“If shadows were caused by the interplay between light and Life, a child's was still forming. An adult's was inextricably bound to his body, but a child had a tenuous relationship to his own permanence, and thus, his own shadow.” IfsChildrenStillsBodyLightAdultsShadowBoundsPermanence Book:The Shadow Thieves Source: The Shadow Thieves
“But if you were Charlotte, and you had been feeling that life was some cosmic joke that had no punchline, and in the space of a moment you had gone from being Charlotte-without-a-kitten to being Charlotte-with-a-kitten, you too would have found it nothing short of remarkable.” IfsMomentsFeelingsFoundSpaceGoneJokesRemarkableCosmicKittenCharlottePunchlines Book:The Shadow Thieves Source: The Shadow Thieves
“I believe that the world isn't always what we can see...I believe there are secrets in the woods. And I believe that goodness wins out...So, if someone's changed overnight - by witch curse or poison apple or were-turtle - you have to show them what's good. You show them love. That works a surprising amount of the time.” IfsWorldBelieveShowsWinningI BelieveSecretChangedAmountGoodnessWoodsCursePoisonApplesWitchSurprisingTurtles Author:Anne Ursu
“She'd read once that if you ran into a bear in the woods you should avoid eye contact and you shouldn't run away, but all she knew about wolves is that you should never tell them how to find your grandmother's house.” IfsShouldEyeRunningHouseBearsWoodsContactRanGrandmotherRunning AwayEye ContactYour Grandmother Author:Anne Ursu
“People feared snowstorms once. Hazel read about this all the time. Pioneers opened their front doors and saw they'd been entombed in snow overnight. They walked across malevolent swirling whiteness and did not know if they would survive. Nature can destroy us in a blink. We live on only at its pleasure. That was what looking at the witch was like.” PeopleIfsKnowsPleasureSawsDoorsFrontsSnowWitchPioneersBlinkWhitenessFront DoorsSnowstorms Author:Anne Ursu
