That is what growing up means, in some simple way: learning to repress all expressions of pure happiness and joy.
“We make art to leave a mark for the future, a slight kink in the river of stories, which flows too fast and too wildly for any of us to comprehend.”
― There Are Rivers in the Sky
― There Are Rivers in the Sky
“A beginning,’ she said, ‘often signals an end. That’s the thing with dawn…you must first get through the night.”
― Her Majesty's Royal Coven
― Her Majesty's Royal Coven
“Books, like paper lanterns, provide us with a light amidst the fog.”
― There Are Rivers in the Sky
― There Are Rivers in the Sky
“Where you have set your mind begin the journey Let your heart have no fear, keep your eyes on me.”
― There Are Rivers in the Sky
― There Are Rivers in the Sky
“Words are like birds,” says Mr. Bradbury. “When you publish books, you are setting caged birds free. They can go wherever they please. They can fly over the highest walls and across vast distances, settling in the mansions of the gentry, in farmsteads and laborers’ cottages alike. You never know whom those words will reach, whose hearts will succumb to their sweet songs.”
― There Are Rivers in the Sky
― There Are Rivers in the Sky
Maren’s 2025 Year in Books
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