Kara Swanson > Quotes

“You were created for more than to bear the weight of your shadows- but you have to choose to no longer let them define you. You have to choose to let the light shine through the shattered pieces.” – Tiger Lilly”
― Kara Swanson, Dust

“People are rarely kind about what they don't understand.”
― Kara Swanson, Dust

“Today I am not the girl who's parents didn't love her. Or the women who's crazy. Or the aunt who can't keep a job.
I am the girl who can see what no one else can.
I matter, At least this once.”
― Kara Swanson, The Girl Who Could See

“We all fight the shadows. Even the ones we can’t remember. - Peter”
― Kara Swanson, Dust

“Why would you give up your life from a world that doesn't even believe you exist?'
A cough wracks his body, but his grip on me remains strong.
'Because I believe everyone should have the chance to live.”
― Kara Swanson, The Girl Who Could See

“Then maybe growing up doesn’t always mean carving out the magic from your soul. Maybe — just maybe — growing up can be a way of letting your dreams expand, like a falling star becoming a magical island resting in the middle of a galaxy.
Maybe growing up isn’t letting you soul die but entering another adventure. -Peter”
― Kara Swanson, Dust

“The stars shine brightest in the darkness, Claire. Pixie dust chases back the shadows. Maybe that’s it— maybe that’s what the shadows are all about. Finding the light through them, and…” he tilts his head back. “We all have our shadows to fight, but maybe that’s so we can grow stronger.” - Peter”
― Kara Swanson, Dust

“Because this caring for someone is not what I thought it would be. It's not losing who I am. It's finding my soul interwoven with another - and chasing the stars together.
And that might just be the greatest adventure of them all.”
― Kara Swanson, Dust

“You won't save them with a blade. You can't heal a wound by making one.”
― Kara Swanson, Shadow

“The light is far brighter than the darkness. Don’t forget that.”
― Kara Swanson, Dust

“A girl of stardust and shadow, who chooses to let light heal the broken pieces.”
― Kara Swanson, Dust

“What makes you different, makes you exceptional, Fern.”
― Kara Swanson, The Girl Who Could See

“Curses. Couldn't we talk about something cheerful for once? Like . . . Cake?
Cake is cheerful. Cake isn't trying to kill me.”
― Kara Swanson, Dust

“But I can’t keep waiting for someone to tell me I’m worthwhile. The light has got to deep deeper than that, or else I can’t truly help myself or anyone else. I can’t always depend on Peter Pan to fly.”
― Kara Swanson, Dust

“And most of all, for me, for the girl who believed she was broken but couldn’t see the beauty shining inside. For the person the creator of the stars made me to be.
‘I choose light’ - Claire”
― Kara Swanson

“You were created for more than to bear the weight of your shadows - but you have to choose to no longer let them define you. You have to choose to let the light shine through the shattered pieces.”
― Kara Swanson, Dust

“The light is far brighter than the darkness. Don't forget that.”
― Kara Swanson, Dust

“I will remind the island of dreams and wonder and magic just what it means to rise past the shadows and chase after the stars.”
― Kara Swanson, Dust

“Trust me, I know what it’s like. Having your fears drag you down, slam you into the ground. But you can fly— you an rise past this. - Peter”
― Kara Swanson, Dust

“The sky is yours, Pixie-Girl.” - Peter”
― Kara Swanson, Dust

“you may be the boy who lost almost everything because of his mistakes and the brokenness of other people that he couldn't control, but you are also the boy who chose not to run. Who returned to his broken Never Never Land and had fought to bring light to this place, even when the shadows nearly drowned it all. You love Neverland more than anyone could, and I love you for it.”
― Kara Swanson, Shadow

“You have always believed in the impossible, Peter. Don't give up yet.”
― Kara Swanson, Shadow

“The beauty of life is that the lessons we learn when we are younger can prepare us for growth and healing.”
― Kara Swanson

“You were right about one thing, Peter. I don’t belong here.’ Claire gives me a wry smile. ‘Conner and I were made for something more. For years, I couldn’t believe that. Couldn’t find any beauty in my dust, in myself. But then, I met you.’
Her sea-blue eyes glisten. I rise a little higher until we’re at the same level, dangling by unseen threads in an impossibly large sky.
‘You didn’t see me as a freak. You said I was beautiful— and that changed everything. You became my happy thought. I needed you to learn how to fly.”
― Kara Swanson, Dust

“He chuckles, but the sound has a disconcerting note to it…. “There’s that fire I’ve heard so much about.”
If he’s trying to be creepy as heck, it’s working.”
― Kara Swanson, Dust

“I know it’s hard, feeling like you’re missing a part of yourself.’ Lily’s eyes glisten. ‘But if you keep letting the whispers around you tell you who you are, pretty soon they will suck you dry. I lost myself in the shadows. In the doubts.’ She glances down at her scars again. ‘That magic in your veins means you have a choice, Claire. You were created for more than to bear the weight of your shadows— but you have to choose to no longer let them define you. You have to choose to let the light shine through the shattered pieces.’ - Tiger Lily”
― Kara Swanson, Dust

“We all have our shadows to fight, but maybe that's so we can grow stronger.”
― Kara Swanson, Dust

“Because this caring for someone is not what I thought it would be. It’s not losing who I am. It’s finding my soul interwoven with another— and chasing the stars together.
And that might just be the greatest adventure of them all. - Peter”
― Kara Swanson, Dust

“
I hold my breath, not wanting the words to ring as true as they do.

He pauses, letting those three words wash over me, fill my mind, and chase away the screams.

.... 'If I'm not broken, then what am I?'
Tristan's voice softens. ”
― Kara Swanson, The Girl Who Could See

“Neverwhere, life... it wasn't meant to be a freezeframe, Peter. It can't stay suspended forever. As much as it may hurt, we have to grow. If we don't grow, we don't live. We just stagnate and begin to rot from the inside out.”
― Kara Swanson, Shadow