The Firefly Letters Quotes

“There is no place more lonely
Than a rich man's home.”
― Margarita Engle, The Firefly Letters

“My mind soars
and whirls
in a dance
of wild fear
and graceful hope.”
― Margarita Engle, The Firefly Letters

“Night simply drapes itself over the day
As if someone had lowered a curtain.
The sky glitters and moves,
Filled with shooting stars and fireflies.”
― Margarita Engle, The Firefly Letters

“My heart drums with gratitude.
My thoughts sing
with hope.”
― Margarita Engle, The Firefly Letters

“Without even trying to be a teacher,
Fredrika is teaching us,
Showing us how to see things in new ways
Instead of always thinking
The same old thoughts
That have been passed along by strangers
Day after day, year after year
Without any spirit of amazement
Or wonder,”
― Margarita Engle, The Firefly Letters

“I would have run away
Into the forest
To live in a nest
Made of dreams
And green leaves”
― Margarita Engle, The Firefly Letters

“They tell me they do not believe
that people are either
black or white--
if that were so, then mixed-race children
would all be gray
instead of a myriad
lovely warm shades
of natural brown.”
― Margarita Engle, The Firefly Letters