Brandon Mull Quotes

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There are no insect eggs in my food. Mrs. White reiterated. You should use that in your advertising, Nate suggested.

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Smart people learn from their mistakes. But the real sharp ones learn from the mistakes of others.

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Jason glanced at the creature. It remained the same distance away as before, still as a statue. "What do you want?" Jason asked. No answer. "Are you the thing that followed Tark? You should keep following him. He's the real mastermind. Shoo. Go hide." No response. "Okay, how about you stand guard while I sleep. Keep the giants away. Sound good? All in favor, hold perfectly still. Fine, I guess we have a deal.

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Was life like that? You could look ahead to the future or back to the past, but the present moved too quickly to absorb.

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The baby dove into the room, transforming grotesquely as it landed on the floorin a deft sumersault

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I don't know how you're standing here. Yet you haven't broken. Not where it matters. Having come this far, I'm not sure you can be broken.

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Seth hustled over. What's the password? Passwords are for sissies, Warren's muffled voice responded. Works for me, Seth said, unlocking the door and opening it.

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A crossbow? Pigeon asked. I left my battle-ax in my other jeans, the man said.

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Most pleasures are best as a seasoning, not the main course.

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It was an emergency!" Seth blurted. "Read my lips - emergency reading - not some demented idea of fun. If I was starving, I would eat asparagus. If somebody held a gun to my head, I would watch a soap opera. And to save Fablehaven, I would read a book, okay, are you happy?" You had best be careful, Seth," Grandma warned. "The love of reading can be contagious." I just lost my appetite," he declared...

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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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I hate how my past actions keep messing up my future options, Seth muttered. Then you've started down the road to wisdom, Grandpa replied.

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Could you just call me Pigeon? he asked the teacher when she read his name. Does your mother call you Pigeon? No. Then to me you are Paul.... Nathan Sutter, the teacher read. My mother never calls me Nathan. Is it Nate? She calls me Honeylips.

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What has three heads, six arms, and half a brain?" Three asked. One and Two answered in unison. "Nate Sutter.

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The society killed Kendra."... Don't mention it to Verl. He might dive into a chasm.

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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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"Drake. He liked dangerous pies." "Why did he join you?" "Who would eat pie that could take over your life? Why risk it?" "Focus. Why did he join you?" "Say no to death pies. Another good motto. I'm getting a headache."

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We humans are conflicted beings. Our beliefs don't always harmonize with our instincts, and our behavior doesn't always reflect our beliefs.... We wage war between the person we are and the person we hope to become.

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Yes, we have different viewpoints represented among us," she continued. "Yes, we have a displacer in our number, and a half giant, and a seedman who publicly disgraced us." "She's talking about you," Drake muttered to Nollin, loud enough to draw a laugh. "No, Drake, I'm talking about you," Farfalee corrected.

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