Quotes from John August

Now, it's common knowledge that most towns of a certain size have a witch, if only to eat misbehaving children and the occasional puppy who wanders into her yard.

There's a time when a man needs to fight and a time when he needs to accept that his destiny's lost, the ship has sailed and that only a fool will continue. The truth is I've always been a fool.

Did you ever think, maybe you're not too big? Maybe this town's just too small? - Big Fish

That's sort of growing up, I guess. Forgetting the things you used to love.

The three of us are always in danger," said Arlo. "That's sort of our thing.

It's like a fidget spinner." Then the offering dropped to the ground, tossed aside. The wind had moved on. "Those get boring fast," said Darnell.

It was Celeste, his mom. Only now she was younger than he was.

Then Wade cupped his hands around his mouth and yelled as loud as he could: "ECHO!" Indeed, there was an impressive echo. Followed by the mighty roar of a troll.

This whole time, I thought it was some kind of prophecy. Like I was special, unique, and the universe had picked me for some reason. But that's not really true. It's like these cards. You get what you're dealt, but it's how you play them that matters.

Arlo declares he wasn't destined to be a hero. "I wasn't chosen," he said. "I chose.

THE RANGER'S VOW LOYAL, BRAVE, KIND AND TRUE— KEEPER OF THE OLD AND NEW— I GUARD THE WILD, DEFEND THE WEAK, MARK THE PATH, AND VIRTUE SEEK. FOREST SPIRITS HEAR ME NOW AS I SPEAK MY RANGER'S VOW.

There'll be things in your life you'll regret. Dumb mistakes, bad choices. They're like these awful tattoos you can't get rid of. So you wear something over them. Keep them out of sight. That's all I've been doing. Just trying not to look at it.

One day I'm going to use this experience in my memoirs [...]. Is when a famous person writes about their life and describes the bad stuff they went through. It's important to have enough bad stuff or it just seems like bragging, and no one likes that. So messing up today that's really helpful, because is shows that I'm human.

No one's good at everything. And that's how it should be. It gives us a reason to ask for help.

The snaplight hit the beast square in the face. And did nothing

There's a time when a man needs to fight and a time when he needs to accept that his destiny's lost, the ship has sailed and that only a fool will continue. The truth is I've always been a fool.