Victoria Gilbert

“All I’m saying is, when you have a kid, then suddenly you understand how easy it is to make mistakes, see? And you forgive your parents a bit, you know?”
― Belinda Bauer, Snap

“People living, people talking. Politics and religion. All the usual shameful human behavior.”
― Jo Furniss, All the Little Children

“If red was the color of magic in balance—of harmony between power and humanity—then black was the color of magic without balance, without order, without restraint.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“We ran like young wild furies, where angels feared to tread. The woods were dark and deep. Before us demons fled. We checked Coke bottle bottoms to see how far was far. Our worlds of magic wonder were never reached by car. We loved our dogs like brothers, our bikes like rocket ships. We were going to the stars, to Mars we’d make round trips. We swung on vines like Tarzan, and flashed Zorro’s keen blade. We were James Bond in his Aston, we were Hercules unchained. We looked upon the future and we saw a distant land, where our folks were always ageless, and time was shifting sand. We filled up life with living, with grins, scabbed knees, and noise. In glass I see an older man, but this book’s for the boys.”
― Robert R. McCammon, Boy's Life