Lake in the Clouds Quotes

“Elizabeth knew that if she climbed the ladder she would find that the twins were in the same bed, sleeping back to back. She could go up there now and separate them, but in the morning she would find them together again. They might bicker and wrangle endlessly during the day, but in sleep they could not deny the bond that had been forged in the warm dark waters of the womb. One day circumstance or age or both would separate them for good, but they were in no hurry for that day to come, and neither was Elizabeth.”
― Sara Donati, Lake in the Clouds

“A hole ain’t nothing either, but you can still break your neck in it.”
― Sara Donati, Lake in the Clouds

“Margit?” Margit bobbed”
― Sara Donati, Lake in the Clouds

“If I threw away the whole nettle because of its sting, we would not have the medicine it gives us to soothe wounds. We take what is useful and leave the rest.”
― Sara Donati, Lake in the Clouds

“The more that is taken away, the more clearly will thou see what is left behind. It is true of Magnus sleeping there in his disguise of fiery fur, and it is true of worldly possessions, and it is true of the human heart.”
― Sara Donati, Lake in the Clouds

“Seems like those boys of mine get into three times as much trouble when school is out. I still don’t understand how you get them to mind without a switch or at least a primed rifle over your arm.” He reached over to help himself to the doughnuts.”
― Sara Donati, Lake in the Clouds

“Captain Nedele, a lean old man with skin like crumpled and singed paper, no hair on his head but great tangled tufts over his eyes and sprouting from his ears, and a bulbous purple nose squashed hard to one side, like a small, mistreated turnip.”
― Sara Donati, Lake in the Clouds

“Adam was lonely, so he was given Lilith; he wished to lie with her, but she refused. We were created by the same God, she said, turning away from him; why should I lie beneath you? When Adam tried to force her to his will, Lilith cried out the name of the creator, whereupon she rose into the air, and flew away to the Red Sea.”
― Sara Donati, Lake in the Clouds

“Over time she had come to understand that her fear prevented nothing, achieved nothing useful.”
― Sara Donati, Lake in the Clouds

“The more that is taken away, the more clearly will thou see what is left behind.”
― Sara Donati, Lake in the Clouds

“white sand. Lily white. Lily. After a good while she realized”
― Sara Donati, Lake in the Clouds

“There’s no need to whisper,” Elizabeth told her now. “You could sing at the top of your voices and no one would hear you out here on the water.” But the women smiled at her suggestion in surprise and unease, as if she had told them that they could fly.”
― Sara Donati, Lake in the Clouds