Top 100 Brandon Mull Quotes
#1. A shadow charmer enjoys brotherhood with the creatures of the night. His emotions cannot be manipulated. Nothing escapes his gaze. He hears and comprehends the secret languages of darkness.
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#2. 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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#4. My father once admonished me to master the laws that govern fine writing until I could weave my words into worlds. If ever I accomplish that feat, I will sign my name to the tale.
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#5. For anything worth accomplishing, we can always find reasons to doubt, just as we can also find reasons to proceed ... I have chosen to side with faith and hope over doubt and despair.
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#6. Agreements. Specifically, a treaty ratified by all the orders of whimsical like forms who dwell here that affords a measure of security for mortal caretakers. In a world where mortal man has become the dominant force, most creatures of enchantment have fled to refuges like this one.
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#7. Tell me about your friends."
"I hardly knew them. The one who ran off with the girl is named Christopher Columbus. Tall guy. Really skinny. Green hair. Fangs. Six fingers on his left hand. About a hundred years old. Lots of wrinkles."
"I trust you are enjoying yourself." the commander sneered.
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#8. 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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#9. You sometimes act as if you think growing up means the rules don't apply anymore. On the contrary - a big part of growing up is learning self-control. You work on that, and then we can talk about expanding your privileges.
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#10. A hero sacrifices for the greater good. A hero is true to his or her conscience. In short, heroism means doing the right thing regardless of the consequences. Although any person could fit that description, very few do. Choose this day to be one of them.
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#11. We mustn't leave Seth and the house unguarded," Coulter said. "Unguarded?" Seth complained. "Are you trying to destroy my self-esteem?
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#12. 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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#13. I have plans to start a sequel series to Fablehaven around 2016. Beyonders
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#14. Cleansing. An occasional foray into negative emotions makes feeling normal that much sweeter." "He's right, I feel great
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#15. Any of the nearby volumes might hold information about hippopotamus portals or contain hints about how he might get home.
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#16. Was the anticipation worse than the event itself? At
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#17. After all, as long as you know, why make when you can take?
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#18. Nothing matters more than what happens in our minds," Trillian said. "Your experiences in what you consider your real life in the real world only exist in your mind and in the minds of others. The mind is everything. And dreams are the playground of the mind.
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#19. No matter how hard I try, there's a cynical corner of my mind where everything is an act. People are game pieces. Information is currency.
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#20. Fingering spots where they had been torn or punctured by boarhound teeth.
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#21. 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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#22. The man unwilling to brave the test has already shown himself to be much more craven than the man who fails.
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#23. In order to be good, you must recognize the difference between right and wrong and strive to choose the right. To be truly evil you must do the contrary. Being good or evil is a choice.
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#24. Only two towers remained standing, one of which was so crooked and damaged it looked ready to topple at a cough from a butterfly.
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#25. Naiads who liked to drown people, which meant she needed a sturdy
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#26. You picked the right road, even though it is the most difficult. That is the essence of heroism. (p. 326)
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#27. Hours of crisis often call for sacrifice. In matters of consequence, when have doubt and fear given the best advice? Why not heed faith, courage, and honor?
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#28. In some ways, it's easier to recognize your power when you're calm and untroubled than when you're distressed. Search out your talent in quiet moments. Don't push too hard. You've done it once. You can do it again.
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#29. None of us start out strong ... And none of us have the exact same strengths.
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#30. Being butchered by monkeys is pretty low on my list of ways to go.
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#31. Is this the seedman Jasher?" The commander indicated the charred remains.
"It's his identical twin."
"We know he traveled with you until recently. Where is his amar?"
"I ate it."
"This is a foolish time for flippancy."
"I panicked. It tasted horrible. Do you have any mouthwash?
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#32. I blush to think of her beholding my work," Verl confessed.
So do we," Newel assured him.
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#34. Whatever you do," Seth said around a chewy mouthful, "try not to leave me down here too long. You can only play a certain amount of Yahtzee games in a row before you become a lunatic."
"I'll keep that in mind.
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#35. 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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#38. Any simpleton can speak with confidence. Sometimes the greatest fools have the most bravado.
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#39. Please don't assault me with that meat amalgam. It would surely cause infection
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#40. I will not know that day has come because I will not stop trying.
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#41. I hate how my past actions keep messing up my future options, Seth muttered.
Then you've started down the road to wisdom, Grandpa replied.
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#42. 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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#44. My dad says people who insist that youtrust them usually don't deserve it.
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#45. We must set aside our wishes and give heed to reality. Nobody can accept the truth while hiding from it. When a decision matters, we have to stare at the truth unflinchingly. Only then can we find peace in our choices.
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#46. Luck has a way of evaporating when you lean on it.
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#47. 13. Who is the coolest author ever? Is it the guy who wrote Fablehaven? If not, what's the matter with you?
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#48. Nathan Sutter," the teacher read. Here. My mother never calls me Nathan." Is it Nate?" She calls me Honeylips.
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#49. She had seen a huge hunchback ogre with meaty forearms and a pruned face crossing a courtyard with an anvil under one arm.
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#50. Brandon's greatest regret is that he has but one life to give for Gondor.
