Erin

“When they hear I teach first grade, they invariably picture my kids like a litter of puppies in a pet store window, cute and nearly brainless. Let me tell you. My kids are brilliant. Never underestimate children. I don't teach to their minds. Or their hearts. I teach to their spirits, and not one child has failed me. Ever. I mind-boggle them by reminding them they are made from the remnants of star-dusted constellations. When I tell them this their eyes sparkle to prove it.”
― Barbara Lynn-Vannoy

“Reading forces you to be quiet in a world that no longer makes place for that.”
― John Green

“If anything had happened to Ula, I would rip Saenunos’s eyes from their sockets and wear them for earrings.”
― Melanie Karsak, Queen of Oak

“You could get used to anything if you had to.”
― Stephen King, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon