Amanda

“There is a power in the emptiness of the hills; and it's a hostile power. One old tin-can lying on the ground would make all the difference. But there was no tin-can: what we could see was all so powerfully un-human as to be able to erase our knowledge of its narrow limits.”
― Sarban, Ringstones and Other Curious Tales

“Children are really the ancients among us. It is we, the older people, who bear the stamp of temporariness, the impress of a brief, particular period: we, with our clothes of a particular fashion, our manners dictated by the conventions of our generation, our heads packed full of the prejudices, called information, peculiar to the particular time at which we were educated.”
― Sarban, Ringstones and Other Curious Tales

“Stories are powerful things," she said quietly. "And sometimes we have to be very brave to tell them.”
― Lucy Strange, The Secret of Nightingale Wood

“Even when the moon is just a thin white crescent, the rest of the moon is still there, in shadow. It has not gone anywhere--we just can't see it. Look for the part of the moon that is hidden in shadow, Henrietta. Trust that it is there even when it can't be seen.”
― Lucy Strange, The Secret of Nightingale Wood