Quotes from Brandon Mull

Newel and Doren had inexhaustibly consumed milkshakes, burgers, sandwiches, tacos, nachos, pretzels, nuts, beef jerky, trail mix, soda, doughnuts, candy bars, cookies, crackers, and aerosol cheese. Of the fifty most impressive belches Seth had witnessed in his life, all had occurred on this road trip.

Did you design the door?' 'No.' 'Who did? The Unknown Designer?

Seth wished he had kept the zombie hand. What a perfect souvenir from his first official mission as a Knight of the Dawn! Instead he had thrown it out of the jeep almost reflexively. Hearing all of those zombie voices must have temporarily scrambled his reason.

The truth can be devastating. We spend much of our lives protecting ourselves from it and shielding others as well. We use lies to take the edge off life. We dream of a better tomorrow. We hide from our regrets and inadequacies. We try to exaggerate the good and downplay the bad. We even manage to hide from the inescapable reality that sooner or later we and everyone we love is going to die.

If the whole meaning and purpose of life hinged on what he chose to love and who he chose to become, the answer became clear.

In a world where damage is inevitable, nothing is more precious than a healer. I have discovered that we cannot help another without also helping ourselves. ~The Traveler

Nobody can accept the truth while hiding from it. When a decision matters, we have to stare at the truth unflinchingly. Only then do we find peace in our choices.

Early to bed, early to rise," Ziggy said. "Early or late

Wow! I can hardly believe I finished Beyonders.

I no longer fear honesty. I have learned that anything important accomplished through dishonest means eventually unravels. Facing unpleasant truths protects us from building on faulty foundations.

Life can be generous some days. But watch out—the price of living is pain. Same price as loving.

Being butchered by monkeys is pretty low on my list of ways to go.

With or without my memories, there may be no way back to my old life." "There never is," Calvin said. "We're always moving forward. All you have is the present. Here we are. Just think about your next step. Forget your past for now. Start today. Get your next step right.

Was the anticipation worse than the event itself? At

You're trying to figure out who you are. I see it. And you'll make it. But not if you give up." Seth heaved a sigh. "I might want to give up, but I won't. I worry, though: what if everything I do just causes more harm?" "Everyone causes harm," Calvin said. "Sometimes we hurt others, and sometimes we hurt ourselves. If you've caused a problem, you learn and do better. You become smarter for next time. And you undo what harm you can.

Despite the darkness and the rhythmic trotting of the huge four-legged brick pulling the coach, Cole had failed to relax enough to sleep.

But I'd rather work smart than hard.

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

The stupidest word Jason could have imagined. Utter nonsense. Supposedly it would unmake Maldor. He repeated the odd syllables in his mind, varying the inflection. If it failed, he could always try supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

No matter how hard I try, there's a cynical corner of my mind where everything is an act. People are game pieces. Information is currency.

If you go where you do not belong, you could open the door to vicious retribution from powerful enemies.

At the far end of the room, upon a moldering dais, a shabby man sat upon a battered thrown. A dingy rag bound his eyes, a tarnished crown rested upon his grey hair, and a grimy green robe edged in dirty white fur enshrouded his body. He looked like some homeless guy playing the part of a wise man in a soup kitchen Christmas pageant.

I know I'm not permanent in this world," Kendra said. "But guess what—neither is the sun. I get to live my life. Someday death will free me and I will go someplace new. I don't want to get stuck here. What if this life is just the beginning?" What if death means the end?

Smart people learn from their mistakes. But the real sharp ones learn from the mistakes of others. Don't pout; you're about to see something impressive. And it won't even give you nightmares.