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“I opened a book and in I strode.
Now nobody can find me.
I've left my chair, my house, my road,
My town and my world behind me.
I'm wearing the cloak, I've slipped on the ring,
I've swallowed the magic potion.
I've fought with a dragon, dined with a king
And dived in a bottomless ocean.
I opened a book and made some friends.
I shared their tears and laughter
And followed their road with its bumps and bends
To the happily ever after.
I finished my book and out I came.
The cloak can no longer hide me.
My chair and my house are just the same,
But I have a book inside me.”
― Julia Donaldson

“It roars and roars and when we’re both long gone from this world, it will ripple with whispers until the end of time.”
― K. Webster, Whispers and the Roars

“Life can be driven by two things - fear or passion. When we are driven by passion, our fear takes the backseat and enjoys the ride. When we are driven by fear, there is no ride.”
― talia

“Words are like seeds, I think, planted into our hearts at a tender age. They take root in us as we grow, settling deep into our souls. The good words plant well. They flourish and find homes in our hearts. They build trunks around our spines, steadying us when we’re feeling most flimsy; planting our feet firmly when we’re feeling most unsure. But the bad words grow poorly. Our trunks infest and spoil until we are hollow and housing the interests of others and not our own. We are forced to eat the fruit those words have borne, held hostage by the branches growing arms around our necks, suffocating us to death, one word at a time.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Ignite Me

“I'll walk as fast as I want, and I will take breaks whenever I feel like it. There is no one to follow, no one to keep up with. There's just me and this one beautiful day, this one moment, right here, now.”
― Elana K. Arnold, What Girls Are Made Of

“I'm more than any of the parts of me—I am more than my good parts, and more than my bad ones. I am more than my mistakes. I am more than my memories. I will say these words again and again, like an anthem, like a prayer, until I believe them.”
― Elana K. Arnold, What Girls Are Made Of

“It's not new, our valuation of young female people for how they can serve, satisfy, and satiate. Our girls are both the platter and the meal, and we eat them up--we eat their meat, we lap up their sweetness, we covet and control and consume.”
― Elana K. Arnold, What Girls Are Made Of

“We can believe things that are true, and we can believe things that are not true. Which is more important---what is true, or what we believe?”
― Elana K. Arnold, What Girls Are Made Of

“My soul will find yours.”
― Jude Deveraux, A Knight in Shining Armor

“Were I to die tomorrow, my soul would remember you.
~Nicholas Stafford”
― Jude Deveraux, A Knight in Shining Armor

“Beauty knows no time', he said softly, rising, and kissing her hand.”
― Jude Deveraux, A Knight in Shining Armor

“One advantage women throughout time have had is that the little boy in men always remember a time when women were all-powerful.”
― Jude Deveraux, A Knight in Shining Armor

“Nothing changes, Vasya. Things are, or they are not. Magic is forgetting that something ever was other than as you willed it.”
― Katherine Arden, The Bear and the Nightingale

“You are too attached to things as they are,” said Morozko, combing the mare’s withers. He glanced down idly. “You must allow things to be what best suits your purpose. And then they will.”
― Katherine Arden, The Bear and the Nightingale