The Separation Quotes

“Even though she looked the same, life had aged her, stolen her innocence, and replaced it with knowledge she’d never asked for.”
― Dinah Jefferies, The Separation

“…though he no longer wanted to be a magician, he still had magic in his hands. I knew because when he squeezed mine, the tingle spread to my chest. It was like being in another world, safe and out of the way.”
― Dinah Jefferies, The Separation

“Our gardener used to say beware the lure of the dusk, when demons would come out to play in the shadows of the long grass.”
― Dinah Jefferies, The Separation

“that lean husband of yours.’ Lydia nodded, unable to identify the source of her unease. She didn’t like being parted from her girls, ever, and the hazards of a separation during the Emergency were”
― Dinah Jefferies, The Separation

“Nosy people find out things they’d rather not know.”
― Dinah Jefferies, The Separation