Liz Kessler quotes

“The woods were deserted that day. The stones stood still and silent, as though they were waiting for something. At the center of them all, a jagged piece of amber glowed in the growing darkness. Lights fizzed softly around it, turning pink, orange, purple, blue. No one saw it. No one ever did. Why would they? No one knoew about its magic, not anymore. They had forgotten all about such magic a long, long time ago. About the same time they stopped believing in faries. How foolish.”
-- Liz Kessler

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“But there would be no confrontation the next day. And for Tommy Williams, there would be no school, either. Because the moment he walked through the gap in the stones to leave the circle, something quiet unexpected happened. Tommy, holding tightly on to his rock, took the step that divided the inside of the circle from the outside - and disappeared. The woods suddenly felt colder than usual. The darkness hung more heavily. The amber was gone - and now nothing would ever be the same.”
-- Liz Kessler

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“The tail of Emily Windsnap"everyone has a secret . mines alittle different. i figured out i am a mermaid.”
-- Liz Kessler

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“I try to imagine keeping something like that a secret for my whole life. It would be like always wearing a mask over your face, which everyone believed was the real you. You would be the only person who knew it wasn't--and who knew that you could never take it off.”
-- Liz Kessler

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“You can't make people stop loving each other just because a law says it's wrong.”
-- Liz Kessler

Source : Liz Kessler (2016). “Emily Windsnap: Six Swishy Tails of Land and Sea”, p.140, Candlewick Press

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“I still secretly believe that afternoons are the time for the test card and you shouldn't watch television when the sun is out.”

“I used to believe in forever, but forever's too good to be true”

“I cannot understand how any man or woman can believe in the Lord's coming and not be a missionary, or at least committed to the work of missions with every power of his being.”

Source : A. B. Simpson (1987). “Missionary Messages: For a Church that Needs to Hear”, p.23, Moody Publishers

“Psychoanalysts believe that the only "normal" people are those who cause not trouble to either themselves or anyone else.”

“Womanist is to feminist as purple is to lavender.”

“My character was obnoxious, had stinky feet and wore things like purple tights and a yellow top. I hated the clothes.”

“Purple lipstick? Naw, that looks stupid on all girls!”

Source : "ASAP Rocky’s Misguided Beauty Advice, Rapper Says Dark Skin Girls Shouldn’t Wear Red Lipstick" by Julee Wilson, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 8, 2013.

“parents needn't bother driving small children around to see the purple mountains' majesties; the children will go right on duking it out in the back seat and whining for food as if you were showing them Cincinnati. No one under twenty really wants to look at scenery.”

“Blue to get ready Green to go Yellow to guide you through the snow Orange to warn you that over you’ll go Then red will be the final glow Now seek the black, there’s no going back.”

Source : Angie Sage (2012). “Queste: Septimus Heap”, p.333, Bloomsbury Publishing

“People are just as wonderful as sunsets if you let them be. When I look at a sunset, I don't find myself saying, "Soften the orange a bit on the right hand corner." I don't try to control a sunset. I watch with awe as it unfolds.”