Hannah

“Miss Devonshire,” Mr. Lewis says and looks out the window as if what he wants to say dances in that dormant winter garden. “The fantastic and the imaginative aren’t escapism.” “How so?” This seems important. “Good stories introduce the marvelous. The whole story, paradoxically, strengthens our relish for real life. This excursion sends us back with renewed pleasure to the actual world. It provides meaning.”
― Patti Callahan Henry, Once Upon a Wardrobe

“It was the best first kiss in the history of first kisses. It was as sweet as sugar. And it was warm, as warm as pie. The whole world opened up and I fell inside. I didn’t know where I was, but I didn’t care. I didn’t care because the only person who mattered was there with me.”
― Sarah Addison Allen, The Sugar Queen

“Megs, every human interaction is eternally important.” He smiles, and I swear those eyes that usually twinkle are swimming with tears.”
― Patti Callahan Henry, Once Upon a Wardrobe

“There I stand in my pajamas and love enters my world like lightning from a blue sky, surprising, unexpected, and completely meant to knock me over. I can’t say the words in return, not yet, although I know I will. Someday, and soon.”
― Patti Callahan Henry, Once Upon a Wardrobe