The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)

by T.J. Klune

“Arthur says that we should always make time for the things we like,” Talia said. “If we don’t, we might forget how to be happy.

And I refuse to believe that a person’s path is set in stone. A person is more than where they come from.” “Than the sum of their parts.”

“Because you told me once that if we can’t laugh at ourselves, we’re doing it wrong.”

“Different doesn’t mean bad. Arthur says being different is sometimes better than being the same as everyone else.”

But that was the funny thing about wishes. Sometimes all it took to make them come true was a first step.

“Sometimes, you don’t know what you have until it’s no longer there.