Quotes from Sarah Beth Durst

That would have been too obvious, Matt said. You just said I never choose scissors so you had to know I would choose scissors so I couldn't choose scissors because you'd know it. Hence, the rock. Hence the paper covering your rock. You ask her. Well played my friend, Matt said. Well played.

Hubba-Hubba' never slips out, Zeke said. You selected those words with deliberate intent, and I question your commitment to the respectable use of the English language.

I'm allowed to have new dreams.

Zach] placed his hands on her shoulders so she'd look directly into his eyes. You know, the moment I saw you, I said to myself -- because all the great people talk to themselves, of course -- I said, 'Zach, you have to meet that lovely lady, because she will make your life extraordinary.' I was not wrong.

Lie. Lie to everyone until you know the truth.

Don't trust the fire, for it will burn you. Don't trust the ice, for it will freeze you. Don't trust the water, for it will drown you. Don't trust the air, for it will choke you. Don't trust the earth, for it will bury you. Don't trust the trees, for they will rip you, rend you, tear you, kill you dead.

Plans fall apart and time moves on.

I have done all that I can for you and less than I should.

All her life, Sophie had been taught that books are precious. Each one holds people and worlds. Each one is a piece of someone's heart and mind that they chose to share. They were shared dreams.

Don't confuse mercy for forgiveness.

In the history of the world, telling someone to 'calm down' has never done anything but piss them off more.

Fear can be your friend. It tells you when to run and when to hide. The trick is that after you've run and hid, you have to tell your fear thank you very much, you're fine now, come back later.

The middle son gets a magic donkey. When you shout the word: "Bricklebrit!", it spews gold pieces out of... And I quote: ... its front and back. Yes, folks. Thing I Love #4: the Bricklebrit Donkey. You shout a word, and gold comes flying out its butt. Fairy tales don't get much better than that.

You do not say no to the girl with the deities.

Daleina would not be kept from her fate. She'd run toward it, arms open, and kick fate in the face.

Always talk, talk, talk with you people," Pearl said. "You know, sometimes violence really is the answer.

Did he really just poop a rainbow? Seriously, did that just happen? Because I saw it happen.

My manly strength will not allow me to choose a less unyielding material," Matt said. "I have rocks for muscles. You fear my strength.

Both instances, sweet. Also stupid, which pretty much defined Evan: sweet and stupid.

I did what I could," Amurra said. Kreya fixed her with a look. "Don't do that." "Do what?" "Make yourself smaller than you are," Kreya said. "Life will do that enough for you. Own your power.

She'd also liked being within a wall of books. There, she'd felt as close to safe as she could remember

Coming home is hard." Ven said. "It shouldn't be" Daleina said. "They love me. I love them. It should be easy." "Once you leave, it's never easy again. Or at least it's never the same. You're not the same. You can't expect them to be. She nodded. "Sometimes they feel like strangers. And still, I'd die to protect them.

Know me, for I am death to all oath breaker, promise renders, and betrayers. Know me, for I am the last sunset, the night without the dawn, the winter without spring. I am pain to your pleasure, silence to your shout, stillness to your speed. I hunt death.

They didn't understand that evil could grow if planted in a field of banal cruelty.