Wulfwyn

“This wasn’t my first time trying to prepare a meal while dodging the fangs of a dead child who wished me bodily harm.”
― Carissa Orlando, The September House

“Did you know that the kids who grow up as the ‘favorites’ in families are usually more screwed up than the kids who aren’t the favorites? The first lesson we learn is that our parents’ love is conditional and that failure to perform means that they can take all that love away. We see it with our siblings, so we do everything we can to make sure that never happens to us. Fun, right? I learned that in therapy.”
― Meg Shaffer, The Wishing Game

“She kept her voice soft and low and gentle. Kids with hard lives deserved gentle words.”
― Meg Shaffer, The Wishing Game

“Lucy Heart, you are going to be fine. You are going to be even better than fine, you are going to be loved like you deserve to be loved. And you are going to have a very magical life. If you want it.”
― Meg Shaffer, The Wishing Game