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#51. Try as we might to postpone them, days of reckoning inevitably arrive.
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#52. Each human being has significant potential for light and darkness," Grandpa continued. "Over a lifetime, we get a lot of practice leaning toward one or the other. Having made different choices, a renowned hero could have been a wretched villain.
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#53. Wow! I can hardly believe I finished Beyonders.
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#54. The good stupid is the brave kind. When there's a real reason behind. Bad stupid is everything else.
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#55. Jason decided not to add that the best way to get him to focus on something was to tell him not to think about it.
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#56. All right. Since the world is about to end, why not give an impossible jailbreak one last try?
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#57. You've pulled off some shocking upsets in the past, but only a fool would bet on you this time. So I will.
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#58. 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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#59. The comforts of life as a fugitive," Drake sighed. "Stumbling about in the dark without mounts.
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#60. The purpose of existence is the education of the will. And the meaning of life is to learn to love the right things.
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#61. A crossbow?" Pigeon asked.
I left my battle-ax in my other jeans," the man said.
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#62. Rachel showed Ulani how to work the camera. Jason explained that the device would capture and preserve the image, along with their souls.
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#63. 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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#64. 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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#65. Coulter remained near her, sword in hand. "I suppose it goes without saying, if you slip into a trance, you'll never come out of it." Kendra
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#66. The pendulum swings between Light and Darkness
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#67. What's the dog called?"Jason asked. "Feraclestinius Androbrelium Pathershin the Seventh." "No, I meant his entire name.
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#69. Everything with a beginning has an ending. Any magic that can be done, can be undone. Anything you can make, can be unmade.
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#70. I was vanquished by a deer!'
A giant magical flying deer with fangs,' Seth said, parroting a description Gavin had shared earlier.
That sounds a little better,' Warren conceded. 'Seth is in charge of my tombstone.
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#71. When your only option is to jump, you jump and try to make it work.
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#72. For each of us destiny is a blend of potential, circumstances, and choices.
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#73. You and I move through time like a flame on a string. The ashes behind are the past, consumed, unreachable. The string ahead is the future. But the only moment we inhabit, the only moment where we can act, is the present, the point where the flame burns, the point where time touches eternity.
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#74. Smart people learn from their mistakes. But the real sharp ones learn from the mistakes of others.
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#75. ROBBING GRAVES! SHES ASKING US TO ROB GRAVES!
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#76. What has three heads, six arms, and half a brain?" Three asked. One and Two answered in unison. "Nate Sutter.
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#77. Rule is no peeking, I won't even consider it." "If we find a need for your special immunity, we'll make use of it," Grandpa promised. "If you find a need," Seth muttered. "I bet you won't be looking very hard. Say, Coulter, how did you know
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#78. Seth put his ear against the door. "I can't hear anything."
"There are probably ten of them patiently waiting on the far side, ready to pounce."
Brownies are shrimps. All I'd need are some heavy boots, a pair of shin guards, and a weed whacker."
The image made Kendra giggle.
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#79. Early to bed, early to rise," Ziggy said. "Early or late,
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#81. I guess Smart Seth is glad, he said reluctantly. But be careful. Idiot Seth is the guy to watch out for.
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#82. This is my risk to take.Not yours. I can live with getting myself killed."
"Technically, you can't live if you get yourself killed.
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#83. I'll not have my grandson subjected to the humiliation of his reading becoming public. We have to cope with this disgrace discreetly
Grandma Ruth
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#84. Fantasy leaves imaginations larger than it finds them.
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#85. It doesn't take a genius to plan a perfect assault," Galloran said. "The trouble tends to show up during the execution.
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#86. It was one thing to snuggle a little when the world seemed about to end, and quite another to explain to her parents that she wanted to date an ancient magical horse.
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#87. Your attempt was valiant, but the fight was unfair. He was a seasoned warrior, fully armored. You were a lad with a short sword. You have a brave heart. That can be more important than size or strength.
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#88. Wasn't that awesome?" Seth asked.
Warren cocked his head, his expression mildly embarrassed. "I'm sorry, Kendra
it was pretty cool."
"All boys belong in insane asylums," Kendra said.
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#89. Who won the 2004 World Series?"
She shrugged, "The Yankees?"
"The Yankees? And you claim to be an American?" He enjoyed rubbing it in after her attitude about Harrisburg. "It was the Red Sox. The year they broke the curse.
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#90. FABLEHAVEN: None who enter will leave unchanged. Trespassers will be turned to stone.
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#91. Fablehaven's awesome!!so is the candy shop war!
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#92. Telling that guy a secret is like writing it across the sky
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#93. Sometimes the most preposterous lies are the most believable.
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#94. They would probably search for him all over the zoo - the last place he'd been seen. He wondered if any evidence would implicate the hippo.
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#95. Laughing, Bracken threw his sword aside and extended a hand towards the wizard. "To me," he said ... The unicorn horn lept from the wizard's hand and streaked to Bracken, who caught it effortlessly. In his grasp the horn immediately transformed into a sword ...
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#97. We all posses different gifts and abilities. How we use those gifts determines who we are.
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#100. The society killed Kendra.
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Don't mention it to Verl. He might dive into a chasm.
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