Most pleasures are best as a seasoning, not the main course. p. 374
BRANDON MULLCan’t you home school me?” Nate pleaded. “You would never do any work.” (Nate’s mom) “Sounds perfect!
More Brandon Mull Quotes
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The surprise is on the far side.” “You’re sure?” “Positive.” “It better not be another fairy,” Seth said. “What’s the matter with fairies?” “I’ve already seen about a billion of them and also they turned me into a walrus.
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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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When you have to jump, you jump.
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You’re free to dream however you wish,” Nollin teased. “But don’t ask the rest of us to share your unrealistic-” “Then don’t ask us to share your weakness!” Jason interrupted.
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For each of us destiny is a blend of potential, circumstances, and choices.
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Want a reliable road to emotional and spiritual suicide? Spend your life trying to fit in.
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Running toward danger is foolhardy. … But so is closing your eyes to it. Many perils become less dangerous once you understand their potential hazards.
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Everyone should get to clobber a princess at least once,” Jason said.
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Patience mimics the power of infinity.
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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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Luck has a way of evaporating when you lean on it.
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Was life like that? You could look ahead to the future or back to the past, but the present moved too quickly to absorb.
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An occasional foray into negative emotions makes feeling normal that much sweeter.
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If we might be able to save this world, how can we walk away? Too many people around here have given up! Galloran said heroes sacrifice for causes; they do things that others hide from. I may not be some great hero, but I won’t hide from this. I would never live with myself.
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An unread book does nobody any good. Stories happen in the mind of a reader, not among symbols printed on a page.
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