Things are not at all what they seem to be: oh no, not at all.
There’s no point in going on if you feel that way. No point at all. You must be filled with expectancy. You must be awash in hope. You must wonder who will love you, whom you will love next. I am done...
The world is dark, and light is precious.
She was terribly pleased, because she had always, secretly, deep within her heart, believed that she could fly. And now here she was, doing what she had long suspected she could do, and she could not...
Once there was a princess who was very beautiful. She shone bright as the stars on a moonless night. But what difference did it make that she was beautiful? None. No difference.Why did it make no diff...
Life was so short; so many beautiful things slipped away.
I love your round head,the brilliant green,the watching blue,these letters,this world, you.I am very, very hungry.
Holy unanticipated occurrences!
Hands down, the biggest thrill is to get a letter from a kid saying, I loved your book. Will you write me another one?
Flora’s heart, the lonely, many-armed squid of it, flipped and flailed inside her.
Farewell is not the word that you would like to hear from your mother as you are being led to the dungeon by 2 oversize mice in black hoods.Words that you would like to hear are Take me instead, I wil...
Edward thought about everything that had happened to him in his short life. What kind of adventures would you have if you were in the world for a century? The old doll said, I wonder who will come for...
Edward knew what it was like to say over and over again the names of those you had left behind. He knew what it was like to miss someone. And so he listened. And in his listening, his heart opened wid...
But, reader, we must not forget that King Phillip loved the queen and that without her, he was lost. This is the danger of loving: No matter how powerful you are, no matter how many kingdoms you rule,...
But still, here are the words Despereaux Tilling spoke to his father. He said, I forgive you, Pa! And he said those words because he sensed that it was the only way to save his heart, to stop it from...
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Beware of the brokenhearted, said the grandmother, for they will lead you astray.
As they walked back to the Kentucky Star, Rob thought about what Willie May had said about the tiger rising on up. It reminded him of what she had said about his sadness needing to rise up. And when h...
And this is a time to act, not wonder.
And now you have a small map of the princess's heart (hatred, sorrow, kindness, empathy), the heart that she carried down inside her as she went down the golden stairs and through the kitchen and, fin...