“Here is a reader, a book, a listener. The sound of the voice exists for a moment and then it vanishes. Like birdsong, it’s gone—it is over. Yet it leaves traces of its passage in the imagination and memory of those who listen. There is incredible power in this fugitive exchange.”
― The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction – A Neuroscience Guide for Parents on Brain Development and Family Bonds
― The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction – A Neuroscience Guide for Parents on Brain Development and Family Bonds
“We are all stardust and stories.”
― The Starless Sea
― The Starless Sea
“Believe nothing of me
except that I felt your beauty
more closely than my own.”
― The Spice-Box of Earth
except that I felt your beauty
more closely than my own.”
― The Spice-Box of Earth
“To David, love meant declaration. Wasn't that the whole point? To Sarah, love meant a shared secret. Wasn't that the whole point?”
― Trust Exercise
― Trust Exercise
“How are you feeling? Zachary asks. “Like I’m losing my mind but in a slow, achingly beautiful sort of way.”
― The Starless Sea
― The Starless Sea
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