"The Witch of Blackbird Pond" Quotes
A young woman faces suspicion and prejudice in a Puritan village after befriending a Quaker woman in colonial Connecticut.
historical fiction | 256 pages | Published in 1958
Quotes
I have not been able to think of anything else, night or day, since the moment you were taken ill.
There is nothing but love here for you, child.
I was thinking that your grandmother's death was for the best. But I see now that I was wrong.
I've been watching you, child. You have the makings of a fine healer.
I am not a witch, Hannah! I am not!
The world is full of sorrows and miseries, but a good heart can always find happiness.
I can't be a teacher! I don't even know enough to teach a cat to catch a mouse.
Sometimes, child, it is a blessing to be simple.
I've seen the way you look at him. It's not the look of a cousin, but of a woman.
For the first time, I have felt the hand of God in the gentle touch of another.





