He saw things in a way that others did not, so that a city I had lived in all my life seemed a different place, so that a woman became beautiful with the light on her face.
Tracy Chevalier in Girl With A Pearl EarringI did not mind the cold so much when he was there.
Tracy Chevalier in Girl With A Pearl EarringYou're so calm and quiet, you never say. But there are things inside you. I see them sometimes, hiding in your eyes.
Tracy Chevalier in Girl With A Pearl EarringYes, well, life is a folly. If you live long enough, nothing is surprising.
Tracy Chevalier in Girl With A Pearl EarringI had walked along that street all my life, but had never been so aware that my back was to my home.
Tracy Chevalier in Girl With A Pearl EarringWe say very little, for we do not need to. We are silent together, each in her own world, knowing the other is just at her back.
Tracy Chevalier, Remarkable CreaturesI have consistently loved books that I've read when I've been sick in bed.
Illness & Sickness, ReadingTracy ChevalierIt was not a house where secrets could be kept easily.
Tracy Chevalier in Girl With A Pearl EarringMarch was an unpredictable month, when it was never clear what might happen. Warm days raised hopes until ice and grey skies shut over the town again.
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