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1 " She could see all of Ferenwood from here: the rolling hills, the endless explosion of color cascading down and across the lush landscape. Reds and blues: Maroon and ceruleans. Yellow and tangerine and violet and aquamarine. Every hue held a flavor, a heartbeat, a life. She took a deep breath and drew it all in. "
― , Furthermore (Furthermore, #1)
2 " The afternoon our story begins, the quiet parts of being alive were the busiest: wind unlocking Windows; rainlight nudging curtains apart; fresh-cut grass tickling unsocked feet. Days like this made Alice want to set off on a great adventure. "
3 " Mother often said that she could never be bothered to understand why Alice did the things she did, and now, more than ever, Alice thought never being bothered was a very lazy way to love someone. "
4 " Red was ruby, green was fluorescent, yellow was simply incandescent. Color was life. Color was everything.Color, you see, was the universal sign of magic. "
5 " Best to introduce yourself to patience now, so that it might find you when you call upon it later. "
6 " Alice jumped from flagstone to flagstone, her face caught in the rainlight glow, her hand grasping for a touch of gold. The towns excitement was contagious, and the air was so thick with promise Alice could almost bite into it. "
7 " Studies have shown that thinking and wondering lead to thoughtful decision-making. It's an epidemic. "
8 " She'd decided long ago that life was a long journey. She would be strong and she would be weak, and both would be okay. "
9 " Alice would choose to love herself, different and extraordinary, every day of the week. "
10 " Oliver felt much more than sorry for Alice. His heart had grown ten sizes since he’d met her, and the hours he’d lost her had nearly broken him. "
11 " Why must you look like the rest of us? Why do you have to be the one to change? Change the way we see. Don't change the way you are. "
12 " It was so much easier to fight for another than it was to fight for oneself. "
13 " Narrow-mindedness will only get you as far as Nowhere, and once you're there, you're lost forever. "
14 " Alice knew that being different would always be difficult; she knew that there was no magic that would erase narrow-mindedness or iron out the inequities in life. But Alice was also beginning to learn that life was never lived in absolutes. People would both love her and rebuff her; they would show both kindness and prejudice. The simple truth was that Alice would always be different—but to be different was to be extraordinary, and to be extraordinary was an adventure. It no longer mattered how the world saw her; what mattered was how Alice saw herself. Alice "
15 " Love, it turned out, could both hurt and heal. "
16 " She felt most comfortable in nature, where things weren’t required to look like the other in order to live together peacefully. "
17 " The morning arrived the way Alice imagined a whisper would: in tendrils of gray and threads of gold, quietly, quietly. The sky was illuminated with great care and deliberation, and she leaned back to watch it bloom. "
18 " Oh, life had been a lonely one, but she knew how to pass the time. "
19 " People are so preoccupied with making sense despite it being the most uninteresting thing to manufacture.” He shook his head. “Making magic,” he said, “is far more interesting than making sense. "
20 " Alice was an odd girl, even for Ferenwood, where the sun occasionally rained and the colors were brighter than usual and magic was as common as a frowning parent. "
