Jonathan Auxier > Quotes

“A story helps folks face the world, even when it frightens 'em. And a lie does the opposite. It helps you hide.”
― Jonathan auxier , The Night Gardener

“Now, there is a wonderful thing in this world called "foresight". It is a gift treasured above all others because it allows one to know what the future holds. Most people with foresight end up wielding immense power in life, often becoming great rulers or librarians.”
― Jonathan Auxier, Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes

“Hester shook her head. 'Don't confuse what you do with who you are, dearie. Besides, there's no shame in humble work. Why, Aesop himself, the king of storytellers, was a slave his whole life. Never drew a free breath, yet he shaped the world with just three small words: there once was. And where are his great masters now, hmm? Rotting in tombs, if they're lucky. But Aesop - he still lives to this day, dancin' on the tip of every tongue what's ever told a tale.' She winked at Molly. 'Think on that, next time you're scrubbing floors.”
― Jonathan Auxier, The Night Gardener

“That’s how it works, doesn’t it? We are saved by saving others.”
― Jonathan Auxier, Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster

“A boy your age should know better than to consider anything impossible.” (p 62)”
― Jonathan Auxier, Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes

“Stories come in all different kinds." Hester scooted closer, clearly enjoying the subject at hand. "There's tales, which are light and fluffy. Good for a smile on a sad day. Then you got yarns, which are showy-yarns reveal more about the teller than the story. After that there's myths, which are stories made up by whole groups of people. And last of all, there's legends." She raised a mysterious eyebrow. "Legends are different from the rest on account no one knows where they start. Folks don't tell legends; they repeat them. Over and over again through history.”
― Jonathan Auxier, The Night Gardener

“...I have called you forth not because of what you may become, but because of what you already are.”
― Jonathan Auxier, Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes

“There is something wonderful that happens between true friends.When they find themselves no longer wasting time with meaningless chatter.Instead, they become content just to share each other's company. It is the opinion of some that this sort of friendship is the only kind worth having. While jokes and anecdotes are nice, they do not compare with the beauty of shared solitude.”
― Jonathan Auxier, Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes

“To demand promises is to invite disappointment" -Hester”
― Jonathan Auxier, The Night Gardener

“Nobody's too old for stories--not even God himself.”
― Jonathan Auxier, The Night Gardener

“In my experience heroes are no more good than you or I. And though occasionally noble, they are just as often cunning, resourceful, and a little brash.”
― Jonathan Auxier, Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes

“Runnin's not a bad thing, sir, so long as you're runnin' towards somethin' good.”
― Jonathan Auxier, The Night Gardener

“And even though they had eaten nothing, the girl still ended her day with a belly full of story—which sticks to the ribs even better than mutton.”
― Jonathan Auxier, Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster

“I've always admired a person who can admit to not knowing something. Most people smile and nod and pretend they know everything for fear of being caught out. But those people only ensure their ignorance.”
― Jonathan Auxier, Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster

“That’s what it is to care for a person,” Toby said. There was not even a hint of mocking in his voice. “If you’re not afraid, you’re not doing it right.”
― Jonathan Auxier, Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster

“You can’t have courage without fear, any more than you can have a ray of light without shadows.”
― Jonathan Auxier, Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster

“It was a choice between comfortable misery and terrifying uncertainty… professor Cake had given him a choice – a gift that no one had ever offered him before” 68”
― Jonathan Auxier, Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes

“We'll never know. And maybe that's the best. It's a bad tale that has all the answers." -Molly”
― Jonathan Auxier, The Night Gardener

“I think I figured it out." She sniffed, looking up at the stars. "Hester asked me what the difference between a story and a lie was. At the time, I told her that a story helps folks. 'Helps 'em do what?' she asked. Well, I think I know the answer. A story helps folks face the world, even when it frightens 'em. And a lie does the opposite. It helps you hide.”
― Jonathan Auxier, The Night Gardener

“The real world. The very notion is absurd. Worlds and everything in them are made real by the stories that inhabit them.”
― Jonathan Auxier, Sophie Quire and the Last Storyguard

“A well-spun tale can transport listeners away from their humdrum lives and return them with an enlarged sense of the world.”
― Jonathan Auxier, Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes

“Serious readers know the singular pleasure of handling a well-made book - the heft and texture of the case, the rasp of the spine as you lift the cover, the sweet, dusty aroma of yellowed pages as they pass between your fingers. A book is more than a vessel for ideas; It is a living thing in need of love, warmth, and protection.”
― Jonathan Auxier, Sophie Quire and the Last Storyguard

“There is old proverb from my childhood. "Say not in grief 'He is no more,' but live in the thankfulness that he was.”
― Jonathan Auxier, Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster

“The Victorian era was perhaps the last point in Western history when magic and science were allowed to coexist.”
― Jonathan Auxier

“The start of any journey-whether pilgrimage or promenade-is one of life's true joys.”
― Jonathan Auxier, Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes

“Most people with foresight end up wielding immense power in life, often becoming great rulers or librarians.”
― Jonathan Auxier, Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes

“Suffice it to say, if one hopes to live in a world of wonders, he had better locate himself in a place where wondrous stories abound.”
― Jonathan Auxier, Sophie Quire and the Last Storyguard: A Peter Nimble Adventure

“it is a well-known fact that brawling begets friendship.”
― Jonathan Auxier, Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes

“he started with the rascal's questions.
Where was he?
dangling fifty feat above ground choking to death
Were there friends near by?
He could hear his sister strugling by the stairs, but she was too far to help
Were there weapons nearby?
His fishhook was lying useless on the ground below, leaving him only his hands.
But his were no ordinary hands.”
― Jonathan Auxier, Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes

“Don't confuse what you do with who you are...”
― Jonathan Auxier, The Night Gardener