“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.”
― The Ten Thousand Doors of January
― The Ten Thousand Doors of January
“On a quiet day, when the wind was still, the creek could be heard all the way up to where the old beech stood. Under its branches, cats would come to dream and be dreamed.”
― A Circle of Cats
― A Circle of Cats
“Maybe we are each and every one of us born with our own stories, and we must decide how to tell those stories with our own life, or in a book . . . Or could it be that all our stories come from one larger story?”
― Once Upon a Wardrobe
― Once Upon a Wardrobe
“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.”
― All Along You Were Blooming: Thoughts for Boundless Living
is not naively thinking
everything
will be easy.
It is courageously
believing
that there is
still hope,
even when
things get hard.”
― 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.”
― Once Upon a Wardrobe
― Once Upon a Wardrobe
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