Laura

“If you push me far enough, all I really know is that he was a fine fisherman."
"You know more than that," my father said. "He was beautiful.”
― Norman Maclean, A River Runs Through It and Other Stories

“Beware of the brokenhearted,” said the grandmother, “for they will lead you astray.”
― Kate DiCamillo, Raymie Nightingale

“Inside the magic globe that Florence Nightingale carries, there are wishes and hopes and love. And all of these things are very tiny and also very bright. And there are thousands of wishes and hopes and love things, and they move around in the magic globe, and that’s what Florence uses to see by. That is how she sees soldiers who have fallen on the battlefield of life.”
― Kate DiCamillo, Raymie Nightingale

“Mr. J.L.B Matekoni," she asked, "do you think that our souls grow as we get older?"
He did not answer immediately, but when he did, she thought his answer quite perfect. "Yes," he said. "Our souls get wider. They grow like the branches of a tree--growing outwards. And more birds come and make their homes in these branches. And sing a bit more." He stopped and looked a little awkward. "I'm talking nonsense, Mma."
"You're not," she said.”
― Alexander McCall Smith, Precious and Grace