M.L. Tarpley > M.L.'s Quotes

“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

“And so for a time it looked as if all the adventures were coming to an end; but that was not to be.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

“Search for the possibilities. Let her imagination go. She breathed in deep and focused.”
― M.L. Tarpley, Maylie and the Maze

“Your imagination is truly the most powerful thing. And to write you must tap into it.”
― M.L. Tarpley, Maylie and the Maze

“Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

“The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it.”
― J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan

“Just as a river by night shines with the reflected light of the moon, so too do you shine with the light of your family, your people, and your God. So you are never far from home, never alone, wherever you go.”
― Karen Cushman, Catherine, Called Birdy

“I think sometimes that people are like onions. On the outside smooth and whole and simple but inside ring upon ring, complex and deep.”
― Karen Cushman, Catherine, Called Birdy

“I watched the early morning light pass over and through the windows of colored glass, leaving streaks of red and green and yellow on the stone floor. When I was little, I used to try and capture the colored light. I thought I could hold it in my hand and carry it home. Now I know it is like happiness-- it is there or it is not, you cannot hold it or keep it.”
― Karen Cushman, Catherine, Called Birdy

“Is it real? Maylie blinked. It was still there. She snapped a photo.

High walls stood strong of golden stone with more lining the top edges like jagged teeth jutting into the sky. Slim towers rounded each corner. The castle was like something from a storybook perched on an island with water spreading out in a wide moat.

Maylie could imagine archers at the ready to defend the castle with bows drawn and arrow tips sticking out between the roof stones.”
― M.L. Tarpley, Maylie and the Maze

“Rana immediately scribbled on her paper while Maylie felt the familiar freeze of her mind as she urged her imagination to take her far away.

But twenty minutes later, she longed for a black hole to appear under the table and devour her.”
― M.L. Tarpley, Maylie and the Maze

“Chocolate is a substance worth existing for”
― C.G. Drews, A Thousand Perfect Notes

“Music is nothing unless it fills your soul with colour and passion and dreams”
― C.G. Drews, A Thousand Perfect Notes

“You are worth more than a thousand perfect notes.”
― C.G. Drews, A Thousand Perfect Notes

“There is no greater love than to lay down your life for your friends.”
― Taylor Bennett, Porch Swing Girl

“Better, though difficult, the right way to go.
Than wrong, though easy, where the end is woe.”
― John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress