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“How little humane feeling after all was to be found in men's hearts; how much coarseness and cruelty was to be found even in the educated and those who were everywhere regarded as good and honorable men.”
― The Overcoat
― The Overcoat

“We who make stories know that we tell lies for a living. But they are good lies that say true things, and we owe it to our readers to build them as best we can. Because somewhere out there is someone who needs that story. Someone who will grow up with a different landscape, who without that story will be a different person. And who with that story may have hope, or wisdom, or kindness, or comfort. And that is why we write.”
― The Graveyard Book
― The Graveyard Book

“Bod said, 'I want to see life. I want to hold it in my hands. I want to leave a footprint on the sand of a desert island. I want to play football with people. I want,' he said, and then he paused and he thought. 'I want everything.”
― The Graveyard Book
― The Graveyard Book

“Us in the graveyard, we wants you to stay alive. We wants you to surprise us and disappoint us and impress us and amaze us.
'I think...I said things to Silas. He'll be angry.'
'If he didn't care about you, you couldn't upset him,”
― The Graveyard Book
'I think...I said things to Silas. He'll be angry.'
'If he didn't care about you, you couldn't upset him,”
― The Graveyard Book

“Leave me alone! Why do you insult me?" and in those heart-rending words he heard others: "I am your brother.”
― The Overcoat
― The Overcoat

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