Emma :)

“Mostly when I pray, I picture God holding my heart up very gently to his ear, like it’s one of those big, fancy seashells with an ocean sound inside it. I’ve got a thousand tiny oceans inside me. And I think God listens carefully to every crashing wave, all the fears and hopes. Even if he doesn’t answer every single prayer, I think he keeps my heart safe.”
― Natalie Lloyd, Hummingbird

“I learned that courage and fear always come as a pair. If you've gone one inside you, you've surely got the other.”
― Natalie Lloyd, The Key to Extraordinary

“Sunsets we always liked because they only happen once and go away."
"But, Lena, that's sad."
"No, if the sunset stayed and we got bored, that would be a real sadness.”
― Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine

“I wondered if there was something sacred, something everlasting, about melted ice cream and summer days and good stories.”
― Natalie Lloyd, A Snicker of Magic