brooke jared

“What does it mean to be brave? This was a question Brother Edik asked himself as he walked through the dark woods with Jack Dory and Cannoc and Answelica.
To be brave is to not turn away.
To be brave is to go forward.
To be brave is to love.”
― Kate DiCamillo, The Beatryce Prophecy

“Nothing is more terrifying to evil than joy.”
― Kate DiCamillo, The Beatryce Prophecy

“She knew since she was little, the world would not sing her triumphs, but she took all of the stereotypes and put them in a chokehold until they breathed out the truth.”
― Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X

“How much could a heart hold?
... The goat was in his heart, too. Seemingly, the heart could hold an untold amount of things--letters and people and goats and bees.
Seemingly, there was no limit to what it could contain.”
― Kate DiCamillo, The Beatryce Prophecy