Here's the thing about home: you can create it most anywhere, as long as you gather your people around you.
Shannon HaleRight now I'd like all my troubles to stand in front of me in a straight line, and one by one I'd give each a black eye.
Shannon HaleSaying my story makes me want to change it, make it sound pretty the way I do with the stories I tell the workers. I'd like it to have a beginning as grand as a ball and an ending in a whisper, like a mother tucking in a child for sleep.
Shannon HaleA heart's a heart, in a child or a man. You are tougher than you feel right now. Your roots are deep, your canopy's spread wide. You're going to show everyone what it means to be a king.
Shannon Hale