A Tale Dark and Grimm

by Adam Gidwitz

The girl’s body was still.

What kind of childrens novel 😭😭😭 im scared

In fact, if you’re still feeling sad, now’s the time to keep going.

There is a certain kind of pain that can change you. Even the strongest sword, when placed in a raging fire, will soften and bend and change its form.

And when that time comes, I hope you have the strength, as Hansel had, to take advantage of the fire and re-shape your own sword.

Why am i crying??

But sometimes, coming home is the hardest thing of all.

In this moment, you will look at your parents and realize that—no matter what it sounds like they are saying—they are actually asking you for forgiveness.

So, having them ask you for forgiveness probably sounds pretty good. But when this moment comes, you will probably be in a lot of pain. And you probably will not want to forgive them.

You see, to find the brightest wisdom one must pass through the darkest zones. And through the darkest zones there can be no guide. No guide, that is, but courage.

there is a wisdom in children, a kind of knowing, a kind of believing, that we, as adults, do not have.