“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
“Now, the world is more than it seems to be. You know this, of course, because you read stories. You understand that there is the surface and then there are all the things that glimmer and shift underneath it. And you know that not everyone believes in those things, that there are people—a great many people—who believe the world cannot be any more than what they can see with their eyes. But we know better.” PeopleKnowsWorldBelieveStoriesSeemsEyeCoursesSurfaceBe You Author:Anne Ursu
“She looked at her shelves, filled with books in which the bad stuff that happened to people was caused by things like witches who lured people into the woods. In a weird way, the world seemed to make more sense that way.” PeopleWorldWayBookStuffHappenedFilledWoodsWitchShelvesBad Stuff Author:Anne Ursu
“Hazel had read enough books to know that a line like this one is the line down which your life breaks in two. And you have to think very carefully about whether you want to cross it, because once you do it’s very hard to get back to the world you left behind. And sometimes you break a barrier that no one knew existed, and then everything you knew before crossing the line is gone. But sometimes you have a friend to rescue. And so you take a deep breath and then step over the line and into the darkness ahead.” ThinkingKnowsWorldWantTwoBookSometimesHardEnoughLeftLinesBehindsStepsBreakDarknessGoneCrossesBreathsBarriersGet BackRescueLeft BehindCrossingsDeep BreathTake A Deep BreathCrossing The Line Author:Anne Ursu
“Jack believed in something—he believed in white witches and sleighs pulled by wolves, and in the world the trees obscured. He believed that there were better things in the woods. He believed in palaces of ice and hearts to match. Hazel had, too. Hazel had believed in woodsmen and magic shoes and swanskins and the easy magic of a compass. She had believed that because someone needing saving they were savable. She had believed in these things, but not anymore. And this is why she had to rescue Jack, even though he might not hear what she had to tell him.” WorldHeartMightEasyWhiteMagicTreeShoesWoodsIceSavingWitchRescueCompassPalacesSleighs Author:Anne Ursu
“This is what it is to live in the world. You have to give yourself over to the cold, at least a little bit.” WorldGivingLittlesBitsColdLittle Bit Author:Anne Ursu
