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"I was long overdue for a reread of this heartwarming story. I’m forever in awe of Laura’s gift for storytelling!" — Apr 20, 2026 07:05AM
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In a world where everyone was always shouting the most outrageous thing they could come up with just to be heard, they were the steady voice people could depend on.
“Fairy land arouses a longing for [a child] knows not what. It stirs and troubles him (to his life-long enrichment) with the dim sense of something beyond his reach and, far from dulling or emptying the actual world, gives it a new dimension of depth. He does not despise real woods because he has read of enchanted woods: the reading makes all real woods a little enchanted.”
― Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories
― Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories
“I believe there are far more possibilities than happily ever after or tragedy. Every story has the potential for infinite endings.”
― Once Upon a Broken Heart
― Once Upon a Broken Heart
“The world does not need more Christian literature. What it needs is more Christians writing good literature.”
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“Maybe to have hope is to have courage. To have wings. Maybe that’s enough.”
― Aliferous: A Collection of Fairy Tales, Adventure, Romance & Whimsy
― Aliferous: A Collection of Fairy Tales, Adventure, Romance & Whimsy
“Yes,” said the Lord Digory, “Its inside is bigger than its outside.”
“Yes,” said Queen Lucy. “In our world too, a stable once had something inside it that was bigger than our whole world.”
― The Chronicles of Narnia
“Yes,” said Queen Lucy. “In our world too, a stable once had something inside it that was bigger than our whole world.”
― The Chronicles of Narnia
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