Amanda Marie

“Because a cage is still a cage, no matter how big or glittering the bars are.”
― Betsy Schow, Spelled

“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

“That's the thing about love: the best kind isn't easy of instant, and you often get roughed up a bit on the way.”
― Betsy Schow, Spelled

“Whatever comes," she said, "cannot alter one thing. If I am a princess in rags and tatters, I can be a princess inside. It would be easy to be a princess if I were dressed in cloth of gold, but it is a great deal more of a triumph to be one all the time when no one knows it.”
― Frances Hodgson Burnett, A Little Princess