“The fantastic and the imaginative aren’t escapism.”
― Once Upon a Wardrobe
― Once Upon a Wardrobe
“Like I said, everything began with images: a faun… At first there wasn’t even anything Christian about them; that element pushed itself in of its own accord. And archetypes, he says. You know about those?
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― Once Upon a Wardrobe
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― Once Upon a Wardrobe
“Every life should be guided and enriched by one book or another, don’t you agree? Certainly, every formative moment in my life has been enriched or informed by a book. You must be very careful about what you choose to read—unless you want to stay stuck in your opinions and hard-boiled thoughts, you must be very careful.”
― Once Upon a Wardrobe
― Once Upon a Wardrobe
“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
“I’d believed— fool that I was— that because I knew this end was coming, I was prepared, that I would not grieve as I had. As if one can pre-grieve and get it out of the way. It’s not true. Grief is the price I paid for loving fiercely, and that was okay, because there was no other choice but to love fiercely and fully.”
― Once Upon a Wardrobe
― Once Upon a Wardrobe
Donna’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Donna’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Art, Biography, Christian, Classics, Contemporary, Crime, Ebooks, Fiction, Historical fiction, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, and Travel
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