39 quotes found
“A poem must be authentic. It could be flowery, it could have the most brilliant metaphor, it could be bursting with onomatopoeia and alliteration, assonance and consonance, hyperbole and paradox, f...”
“The last time I checked, I wasnt the one who tripped over a glass container of sugar that I had myself dropped... after, of course, having received several bruises from an attempt to retrieve a fli...”
“The starry night sky echoed across my thoughts, the expanse of my own void filtered in its quiet solitude.”
“No magnetic wombats, no flying hyenas, no catfish masquerading as samurai, and, MOST CERTAINLY, no Duku jam!”
“You were...are...what I heard. Every note.”
“Caution: Danger ahead. Do not refer to Adriana as little in regards to either her age or stature. If you happen to disregard this most basic of laws, approach with caution. Much, much caution.”
“I would travel far and wide...seeing, listening, creating. I would weave tales for an enthralled audience. A song would be heard throughout the kingdom, and I would be a part of that. You would nor...”
“Raindrops lingered in a melody of remembrance cast from the heavens above as I myself cast aside the dryness of the present day.”
“Many a year I told her tales. And then the time came for me to watch. And watch I have.”
“Can a rose survive in winter?”
“Maturity is so often considered to be synonymous with adult. But I truly feel that maturity may be defined by the ability to be both an adult and a child.”
“Rebecca, we live in a world where darkness seems, in the minds of many, something banished to the world of fairy tales and superhero movies. How surprising it then becomeseven for those of us who b...”
“Battle scars were not a commodity that I was accustomed to selling, least of all to myself.”
“Yes, it is,” I whispered, “and one day the spell will not cause you to forget it.”
“St. Catherine of Siena once said, ‘If you are what you should be, you will set the whole world ablaze.’ But,” I turned to him urgently, “how can I even light a single candle if someone blocks off t...”
“The luminescent flow of a sunbathed garden— illuminating the shifting colors of its inhabitants— echoed in my memory as I opened the antique bookstore door in the shaft of window light. The books, ...”
“That,” Adriana said, “is a puzzling mystery that must be solved.”
“The last time I checked, I wasn’t the one who tripped over a glass container of sugar that I had myself dropped... after, of course, having received several bruises from an attempt to retrieve a fl...”
“Maturity is so often considered to be synonymous with ‘adult.’ But I truly feel that maturity may be defined by the ability to be both an adult and a child.”
