Lene Frandsen

“The fantastic and the imaginative aren't escapism . . . Good stories introduce the marvelous. The whole story, paradoxically, strengthens our relish for real life. This excursion sends us back with renewed pleasure to the actual world. It provides meaning. . . It takes us out of ourselves and lets us view reality from new angles. It expands our awareness of the world.”
― Patti Callahan, Once Upon a Wardrobe

“I hope you will find the cracks in the world and wedge them wider, so the light of other suns shines through; I hope you will keep the world unruly, messy, full of strange magics; I hope you will run through every open Door and tell stories when you return.”
― Alix E. Harrow, The Ten Thousand Doors of January

“Choosing to have joy
is not naively thinking
everything
will be easy.
It is courageously
believing
that there is
still hope,
even when
things get hard.”
― Morgan Harper Nichols, All Along You Were Blooming: Thoughts for Boundless Living

“The way stories change us can't be explained,' Padraig says. 'It can only be felt. Like love.”
― Patti Callahan, Once Upon a Wardrobe