“Then why are you so ready to bow to someone else’s prejudices? Isn’t it bad enough that human bigotry still shapes what we can do safely? These people aren’t our overlords, they haven’t conquered us—why should we twist ourselves to make
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It took me a bit to get into this book, but it was quotes like this that solidified why I enjoyed listening to it.
“You're always you, and that don't change, and you're always changing, and there's nothing you can do about it.”
― The Graveyard Book
― The Graveyard Book
“Wherever you go, you take yourself with you.”
― The Graveyard Book
― The Graveyard Book
“It's like the people who believe they'll be happy if they go and live somewhere else, but who learn it doesn't work that way. Wherever you go, you take yourself with you. If you see what I mean.”
― The Graveyard Book
― The Graveyard Book
“I think . . . I said things to Silas. He'll be angry.'
'If he didn't care about you, you couldn't upset him,' was all she said.”
― The Graveyard Book
'If he didn't care about you, you couldn't upset him,' was all she said.”
― The Graveyard Book
“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
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