The Morning Gift Quotes

“I want to live like music sounds."- Ruth”
― Eva Ibbotson, The Morning Gift

“One must not judge other cultures by the standars of one's one,' said Aunt Hilda”
― Eva Ibbotson, The Morning Gift

“Please, God,' Ruth would pray, 'don't let me be competitive. Let me realize what a privilege it is to study. Let me remember that knowledge must be pursued for its own sake and please, please stop me wanting to beat Verena Plackett in the exams.'

She prayed hard and she meant what she said. But God was busy that autumn as the International Brigade came back, defeated, from Spain, Hitler's bestialities increased, and sparrows everywhere continued to fall.”
― Eva Ibbotson, The Morning Gift

“Would you like me to stop talking? Because I can. I have to concentrate, but it's possible”
― Eva Ibbotson, The Morning Gift

“One must not judge other cultures by the standards of one's own”
― Eva Ibbotson, The Morning Gift

“Then she washed and dressed very attentively, putting on high-heeled court shoes, silk stockings, a black skirt and crisply ironed white blouse, because she was Viennese and one dressed properly even when one's world had ended.”
― Eva Ibbotson, The Morning Gift

“She made life… big for me”
― Eva Ibbotson, The Morning Gift

“Arnold Schönberg, the inventor of atonal music, gave concerts which might not be comprehensible but were obviously important.”
― Eva Ibbotson, The Morning Gift

“I said a picnic,' said Quin sternly. 'In Britain a picnic means sitting on the ground and being uncomfortable, preferably in the rain.”
― Eva Ibbotson, The Morning Gift

“Gardeners are never wicked are they?' said Ruth. 'Obstinate and grumpy and wanting to be alone, but not wicked. Oh, look at that creeper! I've always loved October so much, haven't you? I can see why it's called the Month of the Angels.”
― Eva Ibbotson, The Morning Gift

“He meant that the dead must be allowed to move about freely inside us, they musn't be encapsulated, made finite by their prejudices”
― Eva Ibbotson, The Morning Gift