29 Quotes by Lori Nelson Spielman

It’s true, I’m incredibly lucky. But fairy godmothers can only do so much. I think we each hold the power to grant our own wishes. We just need to find the courage.

Remember to spread your sunshine. Never underestimate the importance of your light to someone living in a bank of clouds.

Every unshed tear in my chest suddenly breaks anchor. I slide to the bathroom floor sobbing.

I didn’t want to leave you yet. We had so much living and loving left, didn’t we? But you are strong, you will endure, you will even thrive, though you don’t believe me now. I know today you are sad. Let that sadness sit with you a bit.

[on spring…]The season of hope and love, she always said.

[from the author acknowledgements…}…this book belongs to every girl and woman who sees the word “dream” and thinks verb, not noun.

I thought my life had fractured that day, and in truth it had. But just like a fractured limb, it’s stronger now, in those broken places that have healed.

You make me merry, dear daughter.

I tear the edge from the crust and nod toward the church’s tower. “Check out that old clock,” I say. “Don’t set your watch to it,” Poppy says, dabbing her lips with her napkin. She turns to Lucy. “Like many things in life, it’s attractive and flashy, but notoriously unreliable.