Once Upon a Wardrobe

by Patti Callahan Henry

Whenever you are fed up with life, start writing: ink is the great cure for all human ills.’”

Because even with the dark parts and the light parts and the good parts and the bad parts, dinner must still be served.

“Every life should be guided and enriched by one book or another, don’t you agree? Certainly, every formative moment in my life has been enriched or informed by a book. You must be very careful about what you choose to read—unless you want to stay stuck in your opinions and hard-boiled thoughts, you must be very careful.”

“Megs, every human interaction is eternally important.”

Grief is the price I paid for loving fiercely, and that was okay, because there was no other choice but to love fiercely and fully.