Ginger Beer

“It was to emphasise the unity of humanity with nature and our need to accept ourselves as part of a larger continuum of life in this world.”
― R. Ogilvie Crombie, Meeting Fairies: My Remarkable Encounters with Nature Spirits

“If you start to freak out at the sight of such unmapped territory (unmapped by you, at least), just remind yourself that rocks explode, Jane transmits, mountains float, and plums deify. Grammar is not just a pain in the ass; it's the pole you grab to get your thoughts up on their feet and walking.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“...I took a deep breath and a first step, and both eventually led me to the knowledge that I was capable of things bigger than I had imagined. I think every child should have an experience like the field experiment, something that thrusts them down a road they don't think they can ever reach the end of, for love of themselves and other people and the world. When they eventually come to their destination they will realise, as I did, that even the impossible can be accomplished if you're willing to take the first step and give it everything you've got, and then, like me, they will know they can do anything.”
― Diana Beresford-Kroeger, To Speak for the Trees: My Life's Journey from Ancient Celtic Wisdom to a Healing Vision of the Forest

“Well we shan't be at school for ever," said Nancy. "We'll be grown up, and then we'll live here all the year round."...
..."I shall be going to sea someday," said John, "and so will Roger. But we'll always come back here on leave."
"I shall bring my monkey," said Roger.
"And the parrot shall always come," said Titty.”
― Arthur Ransome