Gina Marinello-Sweeney Quotes

Rebecca, we live in a world where darkness seems, in the minds of many, something banished to the world of fairy tales and superhero movies. How surprising it then becomes—even for those of us who believe otherwise—that it may appear in our own lives, in our own battles. To face an opponent that is more than the average ‘jerk,’ who has made a deadly choice, is, let us admit it, nothing that we expect to experience.

The only way that your work will truly find an audience is if it is genuine.

Inspiration doesn't always come in chronological order.

Like dandelions they flew across the expanse Of desert calm without advance They filtered through the stilled “become” Returning to the land they knew. They knew no more than where they flew. And so they gathered, one and all, And scattered it throughout their path. Only golden-shafted majesty could still their might. And so they flew onward, without a path.

That,” Adriana said, “is a puzzling mystery that must be solved.

Or, maybe what really mattered was that game of Crazy 8s.

Yes, it is,” I whispered, “and one day the spell will not cause you to forget it.

Knowledge can be powerful. But it can only be beautiful if there is more to it. If it is guided by something greater than the simple desire to enhance the potency of the mind.