Kate Morton Quotes

Australia, Writer
July 19, 1976

Kate Morton (born 1976) is an international bestselling Australian author. Morton has sold more than 10 million books in 42 countries, making her one of Australia's "biggest publishing exports". The award-winning author has written five novels: The House at Riverton (The Shifting Fog), The Forgotten Garden, The Distant Hours,The Secret Keeper, and The Lake House, which was published in October 2015.

I probably coughed self-pityingly in response, little aware that I was about to cross a tremendous threshold beyond which there would be no return, that in my hands I held an object whose simple appearance belied its profound power. All true readers have a book, a moment, like the one I describe, and when Mum offered me that much-read library copy mine was upon me.

Kate Morton
- Power
- Profound
- Belied
It's a terrible thing, isn't it, the way we throw people away?

Kate Morton
- People
- Way
- Throw

Hope's one thing, expectation's quite another.

Kate Morton
- Thing
- Expectations
- Hopes