Hannah Way

“He talked me through the fear that had me paralysed and sobbing. He showed me that fear was nothing but a product of my imagination and that I could make it go away by changing my thoughts, taking control of them, and showing the fear who was boss. Fear became an animal that I could put on a leash and lock away in a cage.”
― Sarah Alderson, Out of Control

“I wasn't in control of it. I can't control life. The only thing I can do is open myself up and accept everything it throws at me, wholeheartedly. Defiantly. I don't get to quit, not when so many other people didn't even get the chance.”
― Sarah Alderson, Out of Control

“Ella helped. Yes, she was a dreamer, but she had a way of doing her work without any fuss. She didn't understand the struggles some of us went through. If you had to write 1500 words you wrote 1500 words. You put one word then another then another then another.”
― David Almond, A Song for Ella Grey

“I had a sudden urge of anger. I couldn't stand it anymore, being asked to accept that I had no control over who left me, over our lives. There had to be something that I could do.”
― Kate Scelsa, Fans of the Impossible Life