Hazel Callahan Quotes

Sometimes the stars make me feel better, but not tonight. "How?" He asked. "How do they make you feel better?" Hazel thought about that for a silent minute. "Maybe because they tell me that there is something more I can't see".

The name of their new land came to Hazel right as prayer, a name that already existed, that had waited for them, a name of secrets, of the earth and its rivers, just like the two sisters. “It’s called Whisperwood and the River of Stars.

He'd looked to Mum with a gaze so fiercely desperate that Hazel couldn't help but hope that someday a man would look at her the same.

Not very long ago and not very far away, there once was and still is an invisible place right here with us. And if you are born knowing, you will find your way through the woodlands to the shimmering doors that lead to the land made just and exactly for you. HAZEL MERSEY LINDEN, 1939

Why do you have these parties?” Hazel asked, teeth chattering. “To honor the seasons, curious one. To honor each other. To gather. To remember that we are part of something much bigger than the petty things of today, bigger than gossip and—” “War.” “Yes, we are part of something even bigger than war. Something that goes on and on and was celebrated before us and will be celebrated after us.

Sometimes when Hazel made stories for Flora, what happened next in the plot came flying at her like a secret only she could hear. Other times the story hid in shadows, not ready to reveal itself.