Thomas Taylor > Quotes

“A book is like a mirror. We always see ourselves inside.”
― Thomas Taylor, Gargantis

“Curiosity may have killed the cat, but that doesn’t mean cats shouldn’t be curious.”
― Thomas Taylor, Malamander

“If the impossible is possible anywhere, it’ll be possible in Eerie-on-Sea.”
― Thomas Taylor, Malamander

“Gargantis sleeps, Eerie keeps, Gargantis wakes, Eerie quakes . . . and all falls into the sea.”
― Thomas Taylor, Gargantis

“People are easily confused, and they’ll believe anything you say, once you know how to spin the right story. It’s the greatest power in the world.”
― Thomas Taylor, Shadowghast

“You can run from the truth all you like, Herbert Lemon, but you can never hide from it.”
― Thomas Taylor, Shadowghast

“Sometimes you must sail into the storm to find your way clear.”
― Thomas Taylor, Gargantis

“The waves are growing wild again, and the Jornty Spark is being tossed about like a stick in a game of Poohsticks gone horribly wrong.”
― Thomas Taylor, Gargantis

“Gives them something to look out for when the mists come in and they try a bit of beachcombing for themselves. Everyone loves a good story.”
― Thomas Taylor, Malamander

“The world’s one and only book dispensary. A library will lend you the book you want, while a bookshop sells it for a price. In this place, however, it’s the book that chooses you.”
― Thomas Taylor, Malamander

“When Eerie cat turns widdershins thrice, ’tis dreary luck for men and mice.”
― Thomas Taylor, Gargantis

“As is often the case in Eerie-on-Sea, that’s not a question that’s easy to answer.”
― Thomas Taylor, Malamander

“When it comes to magic tricks, Herbie, people are so eager to see the magic that they forget to look for the trick.”
― Thomas Taylor, Shadowghast

“Once you give something a mysterious name, you make it intriguing and give it a glamour that is bound to end up attracting the bright and the curious.”
― Thomas Taylor, Shadowghast

“In the winter, people only stay here if they have a good reason. Or a bad one. These are the kind of people who look at their reflections in the lobby mirrors just to see if they are being followed. Or ask to be seated where they can see but not be seen. These are people with secrets to keep or secrets to uncover. These are people who notice everything.”
― Thomas Taylor, Malamander

“I don’t “come on!” How can I, when coming on means doing a thing I said I’d never do again?”
― Thomas Taylor, Gargantis

“See how clean the town looks. The snow covers all the grime, all the strangeness of the place. It makes everything seem new again.”
― Thomas Taylor, Malamander

“It didn’t matter how much or how little Aladdin rubbed the lamp, the genie only came out because he wanted to.”
― Thomas Taylor, Gargantis