32 Quotes by Jacqueline Edgington

Where are we. it’s easy to see. As quick as a blink, we are where we think

What were you before you were a monkey?” asked Jack.With a smile, Petucan answered, “First I was a thought. Then I became words in a book. Now, I’m part of a story in a dream or maybe I’m a dream in a story. But to you, I’m a stuffed monkey and now I’m your friend. We all have lots of labels. But the secret is, we can be anything we want to be. You can be alone, Jack, but you don’t have to be lonely.

Dat der ‘ouse ain’t me ‘ome, sonny boy. You’ll ne’r trap me in an ‘ouse. And anyways, what youngen doesn’t like knockin’ down sandcastles? It’s every boy’s dream t’ knock down a giant sandcastle. I ‘av a lot o’ fun buildin’ ‘em and knockin’ ‘em down. If I didn’t knock ‘em down, the tide ‘ll take ‘em. Nothin’ lasts ferever.”“Then where do you live?” asked Jack very much relieved.“Me, sonny boy, lives in a very quiet place where de silence is me windows,” answered the leprechaun.

What will come true is exactly what you wish for.

We are all part of something mysteriously wonderful. Within each of us lies the key to write our own story and create our unique reality.

He heard the boy conclude that all the fish were nice because they never tasted salty. They always remained fresh even though they lived in a salty sea. “Perhaps we can all learn a thing or two from a fish,” mused Jack

And whether you fall in or dive in, it’s good to get wet now and again. If you never got wet, you’d never learn how to swim.

How do you know? How do you know you’re a real boy? You might be a story in a book,” Ahimsa challenged. “That’s it! You’re a Jack-in-the-Book and only pop out when the pages are opened,” he scoffed.

We never forget; a fox will always be a sly fox. A skunk will continue to be a smelly skunk, and a rabbit will continue to hop. Even a hedgehog will prick you if you get too close. Everyone lives up to their true nature but you’re different, Jack. You can think. You can think about what it is you want to be, and then you can become how you think.