My mama says people saying no is just like using the back door to get into the house. You can still get in, just a different way.

I am both the singular and the plural. I am what was, what is, and what will be. I am everything that is and isn't.

Ah, but don't you see? It is when things are most quiet that you must be most alert. For you never know what lurks in the silence.

You'd be wise to learn, child, that this is no fairy tale.

It is always those who think they are not that are.

Will you tame your fear or let it control you?

Hadn't she once had a love for adventure? Hadn't she once wanted to be the hero of her own tale?

Sarah watched her mother and felt guilt building in her stomach. Her parents argued about her a lot, but she didn't want to be the thing that came between them.

I promise one day I'm going to go on an adventure like Peter and Wendy. And we're going to beat all the bad men and save the day.