Miffy

“People are always asking that about books: What’s it about? It sounds like a simple question, but it isn’t. You could take all day to answer it if you really wanted to. And if the person asking the question really wanted to hear it.”
― Meg McKinlay, Catch a Falling Star

“[Pip] was wondering if the dragon was still alive in
the little hoodie nest. It had been after the world’s fastest shower. She’d peeked into the wardrobe and seen its little belly rising and falling, heard its ever so small rasping breath. The sorrowful swelling in her chest almost lifted her off the ground. She was wondering how to save a dragon.”
― Karen Foxlee, Dragon Skin

“Mika belIeved in Magic. One hundred
per cent without a doubt. She learned that fast when he arrived. He knew the Dewey decimal 130s like the back of his hand and they went to the town library often to sit in front of them.The 130s were bottom shelf; Occult and Paranormal. He ran his fingertips along those spines muttering to himself. ‘This is nowhere near as good as the Oxley Library, Pip.”
― Karen Foxlee, Dragon Skin

“Families are overenthusiastic tattoo artists. You make a tiny mistake just one time, and it’s like they immediately ink that thing onto you forever.”
― Remy Lai, Fly on the Wall