Pattie Chamblee

“He loved how early it got dark, how high and hot the bonfire grew, how the whole night felt cozy and spooky at once. Like he was safe here with his grandparents and his friends, but there still might be danger lurking just beyond the glow of the fire.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Pumpkin Spice Café

“Because she makes him a better man?” “Yes and no.” I consider my words. “I think rather than her changing him, she goes on a journey with him toward that change. She’s the encourager, the cheerleader, the truth teller.” Now the words are rolling off my tongue. “She sees things in him that no one else sees, and it’s she alone who can help him see that he’s been believing a lie all this time. Because when she looks at him, she doesn’t see a failure. She sees a man who is worthy of love—a man who is good simply because he is himself.”
― Kristin Canary, Loving the Ladies' Man

“Exceptionally creative people may be naturally prone to vivid dreaming; high dream recall is correlated with habits and personality traits often shared by artists, such as “openness to experience,” “tolerance of ambiguity,” an inclination toward fantasy, and a tendency to daydream. People who remember their dreams every night tend to have an easier time of losing themselves in projects and are likelier to agree with statements like “I am full of ideas” and “I am interested in abstractions.”
― Alice Robb, Why We Dream: The Transformative Power of Our Nightly Journey

“We watch together as the sky continues to transform every few seconds, an unreal canvas changing constantly in front of us. It makes me feel like a little girl again, and instead of imagining a castle in the sky, I’m living in it; truly the only thing we can see all around us is this dramatic, painted sky.”
― Christina Lauren, The Unhoneymooners