9 Quotes & Sayings By Elizabeth George Speare

Elizabeth George Speare was born in 1957 in Newburyport, Massachusetts. She is a retired army officer and a retired school teacher, who began writing at the age of thirty-five. In 1992, her novel The Sign of the Beaver became a Newbery Honor Book. She has since written many books for children and young adults including A Lesson Before Dying, The Witch of Blackbird Pond, The Sign of the Beaver, and a series of novels set in colonial Boston that was nominated for a National Book Award.

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I have no word of yours to assure me that our brief friendship held for you the same significance it held for me, but I must go on believing so. Every hope of the future is meaningless unless I have faith that you and I will share it together. Elizabeth George Speare
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Who would guess, " he teased, "that I'd ever see you on a rooftop with straw in your hair?" Kit giggled. "Are you saying I've turned into a crow?"" Not exactly." His eyes were intensely blue with merriment. "I can still see the green feathers if I look hard enough. But they've done their best to make you into a sparrow, haven't they? Elizabeth George Speare
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The demons that make a person afraid are the hardest to cast out. Elizabeth George Speare
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She snatched at the dream that had comforted her for so long. It was faded and thin, like a letter too often read. Elizabeth George Speare
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Have you noticed her name?" Kit leaned sideways to see the letters painted jauntily on the transom. "The WITCH! How did you dare? Does Hannah know?" "Oh, she's not named after Hannah. I hadn't gone ten miles down the river that day before I knew I'd left the real witch behind. Elizabeth George Speare
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Miriam felt astonished at herself. It was a new thing for her to step out so independently. Somehow, in the past month a tough little root of determination had been growing in her. Whether it was strong enough to support the desperate plan she had undertaken she would soon find out. Elizabeth George Speare
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Hannah's magic cure for every ill, " he teased. "Blueberry cake and a kitten. Elizabeth George Speare
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After the keen still days of September, the October sun filled the world with mellow warmth.. The maple tree in front of the doorstep burned like a gigantic red torch. The oaks along the roadway glowed yellow and bronze. The fields stretched like a carpet of jewels, emerald and topaz and garnet. Everywhere she walked the color shouted and sang around her.. In October any wonderful unexpected thing might be possible. Elizabeth George Speare