I felt, that night, on that stage, under that skull, incredibly close to everything in the universe, but also extremely alone. I wondered, for the first time in my life, if life was worth all the work it took to live. What exactly made it
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“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
― Coraline
― Coraline
“Child, child, do you not see? For each of us comes a time when we must be more than what we are.”
― The Black Cauldron
― The Black Cauldron
“Reader, do you think it is a terrible thing to hope when there is really no reason to hope at all? Or is it (as the soldier said about happiness) something that you might just as well do, since, in the end, it really makes no difference to anyone but you?”
― The Tale of Despereaux
― The Tale of Despereaux
“To achieve the impossible, it is precisely the unthinkable that must be thought.”
― Jitterbug Perfume
― Jitterbug Perfume
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