Quotes from Brandon Mull

But don't get caught.

Much of morality is peculiar to mortality.

Stupidity was when you took risks for no good reason. Courage was when you took a calculated risk in order to accomplish something important. Had

the interest of employee feedback, this guy needs to work on his people skills.

If you let somebody take advantage of you, it gets worse, not better.

Want to see my string?" Ned asked, tugging at his glove.

If you're going to die, you might as well be doing something really, really stupid.

We are merely escaped fugitives about to steal some horses to avoid a death sentence.

The man unwilling to brave the test has already shown himself to be much more craven than the man who fails.

I am impressed by how glibly most mortals confront the debilitation of the body. Patton. Your grandparents. Many others. They just accept it. I have always feared aging. The inevitability of it haunts me. Ever since I abandoned the pond, the prospect of death has been a menacing shadow in the back of my mind.

Do they talk?" Knox asked. "The wooden people?" "I have never heard them speak," Patton said. "Nor the trees. I'm not sure how well they hear, either. Pantomime seems to help them understand.

Lindy produced the tiny chest and started prying at it with her fingers. "It's stuck, but the lid has some wiggle to it. Wait, here we go." She lifted the small lid, and simultaneously the top of the chest folded open as well. And then the chest kept unfolding in astonishing ways, as if lid after lid were opening in unpredictable directions. With a startled squeal, Lindy dropped the miniature chest as it transformed as well, mimicking the larger version.

What are batteries, by the way?" "Tiny cylinders of power

Verl waved both hands. "No, stop, please, no gift is required. My lady, a soft glance, a kind word, these more than suffice. Your very existence leaves me forever indebted." "You get that I'm fifteen?

Bubda likes to be alone. Other people are a pain. You're other people, Seth. Better than some. Maybe better than most. But no people is best.

I hate to interrupt the feasting," Vanessa said, "but we did come here for a purpose. Let's try to focus on something besides sweet fat and salty fat for the next little while.

Nice nosedive," Warren said

You want nutrition?" Seth asked. "Remind me to teach you guys about the food pyramid." "A pyramid made of food?" Doren said reverently. "We are your humble pupils," Newel pledged.

We won't be able to drink water?

Zig looked Cole up and down. "You've got a glow to you, lad. You in love or something?" Cole laughed. "My body isn't dead yet.

bit you, Kendra, but I could never take control of you. Your mind is shielded. None of those enemies are of serious interest except for the Sphinx and Mr. Lich. Despite her delusions, Torina is really just a minor player. I'm curious about the person in the mask. Could it have been the prisoner from the Quiet Box?

painful—sometimes they cause irrevocable harm—but welcome to Earth.

the kiwi with the Unforgiving Blade," Calvin said. "That will teach it.

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