Terra Looking

“She had thought then that she would make a conscious decision one day to simply put her toys and games and little make-believes away. Now she discovered that was not what happened at all. Instead, she discovered, interest simply faded. It became less and less and less, until a dust of years drew over the bright pleasures of childhood, and they were forgotten.”
― Stephen King, The Eyes of the Dragon

“All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost;”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

“Justice is a human concept, as flawed as any. There is no reliable justice in this world and, given human nature, never can be. Politics, bigotry, envy, ignorance . . . Those forces and others redefine justice day by day, until it means something different to everyone—until it means nothing at all.”
― Dean Koontz, Red Rain

“What was childhood if not a passage from light to dark, of the soul’s slow drowning in an ocean of ordinary matter?”
― Justin Cronin, The City of Mirrors