“Free yourself from the confines that bind you. Maybe you built steel bars around your heart because you thought they had to be there. You wanted to protect yourself from being hurt so badly again. Take them down. Walk out. This may be physical or it may be metaphorical. But either way, know that the…”— Brianna Wiest, amazon.com
“She tried to find the place in her heart where her life was anchored, but she couldn’t, so she closed her eyes and pressed the palms of her hands against the earth, making sure it was there.”— Pam Munoz Ryan, amazon.com
“Nothing is like what it is: the sun, the moon, the meadow on the other side of the mountain, the conversation we’re having, my body beneath these clothes.”— Dean Rader, amazon.com