Quotes from Brandon Mull

Kendra wished for a rock to throw at her brother.

I want you to appreciate what you're up against. You will have to succeed where multitudes have failed. You'll have to accomplish something that the mightiest wizard in the history of Lyrian didn't dare to attempt.

I'm a little old-fashioned in some ways, and that carries over to this arrangement. Call it outdated chivalry, but there are some places I don't feel women should go. Not because they aren't intelligent or able. I just feel there is a certain respect with which a lady should be treated." "Are you saying there are places you'd take

everybody is busy trying to pretend boys and girls are exactly the same nowadays, but that isn't how I see it. If it makes you feel better, I'll share everything I know with

You heard what Declan said about you," Cole realized. Liam gave a little shrug. "At least when he talks behind my back, he sticks to the same things he says to my face. It's actually kind of admirable.

If you're going to take a huge risk, and you want to stay out of trouble, it really helps if your plan actually works.

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.

You just rode a flying camel through a sky full of ghosts," Seth said.

After a great loss, after a difficult victory, after suffering extreme trauma, she wished she could have some time to hibernate. Not two days. Two years. Some serious time to pull herself together. Why did life always have to roll relentlessly forward? Why was every victory or defeat followed by new works and new problems?

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?" "I thought if I stayed

Kendra, nice to meet you, may you find less happiness than you deserve. Dale, you are as mute as your brother, and nearly as pale. Seth, please have another mishap soon. Stan, you lack the wit of an orangutan, bless your soul. Do not be strangers.

A stocky zombie with curly orange hair

No mythology or religion that I know of holds all the answers. Most religions are based on truths, but they are also polluted by the philosophies and imaginations of men.

About as musical as a landslide.

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

Telling that guy a secret is like writing it across the sky

One eye is open to all truth, the other closed to all deception.

Why would you go and ruin a perfectly good steak with ketchup?

have to get to Shoreless Isle? You'll have to go back in time from there, right?

Before Five Kingdoms is complete, I will begin work on the sequel series to my Fablehaven books. It will be called Dragonwatch. I'm excited to share more stories about the characters of Fablehaven including Kendra, Seth, Newel, Doren, Warren, Bracken, Vanessa, Raxtus, etc. If you're liking Five Kingdoms but haven't tried Fablehaven, you should get to know those people! If you'd like to connect

Would you forgive a killer for not knowing how a gun functioned? How many would have to die before you stopped pardoning his ignorance?

Rachel opened her mouth to respond, but the head cut her off.

Nothing is certain. Many ways lead to destruction. You will be tested beyond your capacity to endure. Should you survive the trials ahead, you will be a husband without a wife, a father without a son, a hero without a quest, and a king without a country. But take heart. Some must lose the way to find it. Some must be empty before they are full, weak before they are strong, and blind before they can see.

Laughing, Bracken threw his sword aside and extended a hand towards the wizard. To me, he said...The unicorn horn lept from the wizard's hand and streaked to Bracken, who caught it effortlessly. In his grasp the horn immediately transformed into a sword...