Alexandra

“I will not pretend I wasn't petrified. I was. But mixed in with the awful fear was a glorious feeling of excitement. Most of the really exciting things we do in our lives scare us to death. They wouldn't be exciting if they didn't.”
― Roald Dahl, Danny the Champion of the World

“The loves we share with a city are often secret loves.”
― Albert Camus, Summer in Algiers

“Lucy buried her head in his mane to hide from his face. But there must have been magic in his mane. She could feel lion-strength going into her. Quite suddenly she sat up.
"I'm sorry, Aslan," she said. "I'm ready now."
"Now you are a lioness," said Aslan. "And now all Narnia will be renewed. But come. We have no time to lose.”
― C. S. Lewis

“It is almost worth going away because it's so lovely coming back.”
― Roald Dahl, Boy: Tales of Childhood