Quotes from Brandon Mull

For anything worth accomplishing, we can always find reasons to doubt

You could look ahead to the future or back at the past, but the present moved too quickly to absorb. Maybe sometimes. Not today.

What about all the Yahtzee we played?" "If Bubda play alone, Bubda always win." Warren turned to Kendra and Elise. "I got seven Yahtzees once in a single game. Seven!" "He cheat," Bubda mumbled. "For the millionth time, how was I supposed to cheat? You were right there! You watched me roll the dice!" "You cheat," Bubda said. "Too much

Toys are meant to be played with. Do your best to keep them in decent shape, and that will be good enough.

Ticks are everywhere. Same with poison ivy. If people let that stop them, nobody would ever go anywhere.

Hours, days, and years have become voids within voids. I stand alone against the impossible. And the universe sends children. How can I serve you? Would you care for some candy? Perhaps a bedtime story?

That is my right. I am your grandfather. And this is my property." "I am your grandson. You should tell me the truth. You're not setting a very good example.

I don't hide from unpleasant possibilities," the Somber Knight replied. "I embrace them. Some call it pessimism. I see it as an advantage.

I find it a challenge to respect capable people who care only for their own interests.

Everything is better with Seth around.

The fundamental premises of the law are mischief for mischief, magic for magic, violence for violence.

We weren't quite immortal. We did not age, so I suppose some of our kind could endure forever, if lakes and rivers last forever. Difficult to say. We did not really live, not like mortals. We dreamed.

It was an emergency!" Seth blurted. "Read my lips—emergency reading—not some demented idea of fun. If I were 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?

It was very foolish to catch a fairy, Seth," Grandpa said. "I warned you they were unsafe. But I share some of the blame. I'm sure you were inspired by Maddox and wanted to begin a career as a fairy broker.

I heard she did it with the sword you found," Dad said. "That's what I keep trying to tell everyone! Finally, somebody gets it! I think Mom is going to choke Kendra to death." The comment brought his mom over to him. She embraced him tightly. "Hey, Mom," Seth grunted. "I thought I was kidding about the strangulation.

Tammy's fallen tomahawk.

She would have to depend on her brother, who had better intentions than ability when it came to coloring inside the lines.

He'll just snap his fingers and turn us to dust.

The only thing more alarming that what is in that cave will be your punishment if we somehow survive.

Are you all right?" Kendra asked. Warren grinned. "I'm surprised to be alive. That would have been a very big belly flop into a very dry pool. Here they come!" The

Close behind Kendra, the ogress gasped and coughed. Hopefully she would have a heart attack and collapse.

Why didn't Grandpa change you back?" Kendra asked. Grandma's eyebrows shot up. "Probably because I kept laying eggs for his breakfast.

A primitive symbol

I'm about as intimidating as a puppy. Wearing diapers. With a pacifier in its mouth. Well, one thing I can do right is fly.