Cheyenne Ellis

“the little girl isn’t listening to you— she’s way too busy staring out the window, fantasizing about a world of magical accidents, flying envelopes, screeching owls, adoring giants, brooms that do more than sweep, friends who are always loyal, & a train that will take her to an enchanted place far far far away from here. - put under a lifelong spell.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in this One

“Somewhere under the hurricane a sea turtle rows through silence.”
― Alicia Suskin Ostriker, No Heaven

“With guns you can kill terrorists, with education you can kill terrorism.”
― Malala Yousafzai

“But the worst kind of monster was the burrowing kind. The sort that crawled into you and made a home there. The sort you couldn't name, the sort you couldn't see. The monster that ate you alive from the inside out.”
― Emily Carroll