Janelle

“My Dear Lucy,
I wrote this story for you, but when I began it I had not realized that girls grow quicker than books. As a result you are already too old for fairy tales, and by the time it is printed and bound you will be older still. But some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

“The gift within every gift is always opportunity.”
― Steindl Rast David

“for her
the ocean
was more
than a dream,
it was a place
she needed to visit
to find herself.

and when she returned
to the city,
you could see the sun
in her eyes, the wind
in hair, and taste
the infinite sat
on her lips.”
― José Chaves

“I had the epiphany that laughter was light, and light was laughter, and that this was the secret of the universe.”
― Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch