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“I would not want to be a child again, for a child exists in uncertainty and danger. Our flesh and blood, we cannot help but fear for them, as we hope for them to make their way in this life.”
― The Stolen Child
― The Stolen Child
“Don't you give me that postmodern bullshit. There is truth, There is a truth. And what you want, or you feel, or you need, isn't going to change the truth. Any more than it's going to topple a skyscraper. There's truth, and there's belief. Don't call a mule a stallion.”
― What Happened to Lani Garver: A Young Adult Mystery Novel About Shattered Friendship and Angels
― What Happened to Lani Garver: A Young Adult Mystery Novel About Shattered Friendship and Angels
“To be anorexic...she thought, amounted to wanting to shed yourself of some of the imperfect mosaic of pieces that made you who you were. She could understand that now for, maybe underneath that desquamated self you would locate a new version.”
― The Ten-Year Nap
― The Ten-Year Nap
“Oh no, Papa, Kitty objected warmly. Varenka adores her. And besides, she does so much good! Ask anyone you like! Everybody knows her and Aline Stah. Perhaps, he said, pressing her arm with his elbow. But it is better to do good so that, ask whom you will, no one knows anything about it.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina
“He says you don't often find angels in places like happy homes and rich people's backyard parties. He says that angels flock to places like hospitals and homelss shelters and jails, because those people realize they need help. And do they are able to believe in strange phenomena. Funny how the world is backward. The really comfortable people don't always see much supernaturally, and to the ones who have to struggle, it's, like, breathing in their faces. The first are last... and the last are first.”
― What Happened to Lani Garver: A Young Adult Mystery Novel About Shattered Friendship and Angels
― What Happened to Lani Garver: A Young Adult Mystery Novel About Shattered Friendship and Angels
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