Christine Brodien-Jones Quotes

#1. Without doubt, it is the greatest act of courage that is often the most fearful.

Christine Brodien-Jones

#2. Kids in aprons appeared, putting tureens of vegetable soup on the tables and plates of boiled eggs, potatoes and lentils, bowls of endive-and-radish salad, small rounds of cheese and loaves of brown bread, all looking quite delicious, in Zoe's opinion.

Christine Brodien-Jones

#3. Zoe let the poetry flow over her, like shadows on water, sunlight against stone: timeworn words shaped like stars, like shells, like the ruins of lost temples, soft as the breaths of mystics.

Christine Brodien-Jones

#4. Well, there are the letter I deliver to the monks, and other things, too: tea and dishwashing soap, paraffin candles, tins of powered Ovaltine ...

Christine Brodien-Jones

#5. Zoe's mom liked to send silly postcards that made her laugh, but they usually dwindled as the summer wore on.

Christine Brodien-Jones

#6. Zoe was wearing a yello batik cotton dress, her typewriter keys bracelet, plaid sneakers, and glitter in her hair, in honor of meeting such a luminous personality as Bronwyn Gilwen.

Christine Brodien-Jones

#7. Waves of despair rolled over him. He hadn't expected any of this: not the caved-in barns or crumbling fences, not the rotting wheat in the unplowed fields. It was as if the life had been punched right out of this place.

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#8. Just because there were times you were frightened doesn't mean you weren't brave.

Christine Brodien-Jones