Morgan Schmidt

“We all carry good and bad within us, light and dark. That is what makes us human. And remember, no matter how far into the darkness we may fall, it is never too late to seek the light.”
― Maya Motayne, Nocturna

“Finn's eyes met his and it occurred to her that magic could be spoken and drawn in chalk or invoked when controlling an element but there was also another kind of magic. The type of magic born when trust bloomed between two people, trust that could survive the worst of your faults and secrets, your greatest fears.”
― Maya Motayne, Oculta

“I need you to tell people this; I need you, when you get back, to tell them: the brutality is terrible. And yes: the chaos is very great. But tell them: greater than the world’s chaos are its miracles. (p 309)”
― Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures

“that sometimes, if you are among the very lucky, a spark of understanding cuts like lightning across the space between two people. It’s a defibrillator for the heart. And it toughens you. It nourishes you. And the word we’ve chosen for it (which is an insufficient word for being so abruptly upended in a new and finer place) is friendship. (He would never find it again, that kind of friendship. But once is enough. You need it only once—so that you may know what your human heart is capable of.)”
― Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures