Sophie Anderson > Quotes

“If you would take the time to listen to them,” Baba repeats calmly, “then you would hear their stories. Their lives would add to yours, and stay with you forever.”
― Sophie Anderson, The House with Chicken Legs

“And I love the idea that one day, completely out of the blue, someone or something could come hurtling down from the sky and change my life, for ever.”
― Sophie Anderson, The House with Chicken Legs

“One day I’d like to find the story of my past, and I hope it’s something more magical than being unwanted and abandoned as a baby. I hope it’s a tale filled with wonder, that explains who I am and why I’m different, why I hear the trees whispering secrets, and why I always feel the forest, pulling me in.”
― Sophie Anderson, The Girl Who Speaks Bear

“It’s not your body that makes you human. It’s your soul.”
― Sophie Anderson, The Girl Who Speaks Bear

“I can believe that one day I’ll find my own story, and it will shine as brilliantly as a clear night sky.”
― Sophie Anderson, The Girl Who Speaks Bear

“But it’s our duty as Yaga, living in this Yaga house, to talk to them and give them one last wonderful evening reliving their memories and celebrating their lives, before they pass through The Gate and return to the stars.”
― Sophie Anderson, The House with Chicken Legs

“Remember to look from all angles, see with your heart and believe in yourself.”
― Sophie Anderson, The Castle of Tangled Magic

“Belief is one of the few things more powerful than magic.”
― Sophie Anderson, The Castle of Tangled Magic

“I know now it doesn’t matter how they see me. It only matters how I see myself. And I know I belong here, in the village. No matter where I came from, or what legs I have.”
― Sophie Anderson, The Girl Who Speaks Bear

“To live is to make mistakes. I didn't understand her then, but I do now. Making mistakes means we're trying and doing and adventuring and learning. They mean we're living.”
― Sophie Anderson, The Castle of Tangled Magic

“It's hard for humans to keep their belief in magic as they grow older. You want to understand things, so you build ideas of what the world is in your minds, then reject anything that doesn't fit into that.”
― Sophie Anderson, The Castle of Tangled Magic

“If you would focus more on the life you have instead of daydreaming about the life you don't; Then I think you would be happier.”
― Sophie Anderson, The House with Chicken Legs

“The story might not be completely true, but maybe there’s some truth in it.”
― Sophie Anderson

“Despite the dangers ahead a glow of gratitude warms me and I feel a smile lifting my face.”
― Sophie Anderson, The Castle of Tangled Magic

“nothing will change unless we take risks”
― Sophie Anderson, The Thief Who Sang Storms

“Stepping into The Snow Forest is like stepping into another world. The tall, tall trees make me feel small. My mind tingles and my senses come alive. Sometimes in the forest I feel so close to the story of my past I can almost hear it on the wind.”
― Sophie Anderson, The Girl Who Speaks Bear

“bone-chilling, unsettling, like the wind that creeps through a graveyard at night.”
― Sophie Anderson, The Castle of Tangled Magic

“warm breath swirls around me.”
― Sophie Anderson, The Castle of Tangled Magic

“It’s like the stars have watched my daydreams and are making my wishes come true.”
― Sophie Anderson, The House with Chicken Legs

“tangling into hundreds of cracks in the ground.”
― Sophie Anderson, The Castle of Tangled Magic

“Jestem w stanie uwierzyć, że któregoś dnia odnajdę własną opowieść, która cudownie zabłyśnie na czystym, nocnym niebie.”
― Sophie Anderson, The Girl Who Speaks Bear

“feathers that shine and waver like flames.”
― Sophie Anderson, The Castle of Tangled Magic