Don Blanchet

“It was the sweetest, most mysterious-looking place any one could imagine. The high walls which shut it in were covered with the leafless stems of climbing roses which were so thick that they were matted together.”
― Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden

“When you invest in yourself, you have instant credibility with your biggest critic— YOU!  As soon as you allow doubt to creep in, you will lose. ”
― C. Toni Graham, Crossroads and the Dominion of Four

“And she was right. No matter how they tried, the two humans, with the cat but without the microchip, couldn’t connect to headquarters. Raya heard a loud popping sound in her mind, like a huge rubber band being snapped, like a glider plane released from a Piper Cub.”
― Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

“It's not easy for me either, but if we allow anger to reside in us, we're more guilty than they are because we know the better way.”
― Francine Rivers