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“Then Lucia said, "So what do we do now?"

"Nothing," Otto said. "Things will go on as just they always have.”
― Ellen Potter, The Kneebone Boy

“All great adventures have moments that are really crap.”
― Ellen Potter, The Kneebone Boy

“I'm a monster," said the shadow of the Marquess suddenly. "Everybody says so."

"So are we all, dear." said the Minotaur kindly. "The thing to decide is what kind of monster to be. The kind who builds towns or the kind that breaks them.”
― Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There

“This is what comes of having a heart, even a very small and young one. It causes no end of trouble, and that’s the truth.”
― Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There

“I can never remember my dreams," said the shadow of the Marquess quietly.

"You must have had rich, tasty ones then. When you can't remember a dream, it's because a Baku ate it.”
― Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There

“what did you think you were doing, then, when you went up through one door and down through another, turning this way and that, through the pages of a book and a deep mine and an entire ocean and the hideout of a wise old woman? My dear, labyrinths ensnare and entangle; they draw one inexorably inward-but it wouldn't be much of a labyrinth if you waited in line with a ticket to get it and the door was clearly marked, like some country-harvest hay maze. All underworlds are labyrinths, in the end. Perhaps all the sunlit lands, too. A labyrinth, when it is big enough, is just the world.”
― Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There

“You can never forget what you do in a war, September my love. No one can. You won't forget your war either.”
― Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There

“Sometimes the best thing that can happen to a person is to have a puppy lick your face.”
― Joan Bauer, Almost Home

“Almost.
It’s a big word for me.
I feel it everywhere.
Almost home.
Almost happy.
Almost changed.
Almost, but not quite.
Not yet.
Soon, maybe.
I’m hoping hard for that.”
― Joan Bauer, Almost Home

“Almost Home
by Sugar Mae Cole

Home isn’t always a place you picture in your mind
With furniture and cookies and music playing and people laughing.
Home is something you can carry around like a dream
And let it grow in your heart until you’re ready for it.
Losing things helps you appreciate when you find them again
And finding things gives you hope that when you lose things
It might not be forever.
Once, long ago, a girl lost her home, but she didn’t lose her dream.
She hung on to it as the wind kept trying to blow it away,
But that just made it stronger.
So now she has keys and walls of many colors
And people around her who think she’s something.”
― Joan Bauer, Almost Home

“What do you know about yourself? What are your stories? The ones you tell yourself, and the ones told by others. All of us begin somewhere. Though I suppose the truth is that we begin more than once; we begin many times. Over and over, we start our own tales, compose our own stories, whether our lives are short or long. Until at last all our beginnings come down to just one end, and the tale of who we are is done.”
― Cameron Dokey, Before Midnight

“People make mistakes; they do the wrong things. Sometimes they're annoying. Sometimes they're awful. (That's true for me, too, by the way.)
So how do you know when it's time to give up? And do you know when to hang in there? I guess you don't really. You just make your choices and hope for the best.”
― Lisa Papademetriou, Taking the Cake!

“Every journey starts with a small step, every wave a ripple.”
― Curtis Jobling, Nest of Serpents

“Secrets
By Megan Moriarty

Some secrets are
Nice,
Like shiny,wet pearls
You string on a
Necklace.
One,two,three!

Some secrets feel like
Rocks
That hang from your
Heart.

Some secrets are like
Needles.
They poke and poke and poke,
Wanting to be told.
Those are the most dangerous
Of all.”
― Jacqueline Davies, The Candy Smash

“Be brave-or at least, try to be brave-and good things can happen.”
― Tommy Greenwald, Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Extra Credit

“I journeyed to a place where it's always raining cupcakes. I didn't need a passport, but I met a lot of interesting people and experienced new things. Even though the trip was a little bumpy, I got there just fine.”
― Lisa Schroeder, It's Raining Cupcakes

“I'll tell you something about tough things. They just about kill you, but if you decide to keep working at them, you'll find the way through. On the Food Network they have these shows where cooks have to put a meal together with all these weird ingredients. That's a lot like my life-dealing with things you wouldn't think ever go together. But a good cook can make the best meal out of the craziest combinations.”
― Joan Bauer, Close to Famous

“Life without music can only be seen in black and white. It takes music to add the color.”
― Jessie Haas, Saige Paints the Sky

“Mothers are legendary for being able to read the thoughts of their children at just the right moment.”
― Vivian Vande Velde, Frogged

“Best friends always know when the other's lying.”
― Wendy Mass, Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life

“There must be two types of choices. Choices you make that seem harmless but can wind up lead to someone's father dying, like deciding to have one more cup of coffee that morning so you need to go out and buy more and then cross the street without looking and make an oncoming car swerve into a telephone pole to avoid hitting you. And the other kind, when you know what you're doing will lead to something either bad or good.”
― Wendy Mass, Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life

“We all bring out our own perceptions, needs, and experiences to everything we do.”
― Wendy Mass, Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life

“Sometimes people think they are looking for the meaning of life, when really they are looking for an understanding of why they are here. What their purpose is, the purpose of life in general. And that's a much easier question to answer than the meaning of life.”
― Wendy Mass, Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life

“Everything is at its best when it's doing exactly what it was created for. A lamp gives light. An apple gives sustenance and refreshment. A chair is perfect in being exactly what it is--a chair.”
― Wendy Mass, Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life

“A wise man once remarked that we can count how many seeds are in the apple, but not how many apples are in the seed.”
― Wendy Mass, Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life

“Before an apple tree is planted, no one will know how many apples will one day sprout from it. It's all about potential, and potential is hidden from all of us until we embrace it, find our purpose, plant ourselves so we can grow.”
― Wendy Mass, Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life

“We are all connected at a deep, chemical level. We are all connected to the universe, and the universe is inside us.”
― Wendy Mass, Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life

“The harder something is to acquire, the more satisfying it is when you finally find it.”
― Wendy Mass, Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life

“Life gives meaning to life. The answer to the meaning of life is hidden right there inside the question.”
― Wendy Mass, Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life

“Wisdom is found in the least expected places.”
― Wendy Mass, Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life