Linden

“A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.”
― C.S. Lewis

“Most of us are called on to perform tasks far beyond what we can do. Our capabilities seldom match our aspirations, and we are often woefully unprepared. To this extent, we are all Assistant Pig-Keepers at heart.”
― Lloyd Alexander, The Book of Three

“This is how you learn to see: You put together a crew. No one can see a damn thing clearly with only two eyes.”
― Catherynne M. Valente, Radiance

“Stories have a way of changing faces. They are unruly things, undisciplined, given to delinquency and the throwing of erasers. This is why we must close them up into thick, solid books, so they cannot get out and cause trouble.”
― Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making