Quotes from work

The Magician's Elephant

“How will the world change if we do not question it?”

“It is important that you say what you mean to say. Time is too short. You must speak the words that matter.”

“What was it like… to have someone who knew you would always return and who welcomed you with open arms?”

“Life was so short; so many beautiful things slipped away.”

“There," she said. She rocked him back and forth. "There, you foolish, beautiful boy who wants to change the world. There, there. And who could keep from loving you? Who could keep from loving a boy so brave and true?”

“We must ask ourselves these questions as often as we dare. How will the world change if we do not question it?”

“Magic is always impossible…. It begins with the impossible and ends with the impossible and is impossible in between. That is why it's magic.”

“That is surely the truth, at least for now. But perhaps you have not noticed: the truth is forever changing.”

“Longing is not always a reciprocal thing.”

“It is a bad thing to have love and nowhere to put it.”

“Have you, in truth, ever seen something so heartbreakingly lovely? What are we to make of a world where stars shine bright in the midst of so much darkness and gloom?”