Mandie Chase

“Hungary!" Esther shouted. "That's where Mr. Mendel's son is! That's what he was trying to tell us."
"That must have been what upset him," Penny said.
"Hitler is just like Haman. He hates the Jewish people. But who will be Queen Esther? Who will stop him this time?"
She saw Peter writing something. He held it up for her to see. Daddy will.”
― Lynn Austin, While We're Far Apart:

“Restless hearts cannot be bound
My birds must fly again”
― Olivia G. Booms, Unmasked

“Showing you care about something or someone makes you vulnerable, because it gives the world another way to hurt you. But there comes a time when you have to decide if feeling empty is really any better than the risk of being broken.”
― Alexandra Bracken, Silver in the Bone

“You do not have to keep the thought of him from your heart, but do not let the love in you harden because of him. He was not worthy.”
― Alexandra Bracken, Silver in the Bone