Brandon Mull Quotes

“When jumping is the sole option, you jump, and try to make it work.”

“All boys belong in insane asylums.”

“Choices determine character.”

“Drink the milk.”

“Some imagine the difference between heaven and hell to be a matter of geography. Not so. The difference is much more evident in the individuals who dwell there.”

“Nathan Sutter," the teacher read.
Here. My mother never calls me Nathan."
Is it Nate?"
She calls me Honeylips.”

“Imagination can take you Places…. READ”

“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”

“Most people worth knowing enjoy reading.”

“break the rules pay the price”

“He would have shaved the centaurs, dipped them in honey, covered them with feathers, and hung them up like a bunch of pinatas. I'm just saying." - Warren”

“The only thing that would make her jealous would be if I led a parade riding a unicorn while ballerinas sang love songs.”

“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.”

“What'll you do if you can't find a way to cure him?" Seth asked.
Dale paused. "I'll never know that day has come, because I'll never stop trying.”

“Let's worry about fixing the problem instead of the blame.”

“We humans are conflicted beings. Our beliefs don't always harmonize with our instincts, and our behavior doesn't always reflect our beliefs…. We wage war between the person we are and the person we hope to become.”

“An unread book does nobody any good. Stories happen in the mind of a reader, not among symbols printed on a page.”

“Excruciating agony makes me cranky.”

“We all posses different gifts and abilities. How we use those gifts determines who we are.”

“FABLEHAVEN: None who enter will leave unchanged. Trespassers will be turned to stone.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Luck has a way of evaporating when you lean on it.”

“…. 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.”

“That was cool.'
You're psychotic.”

“A crossbow?” Pigeon asked.
I left my battle-ax in my other jeans,” the man said.”

“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”

“I like pancakes.”

“For Frito-Lay!" - Newel and Doren”

“The society killed Kendra."
…
Don't mention it to Verl. He might dive into a chasm.”

“Are you her boyfriend?”
…
No, I’m her fiancé.” Nate said.
We’ve been promised to each other since birth,” Summer added.
Our wedding isn’t until March.”

“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.”

“Do not threaten the supreme gigantic overlords. We do as we please.”

“You don't get it? He poisonded me! He poisonded me, and you're next. I'm going to die. We're all going to die."
-Seth”

“My dad says people who insist that youtrust them usually don't deserve it.”

“When you have to jump, you jump.”

“I blush to think of her beholding my work," Verl confessed.
So do we," Newel assured him.”

“Hello, cell. How are you? Still dank and dirty? Me? I've taken up a new habit: talking to my cell. It's like talking to myself but slightly more pathetic.”

“Any simpleton can speak with confidence. Sometimes the greatest fools have the most bravado.”

“Patience mimics the power of infinity.”

“I will not know that day has come because I will not stop trying.”

“A lie twice believed is self decieved”

“There are no insect eggs in my food.” Mrs. White reiterated.
You should use that in your advertising,” Nate suggested.”

“In short, heroism means doing the right thing regardless of the consequences.”

“Sometimes the most preposterous lies are the most believable.”

“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?”

“Causes have a way of tainting your reason until a person takes much bigger risks than sanity would otherwise allow.”

“Sometimes the best offense was avoiding self-destruction.”

“Hard to call it a party without sardines.”

“Want a reliable road to emotional and spiritual suicide? Spend your life trying to fit in.”

“False humility is more insulting than open pride!”

“Say no to death pies. Another good motto.”

“Can't you home school me?" Nate pleaded.
"You would never do any work." (Nate's mom)
"Sounds perfect!”

“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.”

“She refused to think of Neil, brave and quiet, whose reward for a heroic rescue was to be slowly devoured by strange cave balloons.”

“What's the dog called?"Jason asked. "Feraclestinius Androbrelium Pathershin the Seventh." "No, I meant his entire name.”

“For each of us destiny is a blend of potential, circumstances, and choices.”

“… your mind was seizing on something to try to make sense of the emotion… 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?”

“Was life like that? You could look ahead to the future or back to the past, but the present moved too quickly to absorb.”

“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.”