Nancy Willard
In Jenny Offill's remarkable first novel, 'Last Things,' 7-year-old Grace Davitt watches her mother, Anna, descend into madness and tries to make sense of the claustrophobic world that Anna has created for her.
Armenian folklore has it that three apples fell from Heaven: one for the teller of a story, one for the listener, and the third for the one who 'took it to heart.' What a pity Heaven awarded no apple to the one who wrote the story down.
Jean Piaget observed that scarcely any question seems absurd to a child, but he was silent on the question of absurd answers from adults.
When I was growing up, I loved stories in which a girl sets out on a quest to rescue the prince instead of the other way around.
I haven't a clue how my story will end, but that's all right. When you set out on a journey and night covers the road, that's when you discover the stars.Collection: Stars
Sometimes questions are more important than answers.Collection: Inspirational
If prayers worked, Hitler would have been stopped at the border of Poland by angels with swords of fire.Collection: Prayer
Live in your roots, not in your branches.Collection: Roots
Answers are closed rooms; and questions are open doors that invite us in.Collection: Doors
It used to be on the Internet no one knew you were a dog. Now not only does everyone know that you are a dog, they know what kind of a dog you are, who you run with, where you hide your bones, the accidental piddle behind the couch, the fight you got into with the boxer, and your thoughts on the hot poodle down the street.Collection: Running
We don't really understand something until we have forgotten it.Collection: Understanding
What you need will come back to you.Collection: Needs
Faith takes root in the insignificant.Collection: Faith
the skin of moss / holds the footprints of / star-footed birds.Collection: Beauty
What one heart finds hard to believe, a hundred find easy.Collection: Believe