“When I was your age I knew nothing about the world or my place in it. I figured I'd be someone's wife, then someone's mother. It never occurred to me to be someone myself.”Wendy Mass book Every Soul a StarSource: Every Soul a Star
“Just as I suspected, my room does look different, post-eclipse. It looks smalled, like it can't contain me anymore.After all, I've got a whole new world to see.”Wendy Mass book Every Soul a StarSource: Every Soul a Star
“If everyone waited to do something good until they had purely unselfish motivations, no good would ever get done in the world. The point is to do it anyway.”Wendy Mass Source: 13 Gifts
“So softly Lizzy has to lean over to hear me, I say, 'I can't face the world until I know why I'm here.'You're kidding me.'I shake my head vehemently. 'No. I need to figure out my purpose. Until I do, what's the use of getting up?”Wendy Mass Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of LifeSource: Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
“All those people in their black-and-white worlds - they have no idea what they're missing”Wendy Mass A Mango-Shaped SpaceSource: A Mango-Shaped Space
“(T)he world is broken up into pieces, and… it's up to everyone to help put it all back together. It's about recognizing the spark of life in everyone and everything, and gluing those shards back together.”Wendy Mass Source: 13 Gifts