“You had a magic mirror that let you see life outside your tiny world. Your castle. I had books. Reading them is like traveling to other places. Being other people. Living other lives. It made life far less...lonely.”
―
Liz Braswell,
As Old as Time
“Your generation has no sense of responsibility to a group, a calling higher than your own. You treat random friends like family and family like strangers. You want to dither your life away, pursuing one pleasure after another. That is not a path; that is a waste of life.” ― Liz Braswell, The Nine Lives of Chloe King
“She wished, just once, someone would show an interest in the same things she did” ― Liz Braswell, As Old as Time
“...and you cannot blame an entire group for the actions of one.” ― Liz Braswell, As Old as Time
“I had books. Reading them is like travelling to other places. Being other people. Living other lives.” ― Liz Braswell, As Old as Time
“Rooms of books.When other children dreamed of mansions with fountains and big silky beds and servants to do their bidding, this was what Belle dreamed about. The money to buy all the books she ever wanted from all over the world- and a place to keep them.” ― Liz Braswell, As Old as Time
“It’s not bravery if you don’t feel fear, right? If you’re not afraid, then you’re not really forcing yourself to do something brave.” ― Liz Braswell, Once Upon a Dream
“Books can tell you almost everything that mankind knows. Or imagines.” ― Liz Braswell, As Old as Time
“Life is a strange mixture of all of these genres, she mused, and it doesn’t have nearly as neat and happy an ending as you often get in books.” ― Liz Braswell, As Old as Time
“I cannot expect people to do for me what I cannot.” ― Liz Braswell, A Whole New World
“Magic comes back to you, just as the actions of people do.” ― Liz Braswell, As Old as Time
“Every age has its darkness.” ― Liz Braswell, As Old as Time
“I'm fairly certain our gardens are rat-free.""I don't know. Rats are pretty sneaky. Sometimes they even make it into elected positions. Sometimes if you let them get out of control they even become mayor.” ― Liz Braswell, Unbirthday
“When you're young, you think the world will make room for who you are and what you want.... And then you find the world of adults is even more limiting than the world of children. With no room for adventure, much less yer own thoughts.” ― Liz Braswell, Straight On Till Morning
“Having the freedom to choose is better than having everything you want.” ― Liz Braswell, A Whole New World
“Trying to steel her nerves, she walked forward more forcefully, as if this were her choice. As if she were just going to seek out a mystery she forgot. Not a scared, lonely girl in her nightgown with a candle, like some daft heroine from one of the lighter romance books she read. This thought, too, gave her courage; she was Belle, not an idiot.” ― Liz Braswell, As Old as Time
“In adventure books there weren't awkward pauses or embarrassing social scenes. In morality plays and farces there were rarely serious discussions of racial tension, mob mentality, pogroms, or plague. In scientific books there were no dinnertime revelations of a terrible matter. 'Life is a strange mixture of all of these genres,' she mused, 'and it doesn't have nearly as neat and happy an ending as you often get in books.” ― Liz Braswell, As Old as Time
“Of course you're here, in my- sanctum sanctorum. You always have been. You always will be. You're the Nonsense in my head that mustn't be ignored. You're the piece of me that maddens everyone, my sister the most."The Hatter gave her a tired smile and said nothing- which might have been the wisest thing he ever said.” ― Liz Braswell, Unbirthday
“Everyone should have a journey—and everyone should also have a home, too. Go out into the world for adventure, come home for love.” ― Liz Braswell, As Old as Time
“Your generation has no sense of responsibility to a group, a calling higher than your own. You treat random friends like family and family like strangers. You want to dither your life away, pursuing one pleasure after another. That is not a path; that is a waste of life.” ― Liz Braswell, The Nine Lives of Chloe King
“She wished, just once, someone would show an interest in the same things she did” ― Liz Braswell, As Old as Time
“...and you cannot blame an entire group for the actions of one.” ― Liz Braswell, As Old as Time
“I had books. Reading them is like travelling to other places. Being other people. Living other lives.” ― Liz Braswell, As Old as Time
“Rooms of books.When other children dreamed of mansions with fountains and big silky beds and servants to do their bidding, this was what Belle dreamed about. The money to buy all the books she ever wanted from all over the world- and a place to keep them.” ― Liz Braswell, As Old as Time
“It’s not bravery if you don’t feel fear, right? If you’re not afraid, then you’re not really forcing yourself to do something brave.” ― Liz Braswell, Once Upon a Dream
“Books can tell you almost everything that mankind knows. Or imagines.” ― Liz Braswell, As Old as Time
“Life is a strange mixture of all of these genres, she mused, and it doesn’t have nearly as neat and happy an ending as you often get in books.” ― Liz Braswell, As Old as Time
“I cannot expect people to do for me what I cannot.” ― Liz Braswell, A Whole New World
“Magic comes back to you, just as the actions of people do.” ― Liz Braswell, As Old as Time
“Every age has its darkness.” ― Liz Braswell, As Old as Time
“I'm fairly certain our gardens are rat-free.""I don't know. Rats are pretty sneaky. Sometimes they even make it into elected positions. Sometimes if you let them get out of control they even become mayor.” ― Liz Braswell, Unbirthday
“When you're young, you think the world will make room for who you are and what you want.... And then you find the world of adults is even more limiting than the world of children. With no room for adventure, much less yer own thoughts.” ― Liz Braswell, Straight On Till Morning
“Having the freedom to choose is better than having everything you want.” ― Liz Braswell, A Whole New World
“Trying to steel her nerves, she walked forward more forcefully, as if this were her choice. As if she were just going to seek out a mystery she forgot. Not a scared, lonely girl in her nightgown with a candle, like some daft heroine from one of the lighter romance books she read. This thought, too, gave her courage; she was Belle, not an idiot.” ― Liz Braswell, As Old as Time
“In adventure books there weren't awkward pauses or embarrassing social scenes. In morality plays and farces there were rarely serious discussions of racial tension, mob mentality, pogroms, or plague. In scientific books there were no dinnertime revelations of a terrible matter. 'Life is a strange mixture of all of these genres,' she mused, 'and it doesn't have nearly as neat and happy an ending as you often get in books.” ― Liz Braswell, As Old as Time
“Of course you're here, in my- sanctum sanctorum. You always have been. You always will be. You're the Nonsense in my head that mustn't be ignored. You're the piece of me that maddens everyone, my sister the most."The Hatter gave her a tired smile and said nothing- which might have been the wisest thing he ever said.” ― Liz Braswell, Unbirthday
“Everyone should have a journey—and everyone should also have a home, too. Go out into the world for adventure, come home for love.” ― Liz Braswell, As Old as Time
