But beware, dear reader. For we go out into the wide, wild world, looking to change, looking to grow, looking for wisdom. But wisdom is hard to come by, and once achieved, it is very easily lost.
ADAM GIDWITZBut beware, dear reader. For we go out into the wide, wild world, looking to change, looking to grow, looking for wisdom. But wisdom is hard to come by, and once achieved, it is very easily lost.
ADAM GIDWITZThe oven became hotter and hotter, and Hansel began to sweat. Then a delicious smell wafted to his nostrils. Oh no! he thought. I’m cooking! He sniffed at the air. And I smell delicious!
ADAM GIDWITZ“I dont know. You just can’t.” “Oh.” This is, of course, the kind of inane conversation that occurs when people are slowly losing their minds.
ADAM GIDWITZThere is a certain kind of pain that can change you. Even the strongest sword, when placed in a raging fire, will soften and bend and change its form..
ADAM GIDWITZI hope that you never will, but, since you’re a person, and therefore prone to making horrible, soul-splitting mistakes
ADAM GIDWITZMaybe I’ve been wanting the wrong things.
ADAM GIDWITZWhen you do what you want, not what you wish…’ said the first raven. ‘When you no longer seek your reflection in others’ eyes…’ said the second.
ADAM GIDWITZYou probably will one day know what this kind of guilt and shame feels like. And when that time comes, I hope you have the strength…to take advantage of the fire and reshape your own sword.
ADAM GIDWITZEspecially when one is leaving the wide, wild world – and returning to the place you once fled.
ADAM GIDWITZFor, in life, it is in the darkest zones one finds the brightest beauty and the most luminous wisdom.
ADAM GIDWITZThere is this weird thing that happens, when you stop worrying so much about what other people think of you…you suddenly start seeing what you think of you.
ADAM GIDWITZYou see, to find the brightest wisdom one must pass through the darkest zones. And through the darkest zones there can be no guide. No guide, that is, but courage
ADAM GIDWITZHome is where you can be yourself.
ADAM GIDWITZ“So would not thirsting to death,” said Jack “Thirsting isn’t even a word,” said Jill “It isn’t?” “No.” “Then what’s the word?”
ADAM GIDWITZTrust me on this one. I know this from personal experience.
ADAM GIDWITZWhen you see yourselves face to face…’ said the third. ‘Then,’ the ravens intoned in unison, ‘you will have found what you truly seek.
ADAM GIDWITZ