Maya Xu

“She did not want to say good-bye. She did not want to utter those two dead-sounding words. She turned to look at her taiga.
"It's never good-bye, Edme," said Winks. "It's merely slaan boladh."
"Slaan boladh?" Edme repeated.
"Old wolf for 'until the next scent post.'"
"Slaan boladh," Edme murmured, and turned and left the taiga to sleep.”
― Kathryn Lasky

“A door is not a door when it is ajar.” There”
― Adam Jay Epstein, Palace of Dreams

“This morning I was ten years old. Tonight I am older than the stars.”
― Kathryn Lasky

“No" was most definitely Faolan's favorite word. "No" and "More milk.”
― Kathryn Lasky, Lone Wolf