Alex Bell > Quotes

“Believe it or not, some of us have piercings and tattoos and dye our hair because we think it looks pretty, not for any deep sociological reason. This isn't an act of protest against cultural or social repression. It's not a grand, deliberately defiant gesture against capitalists or feminists or any other social group. It's not even the fashion equivalent to sticking two fingers up at the world. The boring truth of it, Gabriel, is that I don't dress like this to hurt my parents or draw attention to myself or make a statement. I just do it because I think it looks nice. Disappointed?”
― Alex Bell, The Ninth Circle

“I'm not sure that there's anything much more dangerous when it comes to faeryland than a magic mirror.”
― Alex Bell, Jasmyn

“An explorer loved nothing more than an exquisite moment filled with uncertainty and danger.”
― Alex Bell, Explorers on Black Ice Bridge

“I saw someone leaving the house and I thought it was Lilias,” I said, clutching at the first plausible lie I could think of. “So when I saw you go out of the gate I panicked—”

“Haven’t you ever heard of sleep ?” the boy snapped. “Isn’t that what normal people do at this time of night?”

“I don’t think they sneak around clifftops on mopeds either, do they?”
― Alex Bell, Frozen Charlotte

“So what are we going to do when we come face to face with whatever the heck it is? Through jellybeans at it?”
― Alex Bell, Explorers on Black Ice Bridge

“Without her coat, the frozen rock felt like knives beneath her nightgown. Knives that would peel her skin right off. A sob of pain bubbled up out of Rebecca's chest as she slowly sat up on the ledge. 'W-what did you do that for?' she cried, each breath frosting before her. With only her nightgown to protect her, the cold was almost unbearable. The frozen air made her lungs ache with the effort of breathing, and she couldn't prevent herself from shivering so violently that her bones to seemed to rattle inside her body.”
― Alex Bell, Frozen Charlotte

“Oh, Lilias,” Uncle James groaned. “For heaven’s sake, why couldn’t you have drawn a flower or something?” He glanced at me and said, “I’m sorry – she’s going through a bit of a macabre phase at the moment. I suppose all children do at some point, don’t they?”

I nodded, but couldn’t remember a time when I’d ever gone around drawing grisly murder scenes and presenting them to people as gifts.”
― Alex Bell, Frozen Charlotte

“Don’t be a crying shrimp wailing because the sun has set, be a kraken, falling in love with the stars.”
― Alex Bell

“Sometimes it’s stronger not to show strength, especially when facing someone weaker than ourselves”
― Alex Bell, Explorers on Black Ice Bridge

“A little kindness can go a long way in life, I’ve found.”
― Alex Bell, Explorers on Black Ice Bridge

“[...] sometimes it's stronger not to show strength, especially when facing someone weaker than ourselves. [...] If we must humiliate another person in order to make ourselves feel big, then we have become very small and scared indeed.”
― Alex Bell, Explorers on Black Ice Bridge

“Polar Bear explorer friends, who had helped them on Pirate Island, and another to”
― Alex Bell, Explorers at Stardust City

“That politics is showbusiness for ugly people is well known – what’s less understood is that it is high society for the socially awkward.”
― Alex Bell

“Treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself. Cherish your friends. To your own self be true.”
― Alex Bell, Crossing the Black Ice Bridge