Black Woods Blue Sky Quotes

“It was bewildering, how closely grief ran alongside joy.”
― Eowyn Ivey, Black Woods Blue Sky

“I am loving you. As if love, once it came into existence, radiated backward and forward, encompassing all of time.”
― Eowyn Ivey, Black Woods, Blue Sky

“It was a miracle, not that life had come into existence, but that it endured.”
― Eowyn Ivey, Black Woods, Blue Sky

“Now are the woods all black, but still the sky is blue. May you always see a blue sky overhead, my young friend.”
― Eowyn Ivey, Black Woods, Blue Sky

“She wished for Mr. Warren or Aunt Della or Uncle Syd to come and help them. Her mom knew how to do lots of things. She knew how to find blueberries and catch fish and shoot a gun, but Emaleen was worried that she didn’t know how to keep them safe.”
― Eowyn Ivey, Black Woods, Blue Sky

“It was a miracle, not that life had come into existence, but that it endured. Dying, that was the easy part. He”
― Eowyn Ivey, Black Woods, Blue Sky

“He didn’t seem angry, but he was looking down at her with a very serious expression. “It is important, yes? When I am like that, you are keeping away from me.”
― Eowyn Ivey, Black Woods, Blue Sky

“When her mom was nearby, they didn’t talk about the bear. It was a secret, just between her and Arthur, and Emaleen had decided that maybe it was a good secret.”
― Eowyn Ivey, Black Woods, Blue Sky

“you couldn’t put your hope in that, what was the point of anything.”
― Eowyn Ivey, Black Woods, Blue Sky