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The Sea Egg QUOTES

The Sea Egg QUOTES

1 " The enormous vermilion sun was dropping toward the sea, its reflected glow making a blazing path across the water to the very beach, where the last ripple was spangled with garnets. Otherwise, the sea was periwinkle purple, spilling and whispering and sidling with an easy going prattle of foam round the steeper rocks. "

― Lucy M. Boston , The Sea Egg

2 " Then all was quiet, except for that murmurous half telling, half withholding of tremendous secrets that the sea would keep up all night. Each little wave seemed to say, “I’ll tell you-” and then pull back with a smothered “Oh!” to be followed by another wave saying, “Then I will say-” but whatever it was remained unsaid and unsayable. "

― Lucy M. Boston , The Sea Egg

3 " It's bright pinky-white sand was made entirely of shell dust, like star dust, among which, if you sifted it with your fingers, were infant shells as small as the grains but perfectly shaped. Scattered over the surface were larger shells of many kinds and shapes, some as delicate as flower petals, others, though small, built to withstand any battering sea. "

― Lucy M. Boston , The Sea Egg

4 " It was not an ogre’s soul in that egg,” said Toby in a burst of passionate despair. “It was mine. "

― Lucy M. Boston , The Sea Egg