Katelyn

“A weight pressed on his heart. How could he want something and fear it so much at the same time?”
― Pam Muñoz Ryan, Echo

“That's the thing. No matter how much you don't have, there's always so much more of life to be had. So, no matter how much sadness is in a song, there's equal 'mount of maybe-things'll-get-better-someday-soon.”
― Pam Muñoz Ryan, Echo

“no matter how much sadness there is in life, there are equal amounts of maybe-things’ll-get-better-someday-soon.”
― Pam Muñoz Ryan, Echo

“Ivy felt as if she’d been touched by magic. Her eyes caught the glances of other musicians. And it was clear they felt it, too.
Who can explain it?
Who can tell you why?
Fools give you reasons,
Wise men never try.
Some enchanted evening…
Tonight, there was brilliance in the hall, a communion of spirits, as if Ivy and the conductor and the pianist and the orchestra and everyone in the audience were one, breathing in and out to the same tempo, feeling one another’s strength and vision, filling with beauty and light, glowing beneath the same stars…
…and connected by the same silken thread.”
― Pam Muñoz Ryan, Echo