The Enchanted Greenhouse Quotes

“If you’re hurt, you’re hurt. It doesn’t matter if anyone else thinks you don’t have a good enough reason. Pain doesn’t require approval.”
― Sarah Beth Durst, The Enchanted Greenhouse

“People were cruel to you, and it didn't make you bitter. What else would you call that?"
"Naïve? Needy? Pathetic?"
"Strong," he insisted.”
― Sarah Beth Durst, The Enchanted Greenhouse

“Words matter.” The right words could heal shattered glass. And hearts. And families. And lives.”
― Sarah Beth Durst, The Enchanted Greenhouse

“She felt like she fit within his arms, like a book properly shelved.”
― Sarah Beth Durst, The Enchanted Greenhouse

“You risked so much... And you barely know me."
"I did what I believed was right," Rijes said. "It's my duty--- in fact, I believe it's every person's duty, especially those in power--- to reject unjust laws. To choose kindness and empathy, whenever we can.”
― Sarah Beth Durst, The Enchanted Greenhouse

“You could only have a relationship of any kind, be it family or friends or lovers, if both people were willing to reach toward each other. It wasn't, as some said, hard work in the sense of being unpleasant or tedious or painful--- that was a myth perpetuated by people with a vested interest in telling you to stay in a terrible relationship--- but it did require effort. You had to try.”
― Sarah Beth Durst, The Enchanted Greenhouse

“Terlu flipped to the end to find a brief note about the authors: Kiela and Caz were the co-owners of a jam shop on the island of Caltrey. Kiela was formerly a librarian at the Great Library of Alyssium, where Caz, a sentient talking spider plant, had been her librarian assistant. She thanked her husband, Larran, as well as a list of friends. Caz thanked his partner, Meep.
Yarrow wrapped his arm around her shoulders.
She realized she was crying.
"He's okay," Terlu said. "I did the right thing.”
― Sarah Beth Durst, The Enchanted Greenhouse

“Yeah, well, what's the point of sailing free, choosing your own horizon, if you won't choose what's right over what's easy?”
― Sarah Beth Durst, The Enchanted Greenhouse

“He shrugged. “It’s just bread. Glad you like it.” It wasn’t just bread. It was the fact that he’d thought of her while he baked it”
― Sarah Beth Durst, The Enchanted Greenhouse

“She’d met people like that, always convinced everything was the fault of someone else. They never looked at their own choices.”
― Sarah Beth Durst, The Enchanted Greenhouse

“I’m just too sensitive.” Yarrow grunted. “I don’t know what that means.” “I’m hurt when I shouldn’t be.” “If you’re hurt, you’re hurt. It doesn’t matter if anyone else thinks you don’t have a good enough reason. Pain doesn’t require approval.”
― Sarah Beth Durst, The Enchanted Greenhouse

“I suppose I choose to think it will all be okay because then at least, even if I can’t control what happens, I can control how I feel about it.”
― Sarah Beth Durst, The Enchanted Greenhouse

“Words matter." The right words could heal shattered glass. And hearts. And families. And lives.”
― Sarah Beth Durst, The Enchanted Greenhouse

“I'm not going to risk you for the dream of a dead sorcerer."
"But you love the greenhouse."
"I love you more," he said.”
― Sarah Beth Durst, The Enchanted Greenhouse

“She'd never imagined any of this--- this island, the greenhouses, the purpose she'd found in translating the late sorcerer's spells, the new community they were building, the plants and the dragons, the winged cat, and Yarrow. All of it. She hadn't even known this life was out there to dream about. Now, though, it was the life she wanted.
"I'm home," Terlu told him.
Drawing her closer, he kissed her, and she kissed him back. Above them, the snow fell gently on the greenhouse, while inside and all around them, the flowers bloomed.”
― Sarah Beth Durst, The Enchanted Greenhouse

“It's a new spellbook that's circulating, written for ordinary people. Supposed to have a lot to do with plants and gardens and such, and since, you know, the whole greenhouse thing... I thought it could be useful. Found it in an adorable jam shop, and I couldn't say no."
"The laws have changed that much?" Terlu gawked at the book. It was titled simply Spells from Caltrey. She wasn't sure where Caltrey was--- it wasn't an island name that she recognized.
"Yep," Marin said.
This was proof, here in her hands. A spellbook for an ordinary person.
"Brand-new world out there. A second chance for a whole lot of people, not just you.”
― Sarah Beth Durst, The Enchanted Greenhouse

“Yarrow took her hands. "I wouldn't let them take you."
"You couldn't stop them."
"Then we'd be statues together." He'd moved closer, only inches away. "They'd have to make a double pedestal for both of us, because I won't let go.”
― Sarah Beth Durst, The Enchanted Greenhouse

“She drifted through life, wanting and reaching but never having, always feeling just a little lost and just a little empty and just a little lonely. "I'm just too sensitive."
Yarrow grunted. "I don't know what that means."
"I'm hurt when I shouldn't be."
"If you're hurt, you're hurt. It doesn't matter if anyone else thinks you don't have a good enough reason. Pain doesn't require approval.”
― Sarah Beth Durst, The Enchanted Greenhouse

“She knelt on the walkway, and the plants bunched around her, each of them calling out their name: the philodendron was Dendy (he), the ivy was Risa (they), the orchid Amina (she), the calla lily Viria (she), the thistle Tirna (they), the fireweed Nif (he), the wax myrtle Ree (he), the prickly pear Hosha (they), the flytrap Sut (he), the morning glory Zyndia (she), the fern Mirr (they)... She committed as many names as possible to memory.”
― Sarah Beth Durst, The Enchanted Greenhouse

“I'm hurt when I shouldn't be. If you're hurt, you're hurt. It doesn't matter if anyone else thinks you don't have a good enough reason. Pain does not require approval.”
― Sarah Beth Durst, The Enchanted Greenhouse

“Emperor Mevorin liked to insist every action taken by the empire was for the good of its people”
― Sarah Beth Durst, The Enchanted Greenhouse

“It’s my duty—in fact”
― Sarah Beth Durst, The Enchanted Greenhouse

“If you’re hurt”
― Sarah Beth Durst, The Enchanted Greenhouse

“I'm hurt when I shouldn't be."
"If you're hurt, you're hurt. It doesn't matter if anyone else thinks you don't have a good enough reason. Pain doesn't require approval.”
― Sarah Beth Durst, The Enchanted Greenhouse

“I missed it, didn't I."
"Missed what?"
"The moment when I should have kissed you."
"It's not possible to miss that.”
― Sarah Beth Durst, The Enchanted Greenhouse

“Wait, you want me to try again? After this?"
"I still trust you."
"That's not really logical, given how badly I just failed.”
― Sarah Beth Durst, The Enchanted Greenhouse

“Ugh, I feel like I have sugar on my leaves. Quit it with the oversweetness, you two.”
― Sarah Beth Durst, The Enchanted Greenhouse

“There was nothing better”
― Sarah Beth Durst, The Enchanted Greenhouse

“I think he has a great heart,” Terlu said. “He just doesn’t know how to show it to anyone who isn’t full of chlorophyll.”
― Sarah Beth Durst, The Enchanted Greenhouse

“Terlu said. “Words matter.” The right words could heal shattered glass. And hearts. And families. And lives.”
― Sarah Beth Durst, The Enchanted Greenhouse