Mariana

“She didn’t really know anything about running a shop or magic or jam… But I do know books - and that meant there was nothing she couldn’t know, eventually. That was magic in and of itself.”
― Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop

“Words matter.” The right words could heal shattered glass. And hearts. And families. And lives.”
― Sarah Beth Durst, The Enchanted Greenhouse

“People were cruel to you, and it didn't make you bitter. What else would you call that?"
"Naïve? Needy? Pathetic?"
"Strong," he insisted.”
― Sarah Beth Durst, The Enchanted Greenhouse

“It wasn't that she didn't like people. It was that she liked books more. They didn't fuss or judge or mock or reject.They invited you in, fluffed up the pillows on the couch, offered you tea and toast, and shared their hearts with no expectation that you'd do anything more than absorb what they had to give.”
― Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop