The Enchanted Greenhouse (Spellshop, #2)

by Sarah Beth Durst

“Mercy is not weakness,”

If I live, I can hope.

“People aren’t necessarily logical. Especially if they’re in pain.”

“If you’re hurt, you’re hurt. It doesn’t matter if anyone else thinks you don’t have a good enough reason. Pain doesn’t require approval.”

“There isn’t much better than garlic.”

“Words matter.” The right words could heal shattered glass. And hearts. And families. And lives.

“I did what I believed was right,” Rijes said. “It’s my duty—in fact, I believe it’s every person’s duty, especially those in power—to reject unjust laws. To choose kindness and empathy, whenever we

More people meant more mouths. But it also means more ideas and more dreams.

I believe there is light after darkness, warmth and wonder to be found even in the coldest of winters, and kindness in the world that can heal us.