Somewhere Beyond the Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #2)

by T.J. Klune

“But I believe the greatest weapon we have at our disposal is our voices. And I am going to use my voice for you, and for me. Hate is loud. We are louder.”

You want me lost, but I am found in the breaths I take, in the spaces between heartbeats. I am found because I refuse to be in black and white, or any shade of gray. I am color. I am fire. I am the sun, and I will burn away the shadows until only light remains. And then you will have no choice but to see me.

“When we live in fear, it controls us. Every decision we make is smothered by it.

“Offering food, clothing, and shelter to people who had none seemed like the best way to spend the government’s money.

“If anyone tries to take bacon from me, I’m going to turn them into a tree. And not a good tree. A bad one, like a Bradford pear tree.”

there is magic in the ordinary, magic that has the power to change the world.