Quotes from Brandon Mull

Say no to death pies. Another good motto.

ROBBING GRAVES! SHES ASKING US TO ROB GRAVES!

I'll not have my grandson subjected to the humiliation of his reading becoming public. We have to cope with this disgrace discreetly -- Grandma Ruth

The pendulum swings between Light and Darkness

Wasn't that awesome? Seth asked. Warren cocked his head, his expression mildly embarrassed. I'm sorry, Kendra--it was pretty cool. All boys belong in insane asylums, Kendra said.

Can't you home school me? Nate pleaded. You would never do any work. (Nate's mom) Sounds perfect!

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

She refused to think of Neil, brave and quiet, whose reward for a heroic rescue was to be slowly devoured by strange cave balloons.

your mind was seizing on something to try to make sense of the emotion... Can you see the power emotion has to distort our outlook? Makes you wonder, did you have a bad day, or did you make it a bad day?

For each of us destiny is a blend of potential, circumstances, and choices.

What's the dog called?Jason asked. Feraclestinius Androbrelium Pathershin the Seventh. No, I meant his entire name.

The girl with the long brown hair turned around. Are you her boy friend? she asked. Summer glanced from Crystal to Nate and back. Then question made her feel a little awkward. After all, she had saved him a seat. No, I'm her fiance, Nate said. We've been promised to each other since birth. Summer added. Our wedding isn't until March.

If we might be able to save this world, how can we walk away? Too many people around here have given up! Galloran said heroes sacrifice for causes; they do things that others hide from. I may not be some great hero, but I won't hide from this. I would never live with myself.

Faith isn't knowledge, Rachel. Faith is a tool. Faith keeps us going until we get the knowledge. Faith keeps us striving until we reach the consequences of our most important decisions.

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

Most people worth knowing enjoy reading.

A hero sacrifices for the greater good. A hero is true to his or her conscience. In short, heroism means doing the right thing regardless of the consequences.

Seth trotted over to Kendra. Bringing good luck as usual It was a weak pass okay

Try as we might to postpone them, days of reckoning inevitably arrive.

The surprise is on the far side. You're sure? Positive. It better not be another fairy, Seth said. What's the matter with fairies? I've already seen about a billion of them and also they turned me into a walrus.

Indulgence is emptiness. I have proved the limits of food and frivolity. There is no real fulfillment in meaningless rushes of pleasure. You try to conceal the emptiness with more extravagance, only to find the thrills becoming less satisfying and more fleeting. Most pleasures are best as a seasoning, not the main course. However you try to disguise it, you end up feeding without being nourished.

She pictured herself running from a hoard of ravenous zombies on a hot day eventually collapsing from heatstroke and getting devoured. Then she imagined Hal giving a rousing eulogy at her funeral explaining how Kendra's death was a beautiful sacrifice allowing the noble zombies to live on delighting future generations by mindlessly trying to eat them. With her luck it could totally happen.

Not kill us, Pigeon corrected. She was mainly just trying to turn us into mindless slaves.

Nathan Sutter, the teacher read. Here. My mother never calls me Nathan. Is it Nate? She calls me Honeylips.