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“Children's books are not a hiding place, they are a seeking place”
― Katherine Rundell, Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise

“And though he liked drawing trees he liked most of all to be with trees. He would climb them, lean against them, even talk to them. It saddened him to discover the not everyone shared his feelings towards them.”
― Humphrey Carpenter, J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography

“Dogs die. But dogs live, too. Right up until they die, they live. They live brave, beautiful lives. They protect their families. And love us. And make our lives a little brighter. And they don't waste time being afraid of tomorrow.”
― Dan Gemeinhart, The Honest Truth

“People fall down. You can either laugh or cry. Laughing makes it easier fo' get back up, though.”
― Akemi Dawn Bowman, Summer Bird Blue

“I wish I wen' spend less time being haunted and mo' time facing my pain, so dat way--me an' her--we could have been living wit' his memories instead of hiding from dem.”
― Akemi Dawn Bowman, Summer Bird Blue

“You can't rush creativity. It's like the rain. You wait and wait and wait, and when it finally comes, it soaks the earth and revives all the plants.”
― Akemi Dawn Bowman, Summer Bird Blue

“One day you goin' wake up and find your anger has been replaced wit' loneliness, and i's mo' easy fo' stop being mad dan it is fo' stop being lonely.”
― Akemi Dawn Bowman, Summer Bird Blue

“I always imagined that cats were the Paris Hiltons of the pet world: They didn't quite deserve all the attention but they got it anyway.”
― Sarah Andersen, Big Mushy Happy Lump

“I'm suspicious of people who don't like dogs, but I trust a dog when it doesn't like a person.”
― Bill Murray

“Those who write for children are trying to arm them for the life ahead with everything we can find that is true. And perhaps, also, secretly, to arm adults against those necessary compromises and necessary heartbreaks that life involves: to remind them that there are and always will be great, sustaining truths to which we can return.”
― Katherine Rundell, Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise