Like a Charm Quotes

“Maybe you don't need the whole world. Maybe you don't need a fridge full of gold stars. You don't need to fit the mold. You just need one person who believes you're right, just as you are.
That the gifts you have, the way you're made, are enough to make something worthwhile of yourself.”
― Elle McNicoll, Like a Charm

“Stories are like footprints that can never be washed away. Even if the print fades or the the pages rot or the author is long gone... the story moves into someone else's head. It finds a new place to live.”
― Elle McNicoll, Like a Charm

“Books are like little pockets of time. Little artifacts from other cultures and other periods of history. You can go to a museum where they put everything behind glass and won't let you touch things. Or you can read a book.”
― Elle McNicoll, Like a Charm

“I shake out my hands. I stretch my neck muscles.
I let go of every single behavioral therapist's words.
The ticks they made me suppress, the instincts they said I needed to relearn, I lean into all of them.
Then I run. Full force and full speed.”
― Elle McNicoll, Like a Charm

“Exactly. These stories about fairies and giants and vampires and trolls... they may have written them completely wrong. But you're still more likely to find a magical monster in a story than someone like me.”
― Elle McNicoll, Like a Charm

“Ramya, your brain...it's why you can see through Glamour. It's why you're immune to Sirens.
It's...it's incredible. I wish I were like you.
I've never met anyone that can do what you do. I swear. It really is incredible.”
― Elle McNicoll, Like a Charm

“If she's going to hide the truth, I'm going to go out and find it.
I don't owe any of them anything. Not a thing, I think in a blaze. They are a village. All linked together, overlapping and reaching across minor walls. Their business is known and a shorthand exists between them all. Community. Family.
I am an island. Across the water. Watching the tide.
I don't need to listen to their demands.”
― Elle McNicoll, Like a Charm

“I spent so much time tormenting myself about how I was going to go on without him, but I don't have to. Neither does Marley. We don't have to leave people behind because they've moved on to another part of their story, they can continue in ours.
Grandpa, I miss you. I miss the parts I didn't even get to know. I'm still working out how to tell this story without you but I'm going to do it. I'm not like any of the things those people said. I'm like you said. You were right all along. I won't doubt it again. I think of my community here. A shield against those who seek chaos and division. The one you helped me to build, even from beyond.
I smile. I feel light. I feel free. I feel ready.
I wave my beret in the breeze of the river and hold it up to the sky. I may not remember the Stranger's face but I remember his words.
He is so proud of you.
I feel beloved and stylish all at once.
Glamorous.”
― Elle McNicoll, Like a Charm