Welcome Beauty, banish fear.

— Francesca Lia Block

What sexual preference do you hope she has?” “Happiness.” Isn't that cool?

— Francesca Lia Block

Wish on everything. Pink cars are good, especially old ones. And stars of course, first stars and shooting stars. Planes will do if they are the first light in the sky and look like stars. Wish in tunnels, holding your breath and lifting your feet off the ground. Birthday candles. Baby teeth.

— Francesca Lia Block

Witch Baby wanted to ask Ping how to find her Ladylove angel. She knew Raphael was not him, even though Raphael had the right eyes and smile and name. She knew how he looked--the angel in her dream--but she didn't know how to find him. Should she roller-skate through the streets in the evenings when the streetlights flicker on? Should she stow away to Jamaica on a cruise ship and search for him in the rain forests and along the beaches? Would he come to her? Was he waiting, dreaming of her in the same way she waited and dreamed?

— Francesca Lia Block

Writing is very cathartic for me. As a teacher, I hear many students say that writing can be painful and exhausting. It can be, but ultimately I believe that if you push through, the process is healing and exhilarating.

— Francesca Lia Block

You always fed strays and bent down to talk to the dogs you met on the street, looking straight into their eyes as if they were old friends. (Maybe they are, you said. From another life.) You liked to go to the pound and look at them. You tried to send them messages of comfort. I couldn’t go because I started crying the one time I tried. All those eyes and the barks like sobs.

— Francesca Lia Block

You are so intense. Like a storm. It's shocking how intense you are.

— Francesca Lia Block

You can't doubt so much, Psyche

— Francesca Lia Block

You have to imagine things before you can do them. Stories help us see.

— Francesca Lia Block

You have to make your own family, your own life.

— Francesca Lia Block