“Better foolish and honest than clever and false.”
―
Paula Brackston,
The Witch's Daughter
“If you are not able to travel, he told me, the next best thing is to read. Read all you can, girl. And store up that knowledge, for you never know when you will need it.” ― Paula Brackston, The Winter Witch
“To learn, you must be humble. You must be prepared to admit your ignorance. You must allow yourselves to be filled with the vital information presented to you via the skills and dedication of those who have gone before you down the long path to enlightenment.” ― Paula Brackston, The Witch's Daughter
“what can be imagined can be brought into being.” ― Paula Brackston, The Little Shop of Found Things
“There is none so quick to dismiss what they don’t understand as those who are afraid of it. And maybe with reason.” ― Paula Brackston, The Winter Witch
“For, what is home? Surely more than a set of rooms, a roof, an address? Home suggests belonging. Suggests warmth, safety, companionship. Love.” ― Paula Brackston, The Silver Witch
“there is no courage in being fearless. Do you not know that? A person who knows fear and yet can still think of others, well, he be a brave man.” ― Paula Brackston, The Witch's Daughter
“Reputation is for those who can afford it.” ― Paula Brackston, The Witch's Daughter
“Poverty has a way of taking the edge off principles. Hunger can blunt them altogether.” ― Paula Brackston, The Midnight Witch
“Faith requires no proof. No evidence. No explanation. Faith is entirely a matter of trust and belief. We cannot know, we can only believe.” ― Paula Brackston, The Midnight Witch
“We are each mistresses of our own happiness. We ought not to look to others to supply it.” ― Paula Brackston, The Silver Witch
“If you are not able to travel,” he told me, “the next best thing is to read. Read all you can, girl. And store up that knowledge, for you never know when you will need it.” ― Paula Brackston, The Winter Witch
“Knowledge cannot be unknown. Experience cannot be unlived.” ― Paula Brackston, The Winter Witch
“And secrets are dangerous. They start small but grow with every evasive answer or outright lie that protects them. Nevertheless, I confess to finding the closeness such conspiracy breeds irresistibly delicious.” ― Paula Brackston, The Witch's Daughter
“Nevertheless, disease and misfortune knew no social bounds. Nor did the immensely dangerous business of childbirth.” ― Paula Brackston, The Witch's Daughter
“Who was it, I wonder, who decided that heartbroken relatives should host a party at the very moment all they wished for was to be left alone to grieve?” ― Paula Brackston, The Midnight Witch
“After all, are we not measured by the way in which we treat the most vulnerable members of our society?” ― Paula Brackston, The Little Shop of Found Things
“For whatever time we might have, my love. For whatever time we might have.” ― Paula Brackston, The Witch's Daughter
“She needs the hand of friendship extended. Are we not all of us, at some time or another, dependent on the kindness of others? Would we not wish someone to act selflessly for our sake?” ― Paula Brackston, The Little Shop of Found Things
“If you are not able to travel, he told me, the next best thing is to read. Read all you can, girl. And store up that knowledge, for you never know when you will need it.” ― Paula Brackston, The Winter Witch
“To learn, you must be humble. You must be prepared to admit your ignorance. You must allow yourselves to be filled with the vital information presented to you via the skills and dedication of those who have gone before you down the long path to enlightenment.” ― Paula Brackston, The Witch's Daughter
“what can be imagined can be brought into being.” ― Paula Brackston, The Little Shop of Found Things
“There is none so quick to dismiss what they don’t understand as those who are afraid of it. And maybe with reason.” ― Paula Brackston, The Winter Witch
“For, what is home? Surely more than a set of rooms, a roof, an address? Home suggests belonging. Suggests warmth, safety, companionship. Love.” ― Paula Brackston, The Silver Witch
“there is no courage in being fearless. Do you not know that? A person who knows fear and yet can still think of others, well, he be a brave man.” ― Paula Brackston, The Witch's Daughter
“Reputation is for those who can afford it.” ― Paula Brackston, The Witch's Daughter
“Poverty has a way of taking the edge off principles. Hunger can blunt them altogether.” ― Paula Brackston, The Midnight Witch
“Faith requires no proof. No evidence. No explanation. Faith is entirely a matter of trust and belief. We cannot know, we can only believe.” ― Paula Brackston, The Midnight Witch
“We are each mistresses of our own happiness. We ought not to look to others to supply it.” ― Paula Brackston, The Silver Witch
“If you are not able to travel,” he told me, “the next best thing is to read. Read all you can, girl. And store up that knowledge, for you never know when you will need it.” ― Paula Brackston, The Winter Witch
“Knowledge cannot be unknown. Experience cannot be unlived.” ― Paula Brackston, The Winter Witch
“And secrets are dangerous. They start small but grow with every evasive answer or outright lie that protects them. Nevertheless, I confess to finding the closeness such conspiracy breeds irresistibly delicious.” ― Paula Brackston, The Witch's Daughter
“Nevertheless, disease and misfortune knew no social bounds. Nor did the immensely dangerous business of childbirth.” ― Paula Brackston, The Witch's Daughter
“Who was it, I wonder, who decided that heartbroken relatives should host a party at the very moment all they wished for was to be left alone to grieve?” ― Paula Brackston, The Midnight Witch
“After all, are we not measured by the way in which we treat the most vulnerable members of our society?” ― Paula Brackston, The Little Shop of Found Things
“For whatever time we might have, my love. For whatever time we might have.” ― Paula Brackston, The Witch's Daughter
“She needs the hand of friendship extended. Are we not all of us, at some time or another, dependent on the kindness of others? Would we not wish someone to act selflessly for our sake?” ― Paula Brackston, The Little Shop of Found Things
