Courtney Ranger

“If He could weave the tapestry of time, if He could predetermine each person’s path, He could hold her safe and fast in the storm.

Tears burned Zinnia’s eyes. In the breaking, in the pain, in the questions, He never left her.”
― Madisyn Carlin, Shattered Reaction

“I wrote this story for you, but when I began it I had not realized that girls grow quicker than books. As a result you are already too old for fairy tales, and by the time it is printed and bound you will be older still. But some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again. You can then take it down from some upper shelf, dust it, and tell me what you think of it. I shall probably be too deaf to hear, and too old to understand a word you say, but I shall still be your affectionate Godfather, C. S. Lewis.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

“And if doing what’s right makes someone angry with me, then may I cause rage and fury wherever I go.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, The Captive Kingdom

“The Beginning was always with her, no matter how alone she felt.”
― Madisyn Carlin, Crown