Cleos > Cleos's Quotes

“All that sunlight. I'm used to only rain.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“I'm just me," Linus said, unsure of where this was going. "I don't know how to be anyone else but who I already am. This is how I've always been. It's not much, but I do the best I can with what I have.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“There are mysteries that may never be solved no matter how hard we try. And if we try too hard trying to solve them, we may miss what's right in front of us.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“Home is where you feel like yourself,” Ms. Chapelwhite said, and Linus could only agree. “It’s the same for us, isn’t it, children? Home is where we get to be who we are.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“He looked up at Linus. “I’m glad you’re here.” Linus was touched. “Thank you, Lucy—” “If the cannibals start chasing after us, they’ll see you first. We’re little, and you’ve got all that meat on your bones, so it’ll give us time to get away. Your forthcoming sacrifice is appreciated.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“Sometimes volume is needed to get through thick skulls.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“And I refuse to believe that a person’s path is set in stone. A person is more than where they come from.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“I know what she was or wasn’t,” Talia said lightly. “I’ve seen it before. It’s awful, but it’s not anything I’ve haven’t dealt with. But it’s funny, right?” Linus didn’t find anything about this to be humorous. “What is?” “That there’s so much hope even when it doesn’t seem like it.” He was gobsmacked. “How do you mean?” “The little girl. She wasn’t scared of me. She was nice. She didn’t care what I looked like. That means she can make up her own mind. Maybe that woman will tell her I’m bad. And maybe she’ll believe it. Or maybe she won’t believe it at all. Arthur told me that in order to change the minds of many, you have to first start with the minds of few. She’s just one person. But so is the lady.” Talia grinned.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“Arthur says that we should always make time for the things we like,” Talia said. “If we don’t, we might forget how to be happy.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“the world is a weird and wonderful place, but that doesn’t mean it’s not without its teeth. And it will bite you when you least expect it.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“And what happens when he grows up?” Charles asked. “What happens when he becomes a man? What if he decides this world isn’t what he wants it to be? You know who his father is.”
“I do,” Linus said. “His father is Arthur Parnassus. And he’s the best damn father Lucy has, and as far as I’m concerned, the only one.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“Hate is a waste of time. I’m far too busy to hate anything. I prefer it that way.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“I don't know why you can't see it."
"See what?"
"You. Everything you are.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“Are you Mr. Baker? If you are, we've been expecting you. If not, you're trespassing. And you should leave before I bury you here in my garden. No one would ever know because the roots would eat your entrails and bones. I think. I've never buried anyone before. It would be a learning experience for the both of us!”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“There’s a surface to you that’s hard but cracked. Dig a little deeper, and there is all this life teeming wildly. It’s a conundrum.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“These children are faced with nothing but preconceived notions about who they are. And they grow up to be adults who know only the same. You said it yourself: Lucy wasn’t who you expected him to be, which means you already had decided in your head what he was. How can we fight prejudice if we do nothing to change it? If we allow it to fester, what’s the point?”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“What a daft little bitch.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“Mr. Baker,” Lucy said sweetly. “Can I get you something to drink? Juice, perhaps? Tea?” He leaned forward and dropped his voice. “The blood of a baby born in a cemetery under a full moon?” “Lucy,” Mr. Parnassus warned. Lucy stared at Linus. “Whatever you want, I can give you,” he whispered.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“You must,” Lucy told him. “And if there are cannibals, yell back at us when they start to eat you so we know to run away.” “What if they eat my mouth first?” Lucy squinted up at him. “Um. Try not to let that happen?”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“Sounds like quite the existential crisis. Perhaps consider having it elsewhere.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“But I allow him to dream of such things because he’s a child, and who knows what the future will bring? Change often starts with the smallest of whispers. Like-minded people building it up to a roar.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“Hate is loud, but i think you'll learn it's because it's only a few people shouting, desperate to be heard.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“We all have our issues. I have a spare tire around my middle. His father is Satan. Nothing that can’t be worked out if we try hard enough.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“Calliope, a thing of evil, sat on the edge of his bed, black tail twitching as she watched him with bright green eyes. She started purring. In most cats, it would be a soothing sound. In Calliope, it indicated devious plotting involving nefarious deeds.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“I haven’t seen Lucy’s room. I haven’t asked. He has offered many times; once, he cornered me and whispered that I wouldn’t believe my eyes, but I don’t think I’m ready to see it yet. I will make sure to view it before I leave. If it is the last thing I do, my last will and testament has been filed with Human Resources. If enough of my remains exist, please see that they are cremated.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“All children, no matter their … disposition or what they’re capable of, must be protected regardless of the cost.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“I like being round,” Talia announced. “It means there’s more of me to love.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“Arthur pulled into a car lot reserved for those headed to the beach. Since it was the off-season, it was mostly empty, and there was no one in the pay booth, which had been shuttered. He pulled into the first free space and turned off the van. “Children,” he said mildly. “Please exit the vehicle and buddy up.” A herd of charging, heavily pregnant rhinoceroses would have been quieter than the children were at that moment.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“I don’t know why you don’t just
kiss him and get it over with.
Adults are so dumb.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“Big man is right," J-Bone said, coming up behind them. ‘People suck, but sometimes, they should just drown in their own suckage without our help.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea