26+ Eva Ibbotson Quotes On Friendship, Writing And Character

Eva Ibbotson was a British novelist who wrote mainly for children and young adults. She is best known for her novels Journey to the River Sea and The Secret of Platform 13. Her works are often set in the early 20th century, and feature themes of adventure and fantasy. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Eva Ibbotson on love, friendship, writing.

Top 10 Eva Ibbotson Quotes

1. When you're sad, my Little Star, go out of doors. It's always better underneath the open sky.
2. And so they played some of the world's loveliest piano music - the exiled homesick girl, the humiliated, tired old man. Not properly. Better than that.
3. Shadows are cool and peaceful places for those whose minds are overstocked with treasure.
4. The sisters worked from dawn to dusk. One of them was an idiot; she started shaving her legs and marrying tax inspectors, so she was no good.
5. I want to live like music sounds."- Ruth
6. She was so intelligent that she could think herself into beauty. Intelligence...they don't talk about it much, the poets, but when a woman is intelligent and passionate and good.
7. That's silly, Anna," said the Honorable Olive. "Being afraid is silly, you know it is.
8. This is worse than Hollywood, he thought. A girl comes in with a pork chop and I write a song for her.
9. Slowly, Anna put up a hand to his muzzle and began to scratch that spot behind the ear where large dogs keep their souls.
10. They were steaming out of the station before Maia asked, 'Was it books in the trunk?' 'It was books, admitted Miss Minton. And Maia said, 'Good.

Eva Ibbotson Short Quotes

• Just because we've never done it doesn't mean we can't do it.
• One must not judge other cultures by the standars of one's one,' said Aunt Hilda
• But she had to know words. She had to know everything.

Eva Ibbotson Famous Quotes And Sayings

Then he kissed her. It was a very long time before he let her go. When he did, she looked up at him, hurt and bewilderment on her face. 'Why did you stop?' asked Tessa. 'I thought you might want to breathe,' said Guy carefully. 'Breathe?'said Tessa , shocked. 'I don’t need to breathe  when I’m with you.' — Eva Ibbotson

Not a frog, I hope?” he asked…She shook her head. “No. And if it was I wouldn’t kiss it, I promise you. I might kiss a prince if I could be sure he’d turn into a frog, but not the other way around. — Eva Ibbotson

For an instant she felt his touch on her cheek then he stepped back. There that was my ration for all eternity. People have died for less I dare say. — Eva Ibbotson

The dowager rose and slipped from her pew. There was the sound of tearing silk as she threw up her arms to embrace her son. Then: "Oh, Rupert, darling," she exclaimed in tones of theatrical despair, "don't you see? The game's up! — Eva Ibbotson

It's true that adventures are good for people even when they are very young. Adventures can get in a person's blood even if he doesn't remember having them. — Eva Ibbotson

She's like snow in Russian," said Anna. "Snow in the evening when the sun sets and it looks like Alpengluhen, you know? And if snow had a scent it would smell like that [the rose]. — Eva Ibbotson

Loneliness had taught Harriet that there was always someone who understood - it was just so often that they were dead, and in a book. — Eva Ibbotson

Herr Altenburg, I can't; I have vertigo.' And Marek looked at him: 'All right - I'll get the chemist to fix me something. — Eva Ibbotson

What are you afraid of then? Not Being able to see, I think not seeing because your obsessed by something that blots out the world. — Eva Ibbotson

The news should have terrified her, but it was difficult to be frightened of anything when she was sitting so close to Rom. 'I thought we had convinced him that I was leading a blameless life?' 'We had, till you burst out of that damnable cake. — Eva Ibbotson

To show too much joy in a place such as this would be unseemly but, as he padded toward her, his tail was extended in a manner which would make wagging possible should all go as expected. — Eva Ibbotson

Pauline kept a scrapbook into which she pasted important articles that she had cut out of the newspapers. These were about the courageous deeds that had been done by people even if they only had one leg or couldn't see or had been dropped on their heads when they were babies. 'It's to make me brave,' she'd explained to Annika. — Eva Ibbotson

She stood looking carefully at the labeled portraits Ursala had put up: Little Crow, Chief of the Santees, Geronimo, last of the Apaches, and Ursala's favorite, Big Foot, dying in the snow at Wounded Knee. "Isn't that where the massacre was?" asked Ellen. "Yes. I'm going to go there when I'm grown up. To Wounded Knee." "That seems sensible," said Ellen. — Eva Ibbotson

Life Lessons by Eva Ibbotson

1. Eva Ibbotson's work emphasizes the importance of kindness, understanding, and acceptance of others, regardless of their background or circumstances.
2. Her stories often explore the idea of finding a sense of belonging and home, and the power of friendship and family.
3. Through her stories, Ibbotson teaches us to be open-minded and to embrace diversity and difference.