A. Deborah Baker QUOTES

2 " Avery and Zib might have stayed where they were, watching the stranger dwindle in the distance. They might have chosen to run, to seek other ways of warming themselves, for they were both reasonably cautious children with no interest in breaking their parents' hearts. But they were cold, and they were wet, and the Up-and-Under had a way of wearing such caution away, a little bit at a time, replacing them with curiosity and the quiet conviction that sometimes, the right thing was to follow. "

― A. Deborah Baker , Over the Woodward Wall (The Up-and-Under, #1)

4 " Sometimes anger is a good, true thing, because the world is so often unfair, and unfairness deserves to be acknowledged. But all too often, anger is another feeling in its Sunday clothes, sadness or envy or--most dangerous of all--fear. "

― A. Deborah Baker , Over the Woodward Wall (The Up-and-Under, #1)

6 " It's fine not knowing things. Not knowing things means you have room to learn, and learning's about the most important thing there is, "

― A. Deborah Baker , Over the Woodward Wall (The Up-and-Under, #1)

8 " Everyone has another self inside them who comes out when they feel the time is right. For most people, that second self is summoned by fear or panic, which are similar and not the same. For others, that second self is brought out by the feeling of love or safety. The trick with second selves is not learning how to get rid of them -- which can't be done, no matter how hard a person tries -- but finding a way to teach them to be kinder, one simple step at a time. Even second selves can be taught the way of walking through the world transmuting harm into healing; even second selves can grow. "

― A. Deborah Baker , Along the Saltwise Sea (The Up-and-Under, #2)

10 " Sometimes anger is a good, true thing, because the world is so often unfair, and unfairness deserves to be acknowledged. But all too often, anger is another feeling in its Sunday clothes, sadness or envy or—most dangerous of all—fear. "

― A. Deborah Baker , Over the Woodward Wall (The Up-and-Under, #1)

12 " None of her seemed to be missing, but it was impossible to see every part of a person, wasn't it? People were like treasure chests, full of secrets that never saw the light of day. "

― A. Deborah Baker , Over the Woodward Wall (The Up-and-Under, #1)

14 " The very best monsters speak like kings and queens, eloquent and alluring, and the trick is learning not to listen. If you listen to those monsters, they’ll have your heart out before you realize how much danger you’re in. "

― A. Deborah Baker , Over the Woodward Wall (The Up-and-Under, #1)

16 " This was a part of me and now it’s gone, and it’s never going to come back again, and I don’t know what it was before it left me; I can’t know, because once a thing is broken past repairing, it doesn’t return. "

― A. Deborah Baker , Over the Woodward Wall (The Up-and-Under, #1)

18 " I would say a strong king doesn’t need to play that kind of game with the people he claims to be protecting. I would say it wasn’t fair. The children don’t belong to you, and that means you shouldn’t be using them for bargaining. "

― A. Deborah Baker , Over the Woodward Wall (The Up-and-Under, #1)

20 " We’re a poem in the process of being unwritten, a thought about to be unformed. We forget because remembering is bad for us. "

― A. Deborah Baker , Over the Woodward Wall (The Up-and-Under, #1)