“Running toward danger is foolhardy. ... But so is closing your eyes to it. Many perils become less dangerous once you understand their potential hazards.”
― Brandon Mull, quote from Rise of the Evening Star
“Hello," Newel said. "Look, Doren, we have visitors. Kendra, Seth, and ... Muriel's weirdo puppet."....Newel grabbed Seth's hand and shook it vigorously. "Congratulations. You just found yourself a secret entrance."
"So seriously," Doren said. "What's with the puppet?”
― Brandon Mull, quote from Rise of the Evening Star
“ You should have Hugo throw you in the pool."
The golem turned his head toward Seth, who shrugged.
"Sure, that would be fun."
Hugo nodded, grabbed Seth, and, with a motion like a hook shot, flung him skyward. Kendra gasped. They were still thirty or forty feet away from the edge of the pool. She had pictured the golem carrying Seth much closer before tossing him. Her brother sailed nearly as high as the roof of the house before plummeting down and landing in the center of the deep end with an impressive splash.
Kendra ran to the side of the pool. By the time she arrived, Seth was boosting himself out of the waster, hair and clothes dripping. "That was the freakiest, awesomest moment in my life!" Seth declared. "But next time, let me take off my shoes.”
― Brandon Mull, quote from Rise of the Evening Star
“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.”
― Brandon Mull, quote from Rise of the Evening Star
“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”
― Brandon Mull, quote from Rise of the Evening Star
“Patience mimics the power of infinity.”
― Brandon Mull, quote from Rise of the Evening Star
“I will not know that day has come because I will not stop trying.”
― Brandon Mull, quote from Rise of the Evening Star
“Sometimes the most preposterous lies are the most believable.”
― Brandon Mull, quote from Rise of the Evening Star
“This surpassed the fear of death. Death would be a mercy if it would make the feeling stop, the uncontrollable panic mingling with the mind-scrambling certainty of something sinister approaching, something with no need to hurry, something that would not be so kind as to let him die. The fear was palpable, suffocating, irresistible.”
― Brandon Mull, quote from Rise of the Evening Star
“False humility is more insulting than open pride!”
― Brandon Mull, quote from Rise of the Evening Star
“...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?”
― Brandon Mull, quote from Rise of the Evening Star
“Seth trotted over to Kendra. Bringing good luck as usual
It was a weak pass okay”
― Brandon Mull, quote from Rise of the Evening Star
“An occasional foray into negative emotions makes feeling normal that much sweeter.”
― Brandon Mull, quote from Rise of the Evening Star
“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 u wonder, did you have a bad day, or did you make it a bad day? ... We can exert a lot of control over our emotions. But sometimes they run away with us. These bottled-up emotions hit you with a lot of force. ... If you drink straight courage, you can beome reckless and foolhardy. For a good result, you have to temper the courage with a little fear, a little calm." Tanu, p109-110”
― Brandon Mull, quote from Rise of the Evening Star
“Everything with a beginning has an ending. Any magic that can be done, can be undone. Anything you can make, can be unmade.”
― Brandon Mull, quote from Rise of the Evening Star
“Patience mimics the power of infinity. And nobody can win a staring contest with infinity. No matter how long you last, infinity is just getting started.”
― Brandon Mull, quote from Rise of the Evening Star
“He was being really cute and funny. Then he moved in close. I was terrified - I mean, I hardly know him, but it was also sort of exciting. Until we actually kissed.
Kendra, he had dog breath.”
― Brandon Mull, quote from Rise of the Evening Star
“Telling that guy a secret is like writing it across the sky”
― Brandon Mull, quote from Rise of the Evening Star
“I’m a little old-fashioned in some ways, and that carries over to this arrangement. Call it outdated chivalry, but there are some places I don’t feel women should go. Not because they aren’t intelligent or able. I just feel there is a certain respect with which a lady should be treated.” “Are you saying there are places you’d take”
― Brandon Mull, quote from Rise of the Evening Star
“everybody is busy trying to pretend boys and girls are exactly the same nowadays, but that isn’t how I see it. If it makes you feel better, I’ll share everything I know with”
― Brandon Mull, quote from Rise of the Evening Star
“cleansing. An occasional foray into negative emotions makes feeling normal that much sweeter.” “He’s right, I feel great”
― Brandon Mull, quote from Rise of the Evening Star
“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?” “I thought if I stayed”
― Brandon Mull, quote from Rise of the Evening Star
“Seth approached the dog and let it sniff his hand. A warm tongue caressed his palm, and Seth rubbed the top of the animal’s head. “You’re a good boy,” Seth said in his special voice reserved for babies and animals. “You’re not going to eat me, right?”
― Brandon Mull, quote from Rise of the Evening Star
“Without opening the gate, and keeping one hand near the elevator buttons, Seth shone the flashlight around the room. The last thing he wanted was to get cornered by zombies inside of an elevator.”
― Brandon Mull, quote from Rise of the Evening Star
“Seth returned with the ax to the private door. So much for stealth. If the garage door and elevator had not alerted the zombies, this should do the job. The ax was fairly heavy, but, choking up a little, he gave it a solid swing, and the bit crunched into the wood about a foot away from the doorknob. He wrenched it free and attacked the door again. A few more strokes and he had chopped a hole in the door large enough to reach his hand through. Seth wiped the handle of the ax with his shirt before setting it aside, just in case vampires knew how to check for fingerprints.”
― Brandon Mull, quote from Rise of the Evening Star
“Can you see the power emotion has to distort out outlook? Makes you wonder, did you have a bad day, or did you make it a bad day?”
― Brandon Mull, quote from Rise of the Evening Star
“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?”
― Brandon Mull, quote from Rise of the Evening Star
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