Melanie Crowder > Quotes

“Benny pushed a slow breath through his teeth. “Is it so terrible to believe in something?”
― Melanie Crowder, A Nearer Moon

“But sorrow can spread inside a person, blocking out any light that might find its way in to heal the hidden hurts.”
― Melanie Crowder, A Nearer Moon

“You’ll see,” Mother assured her. “The fish will be just as friendly and the waves just as fresh in the new world the door makers find for us.”
― Melanie Crowder, A Nearer Moon

“The smile on his face said, pure and simple, those honey cakes came with a price. And his price was answers.”
― Melanie Crowder, A Nearer Moon

“It felt like betrayal, finding joy even in little things when Willow was in danger.”
― Melanie Crowder, A Nearer Moon

“If you ask me, a person who doesn’t completely nerd out about something in life must not care much about anything.”
― Melanie Crowder, Jumper

“all I want
is to stretch my wings
to ride the fickle currents
beyond the reach
of any cage.”
― Melanie Crowder, Audacity

“And if she had learned one thing in all those lonely afternoons she’d spent at one library or another, it was that a librarian would do just about anything for a kid with a question.”
― Melanie Crowder, Three Pennies

“In this world
where I am made to be
something I'm not,
small,
secret things
wither
inside of me”
― Melanie Crowder, Audacity

“Reluctant readers aren't reluctant thinkers.”
― Melanie Crowder

“I am a little more
than five feet tall
but my will
is like leaping flames
vaulting skyward
immune to all
that would
smother me”
― Melanie Crowder, Audacity