“I'm just me," Linus said, unsure of where this was going. "I don't know how to be anyone else but who I already am. This is how I've always been. It's not much, but I do the best I can with what I have.”
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
“Sometimes volume is needed to get through thick skulls.”
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
“Are you Mr. Baker? If you are, we've been expecting you. If not, you're trespassing. And you should leave before I bury you here in my garden. No one would ever know because the roots would eat your entrails and bones. I think. I've never buried anyone before. It would be a learning experience for the both of us!”
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
“Hate is loud, but i think you'll learn it's because it's only a few people shouting, desperate to be heard.”
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
“Arthur pulled into a car lot reserved for those headed to the beach. Since it was the off-season, it was mostly empty, and there was no one in the pay booth, which had been shuttered. He pulled into the first free space and turned off the van. “Children,” he said mildly. “Please exit the vehicle and buddy up.” A herd of charging, heavily pregnant rhinoceroses would have been quieter than the children were at that moment.”
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
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