The Ebbing Tide Quotes

“Nils might face death with equanimity, but not lameness. And because he never spoke of it, never complained, it would go harder for him than Own, who could swear freely about his missing fingers, and pity himself intensely and eloquently.”
― Elisabeth Ogilvie, The Ebbing Tide

“But that was a long time ago, and life was as worth living now as it had been then. She would not willingly give up the present to have the past again.”
― Elisabeth Ogilvie, The Ebbing Tide

“Work was the poor man's blessing. When there was always something to do, something you liked to do and knew at the same time that it was necessary and useful, you could be contented—after a fashion—even when your husband was in the Pacific”
― Elisabeth Ogilvie, The Ebbing Tide

“She wasn't afraid that Nils wouldn't accept the news well. He always accepted everything with equanimity, because he said everything had its reason.”
― Elisabeth Ogilvie, The Ebbing Tide