quotes by Brian Selznick

" If you lose your purpose ... it's like you're broken. "
— Brian Selznick (The Invention of Hugo Cabret)

"I like to imagine that the world is one big machine. You know, machines never have any extra parts. They have the exact number and types of parts they need. So I figure if the entire world is a big machine, I have to be here for some reason, too. (p378)"
— Brian Selznick (The Invention of Hugo Cabret)

"Even if all the clocks in the station break down, thought Hugo, time won't stop. Not even if you really want it to.

Like now."
— Brian Selznick (The Invention of Hugo Cabret)

"Time can play all sorts of tricks on you. In the blink of an eye, babies appear in carriages, coffins disappear into the ground, wars are won and lost, and children transform, like butterflies, into adults."
— Brian Selznick (The Invention of Hugo Cabret)

""I like to imagine that the world is one big machine. You know, machines never have any extra parts. They have the exact number and types of parts they need. So I fugure if the entire world is a big machine, I have to be here for some reason, too. (p378)" "
— Brian Selznick (The Invention of Hugo Cabret)

"I like to imagine that the world is one big machine. You know, machines never have any extra parts. They have the exact number and types of parts they need. So I fugure if the entire world is a big machine, I have to be here for some reason, too. (p378)"
— Brian Selznick

" If you lose your purpose ... it's likr you're broken. "
— Brian Selznick (The Invention of Hugo Cabret)

" If you lose your purpose ... it's like you're broken. "
— Brian Selznick