The Lost Story

by Meg Shaffer

scared is a feeling, not an excuse.”

“This entire universe we’re in right now could be tiny, fitting in the palm of some being’s hand so far beyond us, we’re like ants to a giant. And the giant keeps us in jars on her windowsill. We’re a computer simulation. We’re characters in a storybook left on a train by a girl late for dinner. We’re a dream an ancient god is dreaming, and any minute now…he will wake. Ask any question in an infinite universe, and the answer is yes. Always yes.”

In an infinite universe, all stories were true stories.

Never forget, the price of magic may be high, but it’s worth paying.

you can’t have a fairy tale without anything bad happening in it. Fairy tales need heroes. Heroes need dragons. Princes and knights need enemies. Life needs death. I wish it was easier, but it’s not.