Tamara✨

“Because a shadow was a thing that defined itself, and Nettie didn't have to fit anyone else's shape.”
― Lila Bowen, Wake of Vultures

“Do not expect too much from your child and she will grow in your love... But if you push her too much, you will push her away. A child is not yours to own but to raise. She may not be what you will have her to be, but she will be what she has to be. Remember what they say, that 'Wood may remain twenty years in the water, but it is still not a fish.”
― Jane Yolen, Sister Light, Sister Dark

“If you can't see the beauty in the dirt then I feel sorry for you. And if you can't see why these streets are special, then just go home already.”
― Jami Attenberg, Saint Mazie

“We steal the happiness of others in order to be happy ourselves, and when it is stolen from us we voyage desperately to steal it back.”
― Daniel Handler, We Are Pirates