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“It was not, after all, so easy to die. Every second he breathed, the smell of the grass, the cool wind of his face, was so precious. To think that people had years and years, time to waste, so much time it dragged, and he was clinging to each second. At the same time he thought that he would not be able to go on, and knew he must. The long game was ended, the Snitch had been caught, it was time to leave the air. . . .”
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“I was born at a very early age.”
― Mooses with Bazookas: And Other Stories Children Should Never Read
― Mooses with Bazookas: And Other Stories Children Should Never Read
“All in the golden city are like me. There is no envy among them. They all love one another, and are glad because they see how much I love them, everyone.”
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“At the door he knelt because Colan was the king, met his eyes because he was his brother, and obeyed him because he was Colan.”
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“Whenever I had it in my hand, I was invincible. I had used it only three times, because I was in awe of its lucky power and didn’t want to jinx it. But all three times I had not been killed. As you can plainly see, pretty lucky. The situations had not exactly been life-threatening, but the dentist’s office is no joke. He uses a drill in your mouth. A drill. It’s so serious that no one can say, “This is not a drill!” because it is. It is a drill. In your mouthparts. But I survived. Thanks to my lucky stick.”
― Mooses with Bazookas: And Other Stories Children Should Never Read
― Mooses with Bazookas: And Other Stories Children Should Never Read
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