….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.
BRANDON MULLJason glanced at the creature. It remained the same distance away as before, still as a statue. “What do you want?” Jason asked. No answer. “Are you the thing that followed Tark?
More Brandon Mull Quotes
-
-
Most pleasures are best as a seasoning, not the main course. p. 374
BRANDON MULL -
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.
BRANDON MULL -
Jason glanced at the creature. It remained the same distance away as before, still as a statue. “What do you want?” Jason asked. No answer. “Are you the thing that followed Tark?
BRANDON MULL -
I wanted to keep others from wasting their time pursuing the Word. And I couldn’t ditch Rachel.” Galloran smiled. “Truly, you are possessed by that species of madness that begets heroism.
BRANDON MULL -
Don’t let the brownies bite.
BRANDON MULL -
Being smart can make happiness elusive. Being REALLY smart can help you find it in more places than most.
BRANDON MULL -
It was an emergency!” Seth blurted. “Read my lips – emergency reading – not some demented idea of fun. If I was starving, I would eat asparagus. If somebody held a gun to my head, I would watch a soap opera. And to save Fablehave.
BRANDON MULL -
Luck has a way of evaporating when you lean on it.
BRANDON MULL -
After all, as long as you know, why make when you can take?
BRANDON MULL -
Seth hustled over. “What’s the password?” “Passwords are for sissies,” Warren’s muffled voice responded. “Works for me,” Seth said, unlocking the door and opening it.
BRANDON MULL -
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.
BRANDON MULL -
The comforts of life as a fugitive,” Drake sighed. “Stumbling about in the dark without mounts.
BRANDON MULL -
Want a reliable road to emotional and spiritual suicide? Spend your life trying to fit in.
BRANDON MULL -
Excruciating agony makes me cranky.
BRANDON MULL -
And you came back to Lyrian?” Galloran said in disbelief. “Believe it or not, I came through the same hippopotamus that brought me here the first time. Jumped into the tank on purpose.
BRANDON MULL