“Death had been her curse and her gift and her friend for these long, long years. She was happy to greet it again under the golden morning sun.”
― Kingdom of Ash
― Kingdom of Ash
“Willy Wonka had his chocolate factory where he tortured and rewarded
children. I have my writing factory where I torture and reward children.
Only on paper, of course.”
― The Wishing Game
children. I have my writing factory where I torture and reward children.
Only on paper, of course.”
― The Wishing Game
“I know fear when I see it," he said.
"Trust me, I see it in the mirror every morning."
Lucy glared at him. "What are you afraid of?
You're rich. You can buy anything you need or want"
"I can't buy time. No one in the world can buy time.
All those wasted years of my life.. I can't buy them back.
And if there was one thing I would buy if I could,
it would be the time I wasted running from what I was afraid of instead of facing it.”
― The Wishing Game
"Trust me, I see it in the mirror every morning."
Lucy glared at him. "What are you afraid of?
You're rich. You can buy anything you need or want"
"I can't buy time. No one in the world can buy time.
All those wasted years of my life.. I can't buy them back.
And if there was one thing I would buy if I could,
it would be the time I wasted running from what I was afraid of instead of facing it.”
― The Wishing Game
“Always remember that the only wishes ever granted are the wishes of brave children who keep on wishing even when it seems no one is listening because someone always is.”
― The Wishing Game
― The Wishing Game
“When I told you,” Hugo said, biting off the end of each word, “to start plotting again, I meant in your books.”
And there came that laugh again, the-devil’s-at-the-back-door-and-nobody-remembered-to-lock-it laugh.
“You know what they say, my boy…be careful what you wish for.”
― The Wishing Game
And there came that laugh again, the-devil’s-at-the-back-door-and-nobody-remembered-to-lock-it laugh.
“You know what they say, my boy…be careful what you wish for.”
― The Wishing Game
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