Sirah

“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

“Hello there. Looking to send a letter?” Greton paused, and glanced at Atlas, then back at the shopkeeper. “How did you know?” She narrowed her eyes. “You’re in my Mailing Shop. What else would you be doing here?” “Then why did you ask?” The woman blinked. “Habit, I suppose.”
― David Green, Magic, Maps, and Mischief: A Cozy Neurodivergent Adventure

“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

“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