“Troubles always seemed more severe after the sun went down. Even irrational worries and fears could seem perfectly logical at midnight.”
“I left the woods for as good a reason as I went there. Perhaps it seemed to me that I had several more lives to live, and could not spare any more time for that one.”
“In fairy tales they all seem perfect, but really they are just as troubled as we are!”
“Life always seems to have worries, even if you own a big and beautiful house on the best street in town.”
“In that moment, the machinery of the world lined up. Somewhere a clock struck midnight, and Hugo's future seemed to fall perfectly into place.”
“I've always loved books. I was an avid reader, with any number of my own stories rolling around in my head. Writing them down seemed a logical step.”