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101 " Oscar grabbed on to the words and held them. "
― Anne Ursu , The Real Boy
102 " But you do not need to believe in something to be afraid of it. "
― Anne Ursu , The Lost Girl
103 " I identify with all the Grimm fairy-tale girls, every single one. I always have. Those were the only stories I understood and the only stories I kneew how to tell. I did not know there were other possibilitiees. "
104 " Sometimes the monsters come harder when you dare stomp. Sometimes you need to bring the whole house down. "
105 " Were Here, another story for you: Once upon a time there were two sisters, twins, who came into the world looking just the same. Some said it "
106 " The trees were not Aletheia’s gift to the wizards for their service, not living monuments to great men and women. They were monuments of a desperate act, necessitated because of foolishness and greed. The trees were not the wizards’ respite. They were their sacrifice. "
107 " School was very easy, it turned out, if you just disconnected your heart. "
― Anne Ursu , Breadcrumbs
108 " It occurred to her that Mikaela was being nice to her. She did not know how to react, for when your heart has been poisoned and someone picks a dandelion for you -- because it is bright and yellow and you seem like you could use something like that -- all you can do is contemplate the funny ways of weeds. "
109 " Now she would be part girl, part hardening gray sludge. And no one would notice the difference. "
110 " this is a magical land where every one of you can find exactly the book you need at any given time—even if you don’t know you need it. Every one of you can find the book that will change your life. "
111 " 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. And if that doesn't save them, they're not worth saving. "
112 " That was before Iris understood that there is a difference between the things you have in your head and the things you present to the world—that sometimes you have to fit yourself into certain shapes, ones other people can easily name. "
113 " vomiting baby fountains. "
114 " Hugging himself, Oscar leaned against the pantry wall. For two days all he had wanted was for Caleb to come back, and now he was back and Oscar had made a mess of things: he had angered half the customers and confused the other half, and the coin boxes did not look as they should, and [rich, noble] people were complaining about him, and he couldn't look at anybody, and [redacted] was dead, and Oscar was odd.'What if he doesn't keep me? "
115 " The woods do not mean you well. "
116 " I’m not really made for people.” Callie exhaled. “You’re not made at all, Oscar. Don’t you see? After everything that’s happened this week? You get to do the making. "
117 " That's what happens on journeys, the things you find are not necessarily what you had gone looking for. "
118 " case any dirt had accumulated overnight. "
119 " the small garden was just a slip of earth on the side of the house, bit it seemed like its own universe. The sweet, sharp scent of hundreds of flowers greeted her. Even in the night their colors sang it was a thick, lush blanket of color- luxurious purple and electric blue and sunshine yellow and cheery red. It was like a movie version of an enchanted harden, gorgeous, vivid, and too beautiful to be real. She could dive into the purple of the violets and live there. "