And just because she and her uncle were loaded, that didn’t automatically make them useless as human beings. - Charles de Lint

The problem with children is that you have to put up with their parents.

The stronger a woman gets, the more insecure the men in her life feel. It doesn’t work that way for a woman. We celebrate strength — in our partners as well as in ourselves.

"The faerie represent the beauty we don't see, or even choose to ignore. That's why I'll paint them in junkyards, or fluttering around a sleeping wino. No place or person is immune to spirit. Look hard enough, and everything has a story. Everybody is important."- Jilly Coppercorn