Quotes From "Summer And Bird" By Katherine Catmull

A nursery rhyme shapes your bones and nerves, and it shapes your mind. They are powerful, nursery rhymes, and immensely old, and not toys, even though they are for children." "But they make no sense! " Summer protested "Ah, well, " said Ben. "Sometimes sense hides behind walls. You must find a window and stick your head right in before you can see it. Katherine Catmull

She wasn't a cruel Bird. But her heart ached so badly for these sad, broken birds that, just as the Puppeteer had planned, she had begun to hate them. She hated them for making her feel so wretched, when she should be happiest. That happens sometimes. Katherine Catmull

Well, I don't care, " said Bird out loud, said Bird, who cared so much that she couldn't bear to touch the hurt. "I don't care. I ran away from Summer, and I will make my own castle. I will be my own queen. Katherine Catmull

Have I heard all the stories I need to hear?" she asked, stupidly. But he answered as if it were a good question." No, you haven't. But you don't have time to hear any more from me. So listen for stories wherever you go. It won't always be someone telling them; sometimes they come in other ways. And Summer, when you tell yourself stories, make them true. And make them surprising. That's how you will know they might be true. Katherine Catmull

And I love everything on this changing, burning earth, but I am most grateful to you. Katherine Catmull

We never really know what might me beside us or ahead, but most days we walk as if we do Katherine Catmull

The bird music sank into her, like a song you used to know but forgot long ago. You hear a piano play it some day, and for a minute you feel a happy pain, but you don't know why. Bird felt like that. Katherine Catmull

She was only half Bird now, and the other half song. She liked it that way. Katherine Catmull