A Boy Called Christmas

by Matt Haig

In a world like that, it’s very easy to be bad. So when someone is good, or kind, it’s a magic in itself. It gives people hope. And hope is the most wonderful thing there is.”

Nothing makes you grow up quicker than discovering your father is not the man you think he is.

We must never let fear be our guide.

But nothing was as wonderful as doing the right thing.

“Sometimes,” she said, her eyes shining, “people look up to people not for who they have been, but for what they could become.