“She saw signs of another village in the distance—she smelled smoke and saw the faint glow of something like civilization. But there… — Anne Ursu Copy Share Image
“It was not supposed to be this easy. This was to be the final confrontation. There was to be struggle, torment, despair.… — Anne Ursu Copy Share Image
“I’ve seen middle grade books criticized by adult readers for leaving things for the reader to figure out, for not having perfect… — Anne Ursu Big words Copy Share Image
But if you were Charlotte, and you had been feeling that life was some cosmic joke that had no punchline, and in… — Anne Ursu Charlotte Copy Share Image
I believe that the world isn't always what we can see...I believe there are secrets in the woods. And I believe that… — Anne Ursu Apples Copy Share Image
The halls were empty. Charlotte had missed the first bell and would be late, again. Her homeroom teacher would ask her for… — Anne Ursu Bells Copy Share Image
Hazel had read enough books to know that a line like this one is the line down which your life breaks in… — Anne Ursu Barriers Copy Share Image
“Hazel understood. Being grown up meant doing what grown-ups wanted you to do. it meant sacrificing your imagination for rules. It meant… — Anne Ursu Best friend Copy Share Image
“Something stirred inside her, some urge to plunge into the new white world and see what it had to offer. It was… — Anne Ursu Copy Share Image
People feared snowstorms once. Hazel read about this all the time. Pioneers opened their front doors and saw they'd been entombed in… — Anne Ursu Blink Copy Share Image
“His words sounded foolish to his own ears. He was not impressive. He was small like the world.” — Anne Ursu Copy Share Image
“ This is nothing. And you are nothing. She took another step, and stumbled. The ground was plummeting downward now. You are… — Anne Ursu Best friend Copy Share Image
Now, the world is more than it seems to be. You know this, of course, because you read stories. You understand that… — Anne Ursu Believe Copy Share Image
It snowed right before Jack stopped talking to Hazel, fluffy white flakes big enough to show their crystal architecture, like perfect geometric… — Anne Ursu Architecture Copy Share Image
“Hazel could not explain that she had forgotten, that there was Jack and soul-sucking villains, and sometimes you are too scratchy to… — Anne Ursu Copy Share Image
Sometimes superheroes are born, sometimes they are made. Sometimes they make themselves. Sometimes all it takes is will. — Anne Ursu Born Copy Share Image
“She had believed that because someone needed saving they were savable.” — Anne Ursu Saving Copy Share Image
He squeezed Steve's shoulder possessively. "Oh, Zero. He is not you, I must admit. He does not have your bravery, your nobility,… — Anne Ursu Bravery Copy Share Image
“I think if you'll look around, my boy,' he said gently, 'you'll find that no one is quite right. But we all… — Anne Ursu Copy Share Image
“We’re starting with the villain,” Martin interjected. “Because they are the most fun.” — Anne Ursu Copy Share Image
“Jack hesitated still, and Hazel wanted to say something comforting, give him some bright plastic flowers of words, but Jack would see… — Anne Ursu Copy Share Image
She understood. They were plastic flowers of words—but they looked nice on the surface. — Anne Ursu Flower Copy Share Image
“Now, Hazel was not stupid. She knew that just because you see a piece of cake and a sign that says EAT… — Anne Ursu Piece of cake Copy Share Image
Her father said she was a princess. He did not see that she was a brave knight. — Anne Ursu Brave Copy Share Image
“She didn’t know the answer. But there had to be a way. There was always a way.” — Anne Ursu Copy Share Image
