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Happiness in life is not a given, it must be seized.

Kate Morton

Life Is, Life Happiness, Given

Kate Morton (2010). “The Distant Hours”, p.329, Pan Macmillan

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She says there are stories everywhere and that people who wait for the right one to come along before setting pen to paper end up with very empty pages.

Kate Morton

People, Waiting, Stories

Kate Morton (2011). “The Distant Hours: A Novel”, p.387, Simon and Schuster

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Lil had always believed that a person's duty was to make the best of the hand they were dealt. No use wondering what might have been, she used to say, all that matters is what is.

Kate Morton

Hands, Use, Might

Kate Morton (2009). “The Forgotten Garden”, p.228, Simon and Schuster

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And then he was kissing her, and she was struck by his nearness, his solidity, his smell. It was of the garden and the earth and the sun. When Cassandra opened her eyes, she realized she was crying. She wasn't sad, though, these were the tears of being found, of having come home after a long time away.

Kate Morton

Eye, Home, Kissing

Kate Morton (2009). “The Forgotten Garden: A Novel”, p.545, Simon and Schuster

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I've heard it said that children born to stressful times never shake the air of woe . . . .

Kate Morton

Children, Air, Woe

Kate Morton (2010). “The Kate Morton Collection: The House at Riverton and The Forgotten Garden”, p.17, Simon and Schuster

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I sound contemptuous, but I am not. I am interested--intrigued even--by the way time erases real lives, leaving only vague imprints. Blood and spirit fade away so that only names and dates remain.

Kate Morton

Real, Blood, Names

Kate Morton (2009). “The House at Riverton: A Novel”, p.25, Simon and Schuster

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She did as she felt, and she felt a great deal.

Kate Morton

Deals, Felt

Kate Morton (2009). “The Forgotten Garden: A Novel”, p.358, Simon and Schuster

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Oh, Grey, no one really likes keeping secrets. The only thing that makes a secret fun is knowing that you weren't supposed to tell it.

Kate Morton

Fun, Keeping Secrets, Knowing

Kate Morton (2009). “The Forgotten Garden: A Novel”, p.172, Simon and Schuster

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Always remember, with a strong enough will, even the weak can wield great power.

Kate Morton

Strong, Remember, Enough

Kate Morton (2009). “The Forgotten Garden”, p.125, Simon and Schuster

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Oh, there was harm indeed for a young lady flattered by the brief attentions of a handsome man.

Kate Morton

Men, Attention, Handsome

Kate Morton (2009). “The Forgotten Garden: A Novel”, p.334, Simon and Schuster

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...which fairy-tale princess ever chose her maid over her prince?

Kate Morton

Princess, Maids, Fairy Tale

Kate Morton (2010). “The Forgotten Garden”, p.495, ReadHowYouWant.com

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Thinking of nothing. Trying to think of nothing. Thinking of everything.

Kate Morton

Thinking, Trying

Kate Morton (2009). “The Forgotten Garden: A Novel”, p.202, Simon and Schuster

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The girl in the mirror caught my eye briefly...It is an uncanny feeling, that rare occasion when one catches a glimpse of oneself in repose. An unguarded moment, stripped of artifice, when one forgets to fool even oneself.

Kate Morton

Girl, Eye, Mirrors

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Time had a way of moulding people into shapes they themselves no longer recognised.

Kate Morton

People, Shapes, Way

Kate Morton (2012). “The Forgotten Garden”, p.39, Allen & Unwin

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There were two now where they had been three. David's death had dismantled the triangle, and an enclosed space was now open. Two points are unreliable; with nothing to anchor them, there is nothing to stop them drifting in opposite directions. If it is string that binds, it will eventually snap and the points will separate; if elastic, they will continue to part, further and further, until the strain reaches its limit and they are pulled back with such speed that they cannot help but collide with devastating force.

Kate Morton

Anchors, Opposites, Two

Kate Morton (2009). “The House at Riverton: A Novel”, p.194, Simon and Schuster

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It didn't occur to him that she might have chosen to remain this way. That where he saw reserve and loneliness, Cassandra saw self-preservation and the knowledge that it was safer when one had less to lose.

Kate Morton

Loneliness, Self, Way

Kate Morton (2009). “The Forgotten Garden: A Novel”, p.59, Simon and Schuster

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Wars make history seem deceptively simple. They provide clear turning points, easy distinctions.: before and after, winner and loser, right and wrong. True history, the past, is not like that. It isn't flat or linear. It has no outline. It is slippery, like liquid; infinite and unknowable, like space. And it is changeable: just when you think you see a pattern, perspective shifts, an alternate version is proffered, a long-forgotten memory resurfaces.

Kate Morton

Memories, War, Past

Kate Morton (2010). “The Kate Morton Collection: The House at Riverton and The Forgotten Garden”, p.274, Simon and Schuster

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You must learn to know the difference between tales and the truth, my Liza, she would say. Fairy tales have a habit of ending too soon. They never show what happens afterwards when the prince and princess ride off the page.

Kate Morton

Life, Princess, Differences

Kate Morton (2009). “The Forgotten Garden: A Novel”, p.122, Simon and Schuster

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She was the breeze on a summer's day, the first drops of rain when the earth was parched, light from the evening star.

Kate Morton

Summer, Stars, Rain

Kate Morton (2011). “The Distant Hours: A Novel”, p.422, Simon and Schuster

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I am not a storyteller . . . not like the others. I only have one tale to tell.

Kate Morton

Tales, Storyteller

Kate Morton (2011). “The Distant Hours: A Novel”, p.477, Simon and Schuster

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Only people unhappy in the present seek to know the future.

Kate Morton

People, Unhappy, Knows

Kate Morton (2010). “The Kate Morton Collection: The House at Riverton and The Forgotten Garden”, p.298, Simon and Schuster

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But in my humble opinion, a house needs a good party once in a while; remind folks it exists.

Kate Morton

Party, Humble, House

Kate Morton (2010). “The Kate Morton Collection: The House at Riverton and The Forgotten Garden”, p.454, Simon and Schuster

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A way of looking at you that told you she was listening, that she understood all you were saying, and all you weren't.

Kate Morton

Listening, Way, Understood

Kate Morton (2010). “The Kate Morton Collection: The House at Riverton and The Forgotten Garden”, p.537, Simon and Schuster

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So much in life came down to timing.

Kate Morton

Timing

Kate Morton (2009). “The Forgotten Garden”, p.53, Simon and Schuster

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Darling girl, blinded by foolish thoughts of love. How to tell her that the hearts of men were not so easily won. If won, rarely kept.

Kate Morton

Girl, Heart, Men

Kate Morton (2010). “The Forgotten Garden”, p.445, ReadHowYouWant.com

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