Being smart can make happiness elusive. Being REALLY smart can help you find it in more places than most.
BRANDON MULLThe comforts of life as a fugitive,” Drake sighed. “Stumbling about in the dark without mounts.
More Brandon Mull Quotes
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That was cool.’ You’re psychotic.
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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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Smart people learn from their mistakes. But the real sharp ones learn from the mistakes of others.
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Ew, sicko. I was practicing Edomic.” “Sure you were,” Jason said. “You’re just too embarrassed to admit you were playing hide-and-seek all alone. Rachel hiding, nobody seeking.
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Can you see the power emotion has to distort our outlook? Makes you wonder, did you have a bad day, or did you make it a bad day.” ~Fablehaven – Rise of the Evening Star
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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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break the rules pay the price
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Everyone should get to clobber a princess at least once,” Jason said.
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For Frito-Lay!” – Newel and Doren
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He recalled Galloran stating that being a hero meant doing what was right regardless of the consequences. The thought sent a thrill through him.
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Nathan Sutter,” the teacher read. Here. My mother never calls me Nathan.” Is it Nate?” She calls me Honeylips.
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What you call idiot points, I call awesome dollars. ~Seth
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I would read a book, okay, are you happy?” You had best be careful, Seth,” Grandma warned. “The love of reading can be contagious.” I just lost my appetite,” he declared.
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You look tired,” Rachel told Jason. “I wish I could jog and sleep at the same time.” “Can’t you?” Ferrin asked, joining them at the little cascade. “I always imagined that you could sleep rolling down a mountainside in a barrel.” “I probably could today,” Jason conceded.
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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.
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Luck has a way of evaporating when you lean on it.
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Please don’t assault me with that meat amalgam. It would surely cause infection
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I will not know that day has come because I will not stop trying.
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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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Then I’m going?” Kendra asked. The adults in the room exchanged tacit glances before nodding. Then we only have one more problem left to discuss,” Seth said. Everyone turned to him. How do I get invited
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I don’t know how you’re standing here. Yet you haven’t broken. Not where it matters. Having come this far, I’m not sure you can be broken.
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We all posses different gifts and abilities. How we use those gifts determines who we are.
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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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I blush to think of her beholding my work,” Verl confessed. So do we,” Newel assured him.
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The comforts of life as a fugitive,” Drake sighed. “Stumbling about in the dark without mounts.
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You should keep following him. He’s the real mastermind. Shoo. Go hide.” No response. “Okay, how about you stand guard while I sleep. Keep the giants away. Sound good? All in favor, hold perfectly still. Fine, I guess we have a deal.
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