Quotes from The Search for WondLa

Tony DiTerlizzi ·  484 pages

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“Tiny-perhaps." Rovender kept his eyes fixed on the rings. "Insignificant-never, Eva Nine. No living thing is insignificant.”
― Tony DiTerlizzi, quote from The Search for WondLa


“The real question one should ask when presented with a puzzle is, ‘Should I solve it? Do I really need to know the answer?”
― Tony DiTerlizzi, quote from The Search for WondLa


“Sure, I eat because I have to. But I also eat because I want to. It is one of life’s few pleasures.”
― Tony DiTerlizzi, quote from The Search for WondLa


“The folly of humankind is that it believes it is impervious to decay”
― Tony DiTerlizzi, quote from The Search for WondLa


“Despite what you hear and say there will always be that one voice that will always be true to you.”
― Tony DiTerlizzi, quote from The Search for WondLa



“Welcome to the real world, Mother Robot, a beautiful and dangerous place. Now you can truly begin to live.”
― Tony DiTerlizzi, quote from The Search for WondLa


“Inkblot shadows of the canopy swayed and rolled on the forest floor in the cloudy light, almost as if the ground itself was moving.”
― Tony DiTerlizzi, quote from The Search for WondLa


“Ele prosseguiu: - É possível adquirir uma vasta gama de conhecimento simplismente extraindo nossas camadas externas e examinando o que há no interior. Talvez você suponha que haja uma constante... ou um esquema, se preferir, válido para o que existe na parte interna de todo organismo vivo, independentemente de seu formato e ambiente. Mas sua teoria estaria equivocada. Não existem constantes, só variáveis, e ainda assim todos os organismos se esforçam para alcançar um objetivo comum.
- E que objetivo é esse? - perguntou Eva, olhando para a coleção de plantas e animais na mesa de Zim.
- Entender isso, Eva Nove, é entender um dos maiores mistérios do universo: por que estamos aqui?”
― Tony DiTerlizzi, quote from The Search for WondLa


“The real question one should ask when presented with a puzzle is, 'Should I solve it? Do I really need to know the answer?' " -Rovender Kitt”
― Tony DiTerlizzi, quote from The Search for WondLa


“What are these things that this houses, Eva?" Rovender picked up a crumbling tome. He handed it to her.
"These are books," Eva said as the yellowed bits of paper flaked away in her hands to rest on the floor. "It's what humans used to put all of their writing in long ago.”
― Tony DiTerlizzi, quote from The Search for WondLa



“Your answers lie here," Rovender said, gesturing around the library.”
― Tony DiTerlizzi, quote from The Search for WondLa


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