“Every driven person comes from a mountain of pain they wish to keep hidden.”
― The Wishing Spell
― The Wishing Spell
“I always laugh at the term 'Cinderella story', because, if you ask me, it doesn't matter what life you're living, life never has a solution. No matter how hard the struggles are that you leave behind, new struggles always take their place.”
― The Wishing Spell
― The Wishing Spell
“Courage is one thing that no one can ever take away from you.”
― The Wishing Spell
― The Wishing Spell
“To Grandma,
for being my first editor and giving me the best writing advice I’ve ever received: “Christopher, I think you should wait until you’re done with elementary school before worrying about being a failed writer.”
― The Wishing Spell
for being my first editor and giving me the best writing advice I’ve ever received: “Christopher, I think you should wait until you’re done with elementary school before worrying about being a failed writer.”
― The Wishing Spell
“It doesn't matter how greatly you've been hurt or how much you're hurting, it's what you do with the pain that counts. You could cry for years or you could choose to learn and grow from it.”
― The Wishing Spell
― The Wishing Spell
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