This was what it meant to be human, to know that time moved and all things changed.

I always felt and still feel that fairy tales have an emotional truth that is so deep that there are few things that really rival them

It's not the lie that's the problem; it's the distance the lie forges between you.

Another world must surely exist somewhere one where she would be known in some deep way that was far beyond words.

She didn't like being twelve. It felt like someplace between who she'd been and who she was about to be. It felt like no place at all.

I wasn't quite as certain that I knew her soul. When it came right down to it, I wasn't sure she knew me either.

Still anyone who trusts a serpent deserves its bite. The wise see a creature for what it is, not what it says it may be.

I'm at the point where going forward is easier than going back.

No one knows you like a person with whom you've shared a childhood. No one will ever understand you in quite the same way.

You can't dispute the ridiculous. You can't argue reasonably with evil.

Sometimes the right thing feels all wrong until it is over and done with.

If we had paid attention, we would have understood there are some things in this world you cannot outrun.

Here's the thing about luck you don't know if it's good or bad until you have some perspective.

Sometimes, running away means you're headed in the exact right direction.

Books may well be the only true magic.

Some people say, 'Save yourself and you save your ways.' I say, 'Be yourself and you save your soul.

You are only worthy of what you prove yourself to be.

My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage." - Aunt Frances