The roots of a tree stretch deeper than you think...No matter how far away you are when you bloom, you are always tied to your roots.

It is a big world, full of things that steal your breath and fill your belly with fire...But where you go when you leave isn't as important as where you go when you come home.

It doesn't match anything you have."Exactly, I think. This bracelet matches nothing in my wardrobe . . . Nothing in my life. The bracelet isn't anything like who I am; it's a bracelet for who I want to be.Carolina on p. 189 of HOUR OF THE BEES by Lindsay Eagar

Measuring time isn't as simple as adding or subtracting minutes from a clock...You must find your own measuring stick.

Things are only impossible if you stop to think about them.

Stories don't end," he says. "They just turn into new beginnings." (pg. 123)

When a loved one is sick, the days are long, but the years are short.