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“Love is not a feeling in your chest; it is bending down to wash another's feet.”
― Andrew Peterson

“The gospel gives me hope, and hope is not a language the dark voices understand.”
― Andrew Peterson

“Don't just follow your heart. Your heart will betray you.”
― Andrew Peterson, North! or Be Eaten

“The world...is full of resurrections... Every night that folds us up in darkness is a death; and those of you that have been out early, and have seen the first of the dawn, will know it - the day rises out of the night like a being that has burst its tomb and escaped into life.”
― George MacDonald, The Seaboard Parish

“You call that poetry?"
-Artham P. Wing feather”
― Andrew Peterson

“A smile is the best kind of magic in the world”
― Matt Haig, Father Christmas and Me

“Books, said Father Christmas, are the greatest gifts of all. Nothing else comes close.”
― Matt Haig, Father Christmas and Me

“So weak. Going to fade away from existence."
-Beryl, Chapter 17”
― T. I. Avens

“Uhhhh...oopsy...I accidentally dropped the pie!" (-Roke)”
― Jordan Quinn

“I see lights!" (-Cinder)
"I hear singing!" (-Ruskin)
"I smell treats!" (-Groth)
"I want free stuff!" (-Roke)
"ROKE!" (-Cinder)
"What?! 'Tis the season..." (-Roke)”
― Jordan Quinn

“IT WAS HIS IDEA!" (-Ruskin, Groth, and Roke)
"Roke, you're pointing at yourself." (-Cinder)
"I know. I'm the worst." (-Roke)”
― Jordan Quinn

“(Jack) Hey Twiner, you still alive?
(Twiner) Yes.
(Jack) Ok, good. Just checking.
(Twiner) Hey Jack?
(Jack) Yes?
(Twiner) You still alive?”
― William Joyce

“To understand pretending is to conquer all barriers of time and space.”
― William Joyce, Nicholas St. North and the Battle of the Nightmare King

“Nightlight, who never slept and never dreamed, would keep nightmares, both imagined and real, away.”
― William Joyce, E. Aster Bunnymund and the Warrior Eggs at the Earth's Core!

“But it was in the nearly silent times that the real strength of their bond was evident. A friend who understands everything without being told is the rarest and best kind of friend.”
― William Joyce, E. Aster Bunnymund and the Warrior Eggs at the Earth's Core!

“When a tree's leaves wave slightly or when you hear consistent creaking and groaning of limbs and there is no wind, chances are you are being laughed at by a tree. They may find your clothes ridiculous. Your hiking skills clumsy. Or your yodeling off-key. It is not cruel or teasing laughter. They are simply amused.”
― William Joyce, Jack Frost: The End Becomes the Beginning

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches

“That's a very nice and completely untrue statement.”
― Leah Cypress

“You don’t forget the face of the person who was your last hope.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“Deep in the meadow, hidden far away
A cloak of leaves, a moonbeam ray
Forget your woes and let your troubles lay
And when it's morning again, they'll wash away
Here it's safe, here it's warm
Here the daisies guard you from every harm
Here your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them true
Here is the place where I love you.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“Rue, who when you ask her what she loves most in the world, replies, of all things, “Music.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games