Beastly Bones (Jackaby, #2)

by William Ritter

All exceptional people are, by definition, exceptions to the norm. If we insist on being ordinary, we can never be truly extraordinary.”

“people think that when we arrive at a crossroads, we can choose only one path, but—as I have often and articulately postulated—people are stupid. We’re not walking the path. We are the path. We are all of the roads and all of the intersections. Of course you can choose both.”

“They certainly seem to be something special,” I said, allowing Jackaby to help me up the step into the driver’s box. “Well, of course they are.” Jackaby climbed in after me. “He expected nothing less of them, and treated them accordingly. They were never given the option to be anything but exceptional.”

“the greatest figures in history are never the ones who avoid failure, but those who march chin-up through countless failures, one after the next, until they come upon the occasional victory.”

“Failure is not the opposite of success—it’s a part of it.

The only paths you can’t travel are the ones you block yourself—so don’t let the fear of failure stop you from trying in the first place.