“Jack hesitated still, and Hazel wanted to say something comforting, give him some bright plastic flowers of words, but Jack would see… — Anne Ursu Hesitated Copy Share Image
“No one took her seriously because she was small and feathered, a strange little dino-bird, but she had a sickle claw and… — Anne Ursu Small Feathered Copy Share Image
“She just eyed them coolly, as if they were nothing to her, as if their nothingness surprised and slightly repelled her.” — Anne Ursu Repelled 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 Child 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'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
“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 Wrong Copy Share Image
“He remembered that part like you’d remember a story someone told to you once, like you might nod in sympathy but it… — Anne Ursu Remembered 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
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
“She did not know how to react, for when your heart has been poisoned and someone picks a dandelion for you -… — Anne Ursu Poisoned 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
“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 Believe Secrets Copy Share Image
If shadows were caused by the interplay between light and Life, a child's was still forming. An adult's was inextricably bound to… — Anne Ursu Adults 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 Rescue 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 Struggle Copy Share Image
“Hazel shrugged. She heard Bobby’s voice in her head and wondered why it was she who was not allowed to hurt anyone.” — Anne Ursu Heart 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
“...she wore weird baggy clothes and seemed like the sort of person who might tesser in some dark and stormy night.” — Anne Ursu Baggy 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 Altered 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
“That was the point where she was supposed to sound tough, like she was someone to be reckoned with, like she was… — Anne Ursu Witches Copy Share Image
“There is a way the truth hits you, both hard and gentle at the same time. It punches you in the stomach… — Anne Ursu Better now 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 Hated 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
“Now, Hazel was not stupid. She knew that just because you see a piece of cake and a sign that says EAT… — Anne Ursu Hazel 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
A boy got a splinter in his eye, and his heart turned cold. Only two people noticed. One was a witch, and… — Anne Ursu Best friend Copy Share Image
“They were princesses once, charged with saving the kingdom from a dragon, and whoever could defeat it would be queen. Daisy used… — Anne Ursu Love Dragon 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 Adolescence Copy Share Image
“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 Smelled Smoke Copy Share Image
“Teachers loved to say people had potential; that's what teachers did to keep themselves from getting canned. What were they supposed to… — Anne Ursu Education Copy Share Image
