could not explain. In October any wonderful unexpected thing might be possible. "
