“I imagine it would be rather splendid to wander away from myself for a little while. I envy you.”
“You're alive, Bod. That means you have infinite potential. You can do anything, make anything, dream anything. If you can change the world, the world will change. Potential. Once you're dead, it's gone. Over. You've made what you've made, dreamed your dream, written your name. You may be buried here, you may even walk. But that potential is finished.”
― The Graveyard Book
― The Graveyard Book
“Name the different kinds of people,’ said Miss Lupescu. ‘Now.’
Bod thought for a moment. ‘The living,’ he said. ‘Er. The dead.’ He stopped. Then, ‘... Cats?’ he offered, uncertainly.”
― The Graveyard Book
Bod thought for a moment. ‘The living,’ he said. ‘Er. The dead.’ He stopped. Then, ‘... Cats?’ he offered, uncertainly.”
― The Graveyard Book
“You can't trust other people. If it's important, you have to do it yourself.”
― The Graveyard Book
― The Graveyard Book
“If you dare nothing, then when the day is over, nothing is all you will have gained.”
― The Graveyard Book
― The Graveyard Book
“The tongue is the most remarkable. For we use it both to taste out sweet wine and bitter poison, thus also do we utter words both sweet and sour with the same tongue.”
― The Graveyard Book
― The Graveyard Book
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