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“Children know the truth," says Feng, her voice going very quiet.
I turn to look at her. "What? What do you mean?"
"They haven't learned to walk around with a veil over their eyes. That's a habit that come with adulthood. Kids always know what they see. That's why ghosts can't hide from them.”
― Emily X.R. Pan, The Astonishing Color of After

“"Hope" is the thing with feathers.”
― Nicola Yoon, The Sun Is Also a Star

“The trouble with getting your hopes too far up is: it's a long way down.”
― Nicola Yoon, The Sun Is Also a Star

“And that's how you go on. You lay laughter over the dark parts. The more dark parts, the more you have to laugh. With defiance, with abandon, with hysteria, any way you can.”
― Laini Taylor, Strange the Dreamer