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“Ouch," Teo groaned. Aurelio was at his side in a blink, pulling him to his feet. "Thanks," he grumbled, shaking out his wings.
"You're the one I should be thanking," Aurelio replied with a self-conscious quirk of his lips.
"OH, FINE! I see how it is!" Niya came stomping down the dock, dripping wet. "Aurelio gets an airlift but I gotta swim?!" she demanded, wringing out her braids.
"We've got bigger problems, Niya!" Teo shot back.”
― Aiden Thomas, Celestial Monsters

“Niya took over the interrogation. "How do these Celestials keep finding us?"
"Oh, don't know. probably because you're all cosplaying as glowsticks right now?" Xio said sarcastically.
The trio looked down at their illuminated suits and then at one another.
"Okay," Teo sighed, "That does seem like an obvious one we should've considered sooner.”
― Aiden Thomas, Celestial Monsters

“London!
The land of disappointing biscuits!”
― Shannon Messenger, Unraveled

“Child, you have much to learn of this world. in the meantime, do not take cruel myths to heart. Stories are powerful. They reach inside you and twist your way of seeing things.”
― James Tynion IV, Wynd, Book One: The Flight of the Prince

“I think it comes as no surprise, Miss Lucas, that your time at Strictland must come to an end," the headmaster said. "According to Miss Thornbury's account, you terrorized your fellow classmates before setting the entire gymnasium on fire . . ."
"It was only the banners," Vin mumbled. Not because she had held back at all; they just happened to be the most flammable.”
― Nicki Pau Preto, The Last Hope School for Magical Delinquents

“sometimes to achieve what you know is right, you must do what others say is wrong.”
― Nicki Pau Preto, Crown of Feathers

“The kitchen window groaned open, and Jimi shouted out, “Blue! Your boys are out front, looking like they’re fixing to bury a body.”
Again? Blue thought.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven King

“I know you’re supposed to want to be one of the popular kids, but the truth is, I never have. It just seems like it would be exhausting, trying to keep up with all the rules.”
― Victoria Schwab, City of Ghosts

“I was worried they weren't going to let us in."
Gabriel's gaze flitted down to Miles's faded band T-shirt. "Yes, perhaps I should have warned you to dress ... not in your usual style."
Ouch.
He smoothed down the front of his shirt defensively - it had been a gift from his dad after Miles found his collection of old records in the garage. "Don't diss Led Zeppelin, or you'll be hitchhiking home."
"I have no problem with the band. It's your shirt that needs to be thrown out."
"There's no way you're a fan of Led Zeppelin."
"Of course, I am - they're one of the most influential bands of their time. I make a point to educate myself on the popular artists of all generations. And I find their originality very ... refreshing."
Miles couldn't believe what he was hearing. He had to be in a confusing, backward reality where Gabriel Hawthorne had good taste in music.”
― Camilla Raines, The Hollow and the Haunted

“Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.”
― Terry Pratchett

“The real story of the Fleece: there were these two children of Zeus, Cadmus and Europa, okay? They were about to get offered up as human sacrifices, when they prayed to Zeus to save them. So Zeus sent this magical flying ram with golden wool, which picked them up in Greece and carried them all the way to Colchis in Asia Minor. Well, actually it carried Cadmus. Europa fell off and died along the way, but that's not important."
"It was probably important to her.”
― Rick Riordan, The Sea of Monsters

“From the moment I picked up your book until I put it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.”
― Groucho Marx

“Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world's original sin. If the cave-man had known how to laugh, History would have been different.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

“Sometimes you remind me a lot of James. He called it my 'furry little problem' in company. Many people were under the impression that I owned a badly behaved rabbit.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

“To be is to do - Socrates

To do is to be - Sartre

Do Be Do Be Do - Sinatra”
― Kurt Vonnegut

“Dalmatia,” Nico said, making Jason jump.
Holy Romulus . . . Jason wished he could put a bell around Nico di Angelo’s neck to remind him the guy was there. Nico had this disturbing habit of standing silently in the corner, blending into the shadows.”
― Rick Riordan, The House of Hades

“I know your craft is important to you, but it almost killed you tonight."
"The blaekhound almost killed me," she argued.
"And you were only there because you think that it's your job, and yours alone, to protect Blackthorn" he said patiently.
"It is, though. You're the one who told me that Blackthorn is the reason I'm a hedgewitch."
"And the sea shapes the the coast, but is the coast the keeper of the sea?"
"I'm not sand," Aziza said, exasperated.”
― Rochelle Hassan, The Buried and the Bound

“My dad gave me a present once,' Nico said. 'It was a zombie.'
Reyna stared at him. 'What?'
'His name is Jules-Albert. He's French.'
'A... French zombie?”
― Rick Riordan, The Blood of Olympus

“Well, Happy Birthday to me!
Was it 13 January? Honestly, I had no idea. Time flies when you're sleeping under bridges and eating from dumpsters.
So I was officially sixteen. For my present, I got cornered by Uncle Freaky, who announced that I was marked for assassination.”
― Rick Riordan, Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard

“Sections in the bookstore

- Books You Haven't Read
- Books You Needn't Read
- Books Made for Purposes Other Than Reading
- Books Read Even Before You Open Them Since They Belong to the Category of Books Read Before Being Written
- Books That If You Had More Than One Life You Would Certainly Also Read But Unfortunately Your Days Are Numbered
- Books You Mean to Read But There Are Others You Must Read First
- Books Too Expensive Now and You'll Wait 'Til They're Remaindered
- Books ditto When They Come Out in Paperback
- Books You Can Borrow from Somebody
- Books That Everybody's Read So It's As If You Had Read Them, Too
- Books You've Been Planning to Read for Ages
- Books You've Been Hunting for Years Without Success
- Books Dealing with Something You're Working on at the Moment
- Books You Want to Own So They'll Be Handy Just in Case
- Books You Could Put Aside Maybe to Read This Summer
- Books You Need to Go with Other Books on Your Shelves
- Books That Fill You with Sudden, Inexplicable Curiosity, Not Easily Justified
- Books Read Long Ago Which It's Now Time to Re-read
- Books You've Always Pretended to Have Read and Now It's Time to Sit Down and Really Read Them”
― Italo Calvino, If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler

“1. Try not to make Utterly angry (could end in throttling)
2. Speak calmly to Lofty Husks (beg and scream only if they bring out dragons)
3. When home, sit in a dark room and breathe slowly”
― Abi Elphinstone, Rumblestar

“1. Trust the Grave Stones (because your life depends on it)
2. Only get involved in highly risky world-saving business if absolutely necessary and there are grown-ups in charge
3. Get home ASAP”
― Abi Elphinstone, Rumblestar

“You can't let homework stand in the way of an adventure! If Arlo's up for it, you should be too.' Arlo scrambled to his feet and made a frantic beeline for Utterly's dressing gown pocket.”
― Abi Elphinstone, Rumblestar

“Forever is composed of nows.”
― Emily Dickinson

“I think gentleness is a mighty word because you have to be strong of heart to be kind.”
― Abi Elphinstone, Sky Song

“Teo propped his chin in his hand. "The Quetzlan priests always made me hot chocolate when I couldn't sleep. We're just feeling a bit homesick, is all." He lifted his shoulder in a shrug and sighed theatrically.
Dulce's eyebrows tipped with concern and she clasped her hands.
"Aren't we?" He turned to give Niya and Xio a pointed look.
"Oh yes, very homesick," Niya agreed, bobbing her head enthusiastically.
It took Xio a moment to catch on, but then he nodded, too.”
― Aiden Thomas, The Sunbearer Trials