Wendy Webb QUOTES

1 " Before I lost my father, I never understood the rituals surrounding funerals: the wake, the service itself, the reception afterward,the dinners prepared by well-meaning friends and delivered in plastic containers, even the popular habit of making poster boards filled with photos of the dear departed. But now I know why we do those things. It's busywork, all of it. I had so much to take care of, so many arrangements to make, so many people to inform, I didn't have a moment to be engulfed by the ocean of grief that was lapping at my heels. Instead, I waded through the shallows, performing task after task, grateful to have duties to propel me forward. "

― Wendy Webb , The Tale of Halcyon Crane

2 " Then the truth began to reveal itself, as it always does. truth seeks the light of day,needs it just like we need air, and so it finds ways to seep out of the sturdiest. most skillfully hidden boxes--even those buried deeply in the hearts of the dead. "

― Wendy Webb

3 " I don’t think Ansel Adams Photoshopped any of his images,” Nick said, leaning forward. “That was all his eye, his skill as an artist. "

― Wendy Webb , Daughters of the Lake

4 " Everyone is haunted by something. A road not taken. A hurt, carried deep inside. Harsh words that echo long after the sting of them is carried away on the wind. "

― Wendy Webb , The Haunting of Brynn Wilder

5 " The truth finds its way into the light, no matter what you’ve done to contain it. "

― Wendy Webb , The Vanishing

6 " But I will leave you with a word of warning. If ever a feeling of dread or foreboding overcomes you, and if ever you feel pulled to a place, inexplicably, the way I did, take heed. It may be trying to tell you—something wicked your way comes. "

― Wendy Webb , The End of Temperance Dare

7 " People get so caught up in themselves and their dramas, or they get ensnared in their own sorrows and tragedies, they forget to appreciate the beauty around them. "

― Wendy Webb , The Haunting of Brynn Wilder

8 " brief moment. Then it’s back down into the abyss. "

― Wendy Webb , The Haunting of Brynn Wilder

9 " Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil. —Aristotle "

― Wendy Webb , The End of Temperance Dare

10 " sometimes you have to descend into the ridiculous during extremely stressful situations to prevent insanity from setting in. "

― Wendy Webb , The Haunting of Brynn Wilder

11 " Teenaged girls have a way of holding fast to their illusions, even as those illusions are dissipating into the air. Denial of unpleasant reality is as powerful as the reality itself. "

― Wendy Webb , Daughters of the Lake

12 " Reading for pleasure with nothing more important to do. What a delicious idea. "

― Wendy Webb , The Haunting of Brynn Wilder

13 " A century of souls inhabiting a place will leave an imprint that lingers long after they’re gone, and it lingered here. Not in a bad way. It felt well lived in. "

― Wendy Webb , The Haunting of Brynn Wilder

14 " Many people gravitate toward the negative, wrap themselves around it and define themselves by it, even when circumstances don’t warrant it. They’ve always got something to complain about, even when the sun is shining. But you mined the positive out of a day that contained a whole lot of strangeness. That’s difficult to do, and it shows what kind of person you are. It shows what your spirit is. "

― Wendy Webb , The Haunting of Brynn Wilder

15 " Over the course of one’s life, Julia, there are actions that pave the way for everything else that comes after, good or bad. Simple moments: Turning right instead of left on the street and running headlong into the man you’ll marry. Choosing a ham sandwich instead of soup at the deli and choking on it. Diving into a pool of water and cracking your head on the bottom, paralyzing yourself for life. "

― Wendy Webb , The Vanishing

16 " I think a person’s past, good or bad, idyllic or horrific, shapes who they are,” I said. “But I don’t believe it defines them.” He "

― Wendy Webb , The Haunting of Brynn Wilder

17 " It illustrated the point that love is love is love. "

― Wendy Webb , The Haunting of Brynn Wilder

18 " The Widow’s House, The Library of Light and Shadow, or The Queen’s Vow. "

― Wendy Webb , Daughters of the Lake

19 " saw my great-grandfather "

― Wendy Webb , Daughters of the Lake

20 " SISU.” It’s a Finnish word that doesn’t have a complete translation in English. It represents the zeitgeist of the Finnish people—strength, determination, bravery, courage, fortitude, perseverance. If you have sisu, it means you will not just handle but triumph over anything life throws at you. "

― Wendy Webb , The Haunting of Brynn Wilder

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