His words sounded foolish to his own ears. He was not impressive. He was small like the world.
Anne UrsuTags: world
The house felt strange. Altered. Like someone had come in during the day and shrunk all the furniture just a tiny bit.
Anne UrsuTags: altered
She just eyed them coolly, as if they were nothing to her, as if their nothingness surprised and slightly repelled her.
Anne UrsuTags: people
It’s a plié. You do it on all the positions. It’s very good for dramatic moments.
Anne UrsuTags: ballet
She looked at her shelves, filled with books in which the bad stuff that happened to people was caused by things like witches who lured people into the woods. In a weird way, the world seemed to make more sense that way.
Anne UrsuTags: world good-and-evil
...she wore weird baggy clothes and seemed like the sort of person who might tesser in some dark and stormy night.
Anne UrsuTags: a-wrinkle-in-time tesser
Hazel knew her mother really meant I hope there is something you were dying to do at school today, that you are learning to love it there, and if you are not learning to love it there, can you please try harder? Because her mom seemed to think it was the sort of thing Hazel could choose to do, like she could choose to understand the rules when they weren’t even written in her language, like she could choose to make herself fit when she was so clearly shaped all wrong.
Anne UrsuHazel could not explain that she had forgotten, that there was Jack and soul-sucking villains, and sometimes you are too scratchy to remember the things you are supposed to do, even if you do feel really bad about it later.
Anne UrsuThey were princesses once, charged with saving the kingdom from a dragon, and whoever could defeat it would be queen. Daisy used strength, Amelia wits, and Isabelle fell in love with the dragon, because that’s the sort of girl she was. She rid the kingdom of the dragon, and then made it its king.
Anne UrsuShe didn’t know the answer. But there had to be a way. There was always a way.
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