Brandon Mull Quotes
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Being smart can make happiness elusive. Being REALLY smart can help you find it in more places than most.
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Anything that terrible had to be healthy.
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Seth put his ear against the door. "I can't hear anything." "There are probably ten of them patiently waiting on the far side, ready to pounce." Brownies are shrimps. All I'd need are some heavy boots, a pair of shin guards, and a weed whacker." The image made Kendra giggle.
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A common enemy is not necessarily a reliable basis for friendship.
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Was life like that? You could look ahead to the future or back at the past, but the present moved too quickly to absorb. Maybe sometimes. Not today. Today they were driving along an endless two-lane highway through the forested hills of Connecticut.
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Wow! I can hardly believe I finished Beyonders.
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He recalled Galloran stating that being a hero meant doing what was right regardless of the consequences. The thought sent a thrill through him. Galloran had been in this same situation and had made the right choice. Jason felt less alone. Malodor had claimed that his opponents had no heroes among them. But Galloran was proof to the contrary. And Jason would be evidence as well.
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Hours of crisis often call for sacrifice. In matters of consequence, when have doubt and fear given the best advice? Why not heed faith, courage, and honor?
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FABLEHAVEN: None who enter will leave unchanged. Trespassers will be turned to stone.
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The curse of mortality. You spend the first portion of your life learning, growing stronger, more capable. And then, through no fault of your own, your body begins to fail. You regress. Strong limbs become feeble, keen senses grow dull, hardy constitutions deteriorate. Beauty withers. Organs quit. You remember yourself in your prime, and wonder where that person went. As your wisdom and experience are peaking, your traitorous body becomes a prison.
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An unread book does nobody any good.
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He would have shaved the centaurs, dipped them in honey, covered them with feathers, and hung them up like a bunch of pinatas. I'm just saying." - Warren.
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Patience mimics the power of infinity. And nobody can win a staring contest with infinity. No matter how long you last, infinity is just getting started.
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Many lessons must be lived to be understood. You’ll find that it doesn’t so much matter what happens as you live—what gives it all purpose and meaning is who you become.
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Some imagine the difference between heaven and hell to be a matter of geography. Not so. The difference is much more evident in the individuals who dwell there.
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Learn to recognize power in others. Become more conscious of your own power. It's there.
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What'll you do if you can't find a way to cure him?" Seth asked. Dale paused. "I'll never know that day has come, because I'll never stop trying.
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I sound. Like a demented rooster.
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The purpose of existence is the education of the will. And the meaning of life is to learn to love the right things.
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The bear would have to be stopped. Stan is just making the distinction that you wouldn’t blame the bear the same way you would blame a responsible person.
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Life can be generous some days. But watch out—the price of living is pain. Same price as loving.
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The good stupid is the brave kind. When there's a real reason behind. Bad stupid is everything else.
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Whatever you do," Seth said around a chewy mouthful, "try not to leave me down here too long. You can only play a certain amount of Yahtzee games in a row before you become a lunatic." "I'll keep that in mind.
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Can't you home school me?" Nate pleaded. "You would never do any work." (Nate's mom) "Sounds perfect!