

“It was strange to realize that a dragon who couldn't be hurt on the outside could have so many ragged holes on the inside.”
― Escaping Peril
― Escaping Peril

“Maybe that's why superheroes wore capes. Maybe they weren't capes at all, but safety blankets, like the one Aru kept at the bottom of her bed and pulled up under her chin before she went to sleep. Maybe superheroes just tied their blankies around their necks so they'd have a little bit of comfort wherever they went. Because honestly? Saving the world was scary. No harm admitting that.”
― Aru Shah and the End of Time
― Aru Shah and the End of Time

“As we count up the memories from one journey, we head off on another. Remembering those who went ahead. Remembering those who will follow after. And someday, we will meet all those people again, out beyond the horizon.”
― The Travelling Cat Chronicles
― The Travelling Cat Chronicles

“and I never got to tell Sunny I love her.”
― The Dark Secret
― The Dark Secret

“A man rarely knows the day and hour when he will die. I could be killed at any moment, and there's not a blasted thing I can do about it. What will happen will happen, and I won't waste the time I have aboveground worrying. Misfortune always comes to those who wait. The trick is to find happiness in the brief gaps between disasters.”
― Brisingr
― Brisingr
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