A Stitch in Time Quotes

“I didn't know how to say goodbye. Words were stupid. They said so little. Yet they opened up holes you could fall into and never climb out of again.”
― Ann Rinaldi, A Stitch in Time

“Food first, then talk. Life looks better on a full stomach. People become civilized when they break bread together. Margaret had taught me that.”
― Ann Rinaldi, A Stitch in Time

“I have dark forebodings," I said. "Always."
"Know them for what they are," he said.
"What are they, Richard?"
"The shadowy side of your father, who never sees good in anything. The side you must learn to contain.”
― Ann Rinaldi, A Stitch in Time

“I bit down a saucy reply. This man was genuinely concerned about me. He did not deserve sauciness.”
― Ann Rinaldi, A Stitch in Time

“...I lay in bed that March morning, listening to noises from below stairs and priding myself on the fact that I had kept peace in the house since January. If I didn't, we might all kill each other. Not with guns, no. We'd had our fill of guns with the war. But with words, the way civilized people kill each other every day.”
― Ann Rinaldi, A Stitch in Time