Alyssa

“I had the epiphany that laughter was light, and light was laughter, and that this was the secret of the universe.”
― Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch

“Sometimes...fear does not subside and...one must choose to do it afraid.”
― Elisabeth Elliot

“Nature never deceives us; it is always we who deceive ourselves.”
― Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“After a time, it seemed that the world inside the books became my world. So when I thought of my childhood, it was dandelion wine and ice cream on a summer porch, like Ray Bradbury, and catching catfish with Huck Finn. My own memories receded and the book memories became the real memories, far more than the outside, far more even than in here.”
― Rene Denfeld, The Enchanted