Atiya Irvin-mitchell

“The past promises us nothing but this: it will abandon us. Leave us orphaned. Unless we abandon it first.”
― Gregory Maguire, Elphie: A Wicked Childhood

“Children born in wars
are made of a different kind of clay.
We become used to the din.
We grow used to the collapse
of crumbling buildings
and fire and develop a compassion
for broken things.
How can we not when we know
nothing else?”
― Nikita Gill, Hekate - The Witch

“No wonder this palace never felt
as though it was home.
It was built of guilt and betrayals
so large they could not be forgiven.”
― Nikita Gill, Hekate - The Witch

“You and Kris complain—well, you complain—but I always tried to give him the benefit of the doubt. I never wanted to hate Santa.”
― Sara Raasch, The Nightmare Before Kissmas