M J Padgett

“No one should scold you for how you feel, for not laughing or smiling the way they think you should. Maybe they do not see it, but you do laugh, Astryn. I know you do. I see it in your eyes when you speak of the children and literature and building another school. I see it when you talk about everything that you like. It's in the way your eyes sparkle and dance, and perhaps it is not the usual sort of laughter, and maybe not everyone can see it... but I see it. I see it, and it is more than enough for me.”
― M J Padgett