Quotes from Brandon Mull

They had arrived two days ago, flying into Norfolk, Virginia, then driving the rest of the way in a rented sedan, through towns with names like Kill Devil Hills and Nags Head.

The prince raised his head. "I will never serve you. You have defeated me, but you will never own me." He owed these words to those who had died for him. He owed the words to himself. To be destroyed was one thing. At least he had not surrendered.

his face. "There are different ways to explain it. Here is one. The purpose of existence is the education of the will. And the meaning of life is to learn to love the right things.

Almost there," Neil said, the first unsolicited words he had uttered since "I'll take your suitcase" back at the small airport in Flagstaff.

Meilin passed stared at her. Some covertly

I sound the same to myself.

Never out of shame or to win favor

Yeah, well, at least I don't run away the second I get scared," Conor replied with sputtering anger. "You think this isn't hard for me? You think I don't have doubts too? You think I want to be stuck in some castle across the sea from my home? Go ahead and call me sheep boy any time you want. Herding sheep takes a lot more courage and know-how than sneaking away in the night!

Remember how worried you were when we dropped you off?" Mom said as she buckled her seatbelt. "I bet it wasn't half as scary as you imagined." Kendra and Seth shared a very special look.

night?" Kendra winced. "That's going to be tough. I have finals the next day." "Whatever," Seth said, rolling his eyes. "We'll pretend to go to bed early and slip out the window. Would it work to meet around nine?" "Nine would be nearly perfect," Errol said. "Where should we rendezvous?" "You know the service station on the corner of Culross and

when the world is about to end, the only real option is to save it.

perfect way to commemorate her eleventh

I am Savani.

Victor." "You've

Help thy brother's boat across, and lo, thine own has reached the shore.

Grandpa mentioned another endangered artifact, in Brazil.

What you most need right now is to run away. I know a thing or two about that." Bracken patted Raxtus affectionately on the neck. "You're too humble. I can't claim to like many dragons, but you're the cream of the crop." "Of course the unicorn likes the fairy dragon," Raxtus grumbled. "If you want to boost my self-esteem, act scared of me.

Serena is at Humbuggle's manor

Is there any point to my sword?" Cole asked. "Just one," Ferrin replied. "At the tip.

We have the masks

And my dreams of adventure are complete," Sidekick said. "I'm luggage.

planet, which happened to be a simulacrum of the planet.

Let's not capsize," Vincent recommended.

Another dirt clod smashed against the wall in a gritty burst. And another. He could not throw them hard enough. Part of him wished somebody was throwing the dirt clods at him. Or beating him, or locking him in jail. He had no means to express how remorseful he felt, no way to pay for what he had done. And no way to fix the mistake.