Susan Howard

“Beware, beware three maidens fair
With bloody hands and divine air.
Help not the girl whom others blame
She’ll burn the world to ash and flame.
Trust not the girl with the golden crown
She’ll take what’s yours and watch you drown.
And my Lily Maid will scream and cry.
She’ll break them both and then she’ll die.”
― Laura Sebastian, Half Sick of Shadows

“Creating is the greatest expression of reverence I can think of because I recognize that the desire to make something is a gift from God. The freedom to carve out the time and have a safe place to create that art is a blessing of the highest level in a world where so many people are unable to have either. Every time I indulge in the art of creation without worrying about what the public will think of it is craft in its purest form—and craft can be any old thing at all. For me it’s writing.”
― Rachel Hollis, Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are so You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be

“I think that sometimes we need permission to stop and adore, and a work of art grants us that.”
― Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me

“You can live a fair share of adventures in other people’s stories.”
― Chanel Cleeton, The Last Train to Key West