The Wee Free Men (Discworld, #30; Tiffany Aching, #1)

by Terry Pratchett

“The secret is not to dream,” she whispered. “The secret is to wake up. Waking up is harder. I have woken up and I am real. I know where I come from and I know where I’m going. You cannot fool me anymore. Or touch me. Or anything that is mine.”