She'd read once that if you ran into a bear in the woods you should avoid eye contact and you shouldn't run… — Anne Ursu Bears Copy Share Image
Jack believed in something—he believed in white witches and sleighs pulled by wolves, and in the world the trees obscured. He believed… — Anne Ursu Better things Copy Share Image
“This is what happens on journeys—the things you find are not necessarily the things you had gone looking for.” — Anne Ursu Journey Copy Share Image
“A sick-hued darkness overtook Hazel. There was ground, somewhere, and somewhere beyond that there was a palace, and somewhere beyond that was… — Anne Ursu Darkness Copy Share Image
“She hated this place. Nothing made sense. Nothing worked as it was supposed to. She was supposed to be learning things as… — Anne Ursu Losing things Copy Share Image
“She came in thinking she would rescue him, like some sort of story, like a little kid pretending to be a brave… — Anne Ursu Things change Copy Share Image
“She did not like seeing her loved ones like this, bent over with sorrow; everything in her wanted to cry out, to… — Anne Ursu Grief Copy Share Image
“Hazel knew her mother really meant I hope there is something you were dying to do at school today, that you are… — Anne Ursu Parenting Copy Share Image
She looked at her shelves, filled with books in which the bad stuff that happened to people was caused by things like… — Anne Ursu Book Copy Share Image
“I believe that the world isn’t always what we can see,” he said. “I believe there are secrets in the woods. And… — Anne Ursu Copy Share Image
“...she wore weird baggy clothes and seemed like the sort of person who might tesser in some dark and stormy night.” — Anne Ursu Baggy clothes Copy Share Image
“What are you supposed to do when something like that happens? Do you hold on or let go?” — Anne Ursu Moving on Copy Share Image
“You can’t just kill a swan and wrap yourself in its skin, you know. It takes something from you. In her case… — Anne Ursu Copy Share Image
“The house felt strange. Altered. Like someone had come in during the day and shrunk all the furniture just a tiny bit.” — Anne Ursu Copy Share Image
“Hazel wanted to ask him what he was thinking, what he was feeling, if he was regretting the witch or was just… — Anne Ursu Mind and heart Copy Share Image
“Jack was the only person she knew with an imagination, at least a real one. The only tea parties he’d have were… — Anne Ursu Ur Eyes Copy Share Image
“He wanted to leave his mom and her unseeing eyes. He was the invisible boy looking for the place where no one… — Anne Ursu Copy Share Image
In woods where the woodsmen told lies, maybe it was the wolves who told the truth. — Anne Ursu Lying Copy Share Image
“She could have taken root. She wanted to be a Rose, somebody’s Rose, their Rose—and she would have been company for the… — Anne Ursu Business Copy Share Image
“Hazel should have done something—left a note, pretended she was going to go visit Jack’s aunt Bernice. Something. She was so busy… — Anne Ursu Copy Share Image
“It’s a plié. You do it on all the positions. It’s very good for dramatic moments.” — Anne Ursu Time Copy Share Image
“Once upon a time, there was a boy named Jack who got lost in the woods. His best friend went after him.… — Anne Ursu Best friend Copy Share Image
Kids can handle a lot more than you think they can. It's when they get to be grown up that you have… — Anne Ursu Children Copy Share Image
“It turned out she did not need the compass. It was easy to head in the other direction from the lair of… — Anne Ursu Copy Share Image
