Sirah

“Those who write for children are trying to arm them for the life ahead with everything we can find that is true. And perhaps, also, secretly, to arm adults against those necessary compromises and necessary heartbreaks that life involves: to remind them that there are and always will be great, sustaining truths to which we can return.”
― Katherine Rundell, Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise

“I always imagined that cats were the Paris Hiltons of the pet world: They didn't quite deserve all the attention but they got it anyway.”
― Sarah Andersen, Big Mushy Happy Lump

“You can't rush creativity. It's like the rain. You wait and wait and wait, and when it finally comes, it soaks the earth and revives all the plants.”
― Akemi Dawn Bowman, Summer Bird Blue

“People fall down. You can either laugh or cry. Laughing makes it easier fo' get back up, though.”
― Akemi Dawn Bowman, Summer Bird Blue