Michelle

“But we aren’t defined by the names we carry or the religion we practice, or the nation whose flag flies over our heads. I know that now. We’re defined by who we are in our hearts, who we choose to be on this earth.”
― Kristin Harmel, The Book of Lost Names

“anyone who saw the magic in books had to be good.”
― Kristin Harmel, The Book of Lost Names

“parents make all sorts of errors, because our ability to raise our children is always colored by the lives we’ve lived before they came along.”
― Kristin Harmel, The Book of Lost Names

“There’s something almost miraculous about seeing a child’s eyes light up when you hand him a book that intrigues him. I’ve always thought that it’s those children—the ones who realize that books are magic—who will have the brightest lives.”
― Kristin Harmel, The Book of Lost Names