Hannah Schofield

“What is grief, but love that’s lost its object?”
― Kelly Barnhill, When Women Were Dragons

“Churches gave sanctuary, in my time. To the unwanted, the unloved, and also the criminals, whether they repented or not. I don't see why a library in Hell shouldn't be a kind of church - lord knows that we have enough altars to longing, to regret, to mistakes, here in the stacks. Few souls find their way down here, but if they do, what shelter we can provide, the Library should. Libraries have always been a kind of church, a kind of sanctuary.”
― A.J. Hackwith, The God of Lost Words

“It’s not a matter of letting anything stand. It’s a matter of accepting that the world isn’t the same as you thought it was before.”
― Kelly Barnhill, When Women Were Dragons

“Humans love to make things complicated. Look at belief. They build whole morality and judgment systems on it—who believes what, believes in the right way, believes strongly enough. It’s so unnecessary. Belief, when you get right down to it, is just a powerful story. Tell a story well, and the reader doesn’t just want it to be true—they know it is. Get enough souls to believe in a story, and you can change the world. Or make one.”
― A.J. Hackwith, The God of Lost Words