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“I jokingly covered my ears and went on, "There's a lobster on my ceiling and I keep having nightmares..."
"You what?!" Dad said.
Nigel waved him off and quickly continued in a lilting sing-song, "The coin machines are broken and toys are all for free because the people don't follow any rules.”
― Kassie Angle, Stop the Rain: Never Leave a Fallen Comrade

“He smiled. "You were still the one who said it. And you were right about something else too--God does give us more than we can handle," and in unintentional unison he and I finished, "on purpose.”
― Kassie Angle, O to be Like Thee: How Deep Love Runs

“Poor empty pants
With nobody inside them.”
― Dr. Seuss

“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells.”
― Dr Suess

“Being crazy isn't enough.”
― Dr. Seuss

“Are you alright?” Ella asked.
“Yeah, I guess my feet didn’t get the memo that I was planning on using them today,” Hunter huffed. “I could have sworn that I told them that this morning.”
― P.D. Atkerson, They Call Her Ella

“Until you showed up, I thought we were going to have some fun. Maybe play some games, throw a party, break into a top security building and take selfies? You pick, though I’m leaning toward the latter. I’d love to see the inside of the Pentagon.”
― P.D. Atkerson, Phantom Thief

“Billions of bilious blue blistering barnacles in a thundering typhoon!”
― Herge

“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

“I smiled and acted like I was supposed to be there. It was amazing how much people assumed by a simple glance. An outfit, an expression, a tone of voice. Anyone could pretend to be anything.
Today, I was a rich girl.”
― Libby May, Dewdrops and Butterflies

“You think I’m just imagination? Just imagination?” “What else can you be?” said Mr. Thomas Marvel, rubbing the back of his neck. “Very well,” said the Voice, in a tone of relief. “Then I’m going to throw flints at you till you think differently.”
― H.G. Wells, The Invisible Man

“There’s a whole psychological reason for those cartoons about good against evil. We have "Superman" and all those other hero people, so that we can go out into life and try to be something. I’ve got most of Disney’s animated movies on video-tapes, and when we watch them. Oh, I could just eat it, eat it. […] Jimmy Cricket, Pinocchio, Mickey Mouse – these are world-known characters. Some of the greatest political figures have come to the United States to meet them.”
― Michael Jackson

“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.”
― Dr. Seuss

“That reaction is totally uncalled for. When have I ever had a bad idea?”

“Would you prefer the list in writing or verbally?”
― Madisyn Carlin, Crown

“You have that expression again.”
“What expression?”
“The one indicating you’re plotting someone’s demise.”
― Madisyn Carlin, Iron

“After a week or so, Puzzle and Jake have clearly got it. Door now means 'the-closest-exit-outside-no-matter-where-we-are." Door also means "and-make-sure-the-human-gets-there-too." I feel a little bad about the Poms, the tragic little overlooked, underestimated Poms, and now that Jake and Puz seem assured about the command, I decide to invite any Pomeranian that wants in on the action to have a go.

We'll have a little fun. "Door," I say in my bedroom, armed with a pocketful of treats. Jake and Puzzle race to the back door and sit, and I follow them readily, but the Poms at first follow me, because I have the treats. I start with them the way I started with Jake and Puzzle. Door means a treat when you get there, not before. A couple of them (Jack and Smokey) figure it out quickly and are happy to run to the door and sit for a treat. On of them (Mr. Sprits'l) would rather scold me from ankle level all the way there. One of them (Mizzen) is a natural. She races to the door and back to me again, there and back to me again, there and back. Hoor! she says, tap-dancing across the wood. She can get to the door and seems to know what the word means, but it's all so exciting she can hardly contain herself. Hoor! Here's the door! Aren't you here yet? Hoor! Let me come back to you! Hey! Look! Over here! Hoor! Here's the door! She is thrilled with Door. She is thrilled with the knowing. She is thrilled with the treats. Mizzen-monkey makes me a little dizzy.”
― Susannah Charleson, The Possibility Dogs: What a Handful of "Unadoptables" Taught Me About Service, Hope, and Healing

“Good Morning!" said Bilbo, and he meant it. The sun was shining, and the grass was very green. But Gandalf looked at him from under long bushy eyebrows that stuck out further than the brim of his shady hat.

"What do you mean?" he said. "Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?"

"All of them at once," said Bilbo. "And a very fine morning for a pipe of tobacco out of doors, into the bargain.

...

"Good morning!" he said at last. "We don't want any adventures here, thank you! You might try over The Hill or across The Water." By this he meant that the conversation was at an end.
"What a lot of things you do use Good morning for!" said Gandalf. "Now you mean that you want to get rid of me, and that it won't be good till I move off.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

“A feeling of unease settled over Derek as he glanced between the two young agents. “If the White House doesn’t control you, who exactly do you take orders from?”

“God,” was Peter’s quick response, then there was a pause and he grimaced. “And my dad.”
― P.D. Atkerson, Web of Lies

“You were created for more than to bear the weight of your shadows- but you have to choose to no longer let them define you. You have to choose to let the light shine through the shattered pieces.” – Tiger Lilly”
― Kara Swanson, Dust

“The stars shine brightest in the darkness, Claire. Pixie dust chases back the shadows. Maybe that’s it— maybe that’s what the shadows are all about. Finding the light through them, and…” he tilts his head back. “We all have our shadows to fight, but maybe that’s so we can grow stronger.” - Peter”
― Kara Swanson, Dust

“Then maybe growing up doesn’t always mean carving out the magic from your soul. Maybe — just maybe — growing up can be a way of letting your dreams expand, like a falling star becoming a magical island resting in the middle of a galaxy.
Maybe growing up isn’t letting you soul die but entering another adventure. -Peter”
― Kara Swanson, Dust

“A girl of stardust and shadow, who chooses to let light heal the broken pieces.”
― Kara Swanson, Dust

“The light is far brighter than the darkness. Don’t forget that.”
― Kara Swanson, Dust

“You won't save them with a blade. You can't heal a wound by making one.”
― Kara Swanson, Shadow

“And most of all, for me, for the girl who believed she was broken but couldn’t see the beauty shining inside. For the person the creator of the stars made me to be.
‘I choose light’ - Claire”
― Kara Swanson

“You were created for more than to bear the weight of your shadows - but you have to choose to no longer let them define you. You have to choose to let the light shine through the shattered pieces.”
― Kara Swanson, Dust

“I will remind the island of dreams and wonder and magic just what it means to rise past the shadows and chase after the stars.”
― Kara Swanson, Dust

“The sky is yours, Pixie-Girl.” - Peter”
― Kara Swanson, Dust

“Just stop thinking about it. No one is even noticing. If I can fade away, no one gets hurt. Except for my heart, growing a bit colder, more calloused. Loss of human interaction can steal the warmth before you've realized the ice of isolation is skimming your skin.”
― Kara Swanson, Dust

“you may be the boy who lost almost everything because of his mistakes and the brokenness of other people that he couldn't control, but you are also the boy who chose not to run. Who returned to his broken Never Never Land and had fought to bring light to this place, even when the shadows nearly drowned it all. You love Neverland more than anyone could, and I love you for it.”
― Kara Swanson, Shadow