Quotes from Into the Wilderness

Sara Donati ·  876 pages

Rating: (29.8K votes)


“Elizabeth Middleton, twenty-nine years old and unmarried, overly educated and excessively rational, knowing right from wrong and fancy from fact, woke in a nest of marten and fox pelts to the sight of an eagle circling overhead, and saw at once that it could not be far to Paradise.”
― Sara Donati, quote from Into the Wilderness


“She wore her determination like war paint.”
― Sara Donati, quote from Into the Wilderness


“subject for discussion. What terrible messes we get ourselves into when we are silly enough to fall in love,”
― Sara Donati, quote from Into the Wilderness


“Very slowly Elizabeth leaned forward until her forehead rested on his shoulder, shuddering with pleasure and relief at the feel of him, at his smell.”
― Sara Donati, quote from Into the Wilderness


“Little girls are kept away from the things that would make them strong, in the name of protection and propriety.”
― Sara Donati, quote from Into the Wilderness



“The thrill of telling her true feelings without considering good manners or the propriety of what she had to say was intoxicating.”
― Sara Donati, quote from Into the Wilderness


About the author

Sara Donati
Born place: Chicago, The United States
See more on GoodReads

Popular quotes

“Golden retrievers are not bred to be guard dogs, and considering the size of their hearts and their irrepressible joy in life, they are less likely to bite than to bark, less likely to bark than to lick a hand in greeting. In spite of their size, they think they are lap dogs, and in spite of being dogs, they think they are also human, and nearly every human they meet is judged to have the potential to be a boon companion who might, at any moment, cry “Let’s go!” and lead them on a great adventure.”
― Dean Koontz, quote from The Darkest Evening of the Year


“nice, civilized trip to Athens on your way to Santorini when you go?”
― Tasha Alexander, quote from And Only to Deceive


“Falco readers are, I must say, the most strikingly nice group of people.”
― Lindsey Davis, quote from The Silver Pigs


“No boy can resist being fed well by a good-natured and still handsome woman. Boys are very like nice dogs in this respect — give them a bone and they will like you at once.”
― Samuel Butler, quote from The Way of All Flesh


“Happiness is not dependent on happenings, but on relationships in the happenings.”
― Corrie ten Boom, quote from Tramp for the Lord


Interesting books

One Silent Night
(24K)
One Silent Night
by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
(39.4K)
Surprised by Joy: Th...
by C.S. Lewis
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
(122.7K)
The Unlikely Pilgrim...
by Rachel Joyce
The Well of Lost Plots
(33.1K)
The Well of Lost Plo...
by Jasper Fforde
Perfect You
(21.4K)
Perfect You
by Elizabeth Scott
Life Expectancy
(27.4K)
Life Expectancy
by Dean Koontz

About BookQuoters

BookQuoters is a community of passionate readers who enjoy sharing the most meaningful, memorable and interesting quotes from great books. As the world communicates more and more via texts, memes and sound bytes, short but profound quotes from books have become more relevant and important. For some of us a quote becomes a mantra, a goal or a philosophy by which we live. For all of us, quotes are a great way to remember a book and to carry with us the author’s best ideas.

We thoughtfully gather quotes from our favorite books, both classic and current, and choose the ones that are most thought-provoking. Each quote represents a book that is interesting, well written and has potential to enhance the reader’s life. We also accept submissions from our visitors and will select the quotes we feel are most appealing to the BookQuoters community.

Founded in 2023, BookQuoters has quickly become a large and vibrant community of people who share an affinity for books. Books are seen by some as a throwback to a previous world; conversely, gleaning the main ideas of a book via a quote or a quick summary is typical of the Information Age but is a habit disdained by some diehard readers. We feel that we have the best of both worlds at BookQuoters; we read books cover-to-cover but offer you some of the highlights. We hope you’ll join us.