Cassandra Renee

“The butterfly needs the hardship to make it strong enough to fly. The struggle pumps fluid to its wings and gives it the strength to survive. If I were to help it by cutting away the chrysalis, it would die. So all we can do is stand back and observe its own efforts to free itself.”
― Colleen Coble, Butterfly Palace

“Even though I knew this might end in heartbreak, that he might make my life scary and complicated and unpredictable, I knew I couldn't let him walk away. Because I knew he'd also make my life happy and comforting and full.”
― Kasie West, By Your Side

“In the autumn, the entire backyard became a mass of lollipop-yellow leaves, so bright they lit up the night like daylight. Birds nesting in the trees would get confused because they couldn't tell what time of day it was, and they would stay awake for days until they dropped out of the branches with exhaustion.”
― Sarah Addison Allen, The Peach Keeper

“Without stormy days, we forget to value sunny skies.”
― Cathy Burnham Martin, Encouragement: How to Be and Find the Best