Most pleasures are best as a seasoning, not the main course. However you try to disguise it, you end up feeding without being nourished.
BRANDON MULLAn unread book does nobody any good. Stories happen in the mind of a reader, not among symbols printed on a page.
More Brandon Mull Quotes
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Making mistakes is part of learning to choose well. No way around it. Choices are thrust upon us, and we don’t always get things right.
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After all, as long as you know, why make when you can take?
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The only thing that would make her jealous would be if I led a parade riding a unicorn while ballerinas sang love songs.
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Most pleasures are best as a seasoning, not the main course. p. 374
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Luck has a way of evaporating when you lean on it.
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Might not hurt you to pick up a book, just as an experiment.” Whatever. I looked up the definition for ‘nerd’ in the dictionary. Know what it said?” “I bet you’ll tell me.” ” ‘If you’re reading this, you are one.’ ” You’re a riot.
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Don’t let the brownies bite.
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Can’t you home school me?” Nate pleaded. “You would never do any work.” (Nate’s mom) “Sounds perfect!
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In their youth, mortals behave more like nymphs. Adulthood seems impossibly distant, let alone the enfeeblement of old age. But ponderously, inevitably, it overtakes you.
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An occasional foray into negative emotions makes feeling normal that much sweeter.
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What has three heads, six arms, and half a brain?” Three asked. One and Two answered in unison. “Nate Sutter.
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Please don’t assault me with that meat amalgam. It would surely cause infection
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….there is a difference between hearing and listening. You can’t always help what you hear. But you can control what holds your interest, what you choose to dwell on.
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Hello,” Newel said. “Look, Doren, we have visitors. Kendra, Seth, and … Muriel’s weirdo puppet.”….Newel grabbed Seth’s hand and shook it vigorously. “Congratulations. You just found yourself a secret entrance.” “So seriously,” Doren said. “What’s with the puppet?
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Fantasy leaves imaginations larger than it finds them.
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