Ellen Kirkpatrick

“Minor magicians take pains to fit this traditional wizardly bill. By contrast, the really powerful magicians take pleasure in looking like accountants.”
― Jonathan Stroud, The Amulet of Samarkand

“but whatever came, she had resolved never again to belong to another than herself.”
― Kate Chopin, The Awakening

“My destination is no longer a place, rather a new way of seeing.”
― Marcel Proust

“Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.”
― Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky