Willowmere Quotes

“To feel him moving again filled up some part of her that she didn't know was empty.”
― Andrea Cox Christen, Willowmere

“Laur wiped the tears off her face. Pea watched her. "We can save her."
"We must."
"We'll fix the Shining Tree somehow, protect the Ember Tree."
"Yes, we will."
"And you were right. I'm sorry I didn't believe you."
"Apology accepted.”
― Andrea Cox Christen, Willowmere

“And the Pea was falling, a slow, easy fall, drifting like a leaf in autumn. Slipping, turning, dipping through the air, she settled to the ground. She felt Laur's arm linked with hers. Slowly, she opened her eyes. The brightness was gone, and now the tree looked dim in comparison to the light she'd been wrapped in.”
― Andrea Cox Christen, Willowmere

“You are the one thing in Willowmere which goes its own way. When you ran away, I was so shocked and sad, but also proud that you could do what you wanted to in my world. You made your own choices.”
― Andrea Cox Christen, Willowmere

“Willowmere was a place of joy and laughter, not of lost children.”
― Andrea Cox Christen, Willowmere

“The fire was throbbing, seizing branches and the trunk, wrapping around the tree. But the glow never grew, and the branches still spread from the trunk immune to the fire.”
― Andrea Cox Christen, Willowmere

“But, no, it was a tree, a tree that was aflame with light. Orange, yellow, and red tongues licked the limbs of the tree, lighting the area and the haze around it with a flickering fire.”
― Andrea Cox Christen, Willowmere

“Pea closed her eyes and wrapped her arms around herself. She knew how Dad would be feeling. The panic. The sadness. The sleepless nights. She'd made him feel it all over again. She had forgotten in all the excitement of the castle that Dad was waiting for her, alone, sad, and worried.
I'm a terrible daughter.”
― Andrea Cox Christen, Willowmere

“It was like how she felt when she made a good play in basketball and she got a high-five, or after she'd been paid for babysitting. It was nice to do something, and for someone else to notice it.”
― Andrea Cox Christen, Willowmere