Heather Louise Wallwork

Clara Stahlbaum has her future perfectly planned: marry the handsome pianist, Johann Kahler (ah!), and settle down to a life full of music. But all that changes when she receives a magical nutcracker and is whisked away to his world full of giant rats and beautiful palaces.

The Enchanted Sonata

Nica

"Music is a sort of magic anyway, isn't it? You can sing a baby to sleep, or wake them up again with song. You hear music, and it makes you want to dance. It's already a but magic."

"Music is interesting, isn't it?" the magician said. "Gently played, it can soothe one's soul. It can rouse one to fight in a battle; it can conjure memories of those lost. I could even make someone fall in love with you. Or plunge you into the depths of despair."

"It's not the man's fault; it's not anyone's fault. Life can deal blows."

Languages could tell you what to say; music made you feel.

man i wish i saw this quote earlier before my roommate situation,, hayst yucky

"If you do not meet this misbehavior with an iron fist, it will haunt you later as a much larger beast."

"When someone is overtaken with a dark emotion," he said. "Pain. Or grief. Or anger. If they continue to dwell on it, it grows. The rat feeds on every thought it's given. If not tempered, the rat will consume the soul, and destroy its host and everyone around it"

"If he does not drive it out, he will destroy himself and others."

"And how does one do that?" said the Emperor.

"By starving it. Never feeding it angry or obsessive thoughts. Never listening to it. Even not wanting a rat inside you has the power to starve it."

"I don't know," the Emperor said, "why anyone must suffer misfortunes, Nikolai. But I do know that in the face of bitterness and disappointment, when our souls cry out in despair and anger, that we might fight it. As we fight everything in this life - with nobility, courage, and grace."

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