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“Some people say that you shouldn't operate from a place of fear but if there is no fear, how is there a challenge?”
― One Hundred Names
― One Hundred Names
“Adults follow paths. Children explore. Adults are content to walk the same way, hundreds of times, or thousands; perhaps it never occurs to adults to step off the paths, to creep beneath rhododendrons, to find the spaces between fences. I was a child, which meant that I knew a dozen different ways of getting out of our property and into the lane, ways that would not involve walking down our drive.”
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
“Monsters come in all shapes and sizes. Some of them are things people are scared of. Some of them are things that look like things people used to be scared of a long time ago. Sometimes monsters are things people should be scared of, but they aren't.”
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
“Oh, monsters are scared," said Lettie. "That's why they're monsters.”
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
“Your heart has a little empty corner. You won't even know I'm there -- I'll be very quiet.”
― The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories, Vol. 2
― The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories, Vol. 2
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