Quotes from book

Nation

“Who'd want a pony when you could have the whole universe? It was far more interesting and you didn't have to muck it out once a week.”

“Oh, well… up until now it had been a good day, in a horrible kind of way.”

“Light died in the west. Night and tears took the Nation. The star of Water drifted among the clouds like a murderer softly leaving the scene of the crime.”

“I notice you didn't laugh, Mr. Black!
No, Your Majesty. We are forbidden to laugh at the things kings say, sire, because otherwise we would be at it all day.”

“Thinking. This book contains some. Whether you try it at home is up to you.”

“They obeyed, as wise men do when a woman puts her foot down…”

“What did they feed the lions and tigers with in the ark, sir?”

“Life is a trick, and you get one chance to learn it.”

“It was like being in a Jane Austen novel, but one with far less clothing.”

“The world is a globe — the farther you sail, the closer to home you are.”

“Even our fears make us feel important, because we fear we might not be.”

“Don't look back!"
"Why not?"
"Because I just did! Run faster!”

“No more words. We know them all, all the words that should not be said. But you have made my world more perfect.”

“They didn't know why these things were funny. Sometimes you laugh because you've got no more room for crying. Sometimes you laugh because table manners on a beach are funny. And sometimes you laugh because you're alive, when you really shouldn't be.”