Island of Silence Quotes

“I want to tell you a story, Alex."
Alex nibbled on his bottom lip, waiting. Wondering now if Mr. Today really understood that Alex was turning him down.
"Simber." The old mage said.
Alex automatically turned to the door, expecting to see the beast.
Mr. Today shook his head. "No, he's not hear. Simber was my first creation. Before there was Artime, there was Simber.”
― Lisa McMann, Island of Silence

“Whatever problems you may face, you must know this: I do believe in you.”
― Lisa McMann, Island of Silence

“I am alrrready herrre forrr you, Alex. Wheneverrr you need me, as long as you need me. And even longerrr,” he said. “It is my duty. But it’s also my pleasurrre.”
― Lisa McMann, Island of Silence

“There will always be times we struggle, make bad decisions, even fail. What's important is not that we fail, but that we learn and grow. And that we know that there is always someone out there who believes in us.”
― Lisa McMann, Island of Silence

“We’re awesome,” he said finally. “I’m smiling because we are awesome.”
― Lisa McMann, Island of Silence

“Library? Yes!”
― Lisa McMann, Island of Silence

“To understand the rules, one must first break the rules,”
― Lisa McMann, Island of Silence

“There is a natural path to success, Aaron. But you’re too angry and bitter to follow it.” He held his arms obediently behind his back for Liam. “You just flail around stubbornly in the brush alongside it, angry with the world for not making the path exactly where you wish to walk.”
― Lisa McMann, Island of Silence

“These items make up my existence. The library tells my story, the mastodon my mistakes, the ship my discoveries and my abilities to make old things new without magic, and the whale...my limitations, I suppose.”
― Lisa McMann, Island of Silence

“But Mr. Today, what if I don’t want to have a lifelong battle with my brother?”
― Lisa McMann, Island of Silence

“There will always be times we struggle, make bad decisions, even fail. What’s important is not that we fail, but that we learn and grow. And that we know that there is always someone out there who believes in us.”
― Lisa McMann, Island of Silence

“Nobody takes that boat out forrr months, and now all of a sudden everrrybody needs it.” Alex”
― Lisa McMann, Island of Silence

“But everything came flooding back too fast. Meghan was still unconscious, Sam and Lani were still missing, Simber was still at the bottom of the ocean, and Mr. Today”
― Lisa McMann, Island of Silence

“angry with the world for not making the path exactly where you wish to walk”
― Lisa McMann, Island of Silence

“When he awoke, it was a bright new day. But everything came flooding back too fast. Meghan was still unconscious, Sam and Lani were still missing, Simber was still at the bottom of the ocean, and Mr. Today was still dead.”
― Lisa McMann, Island of Silence

“he had to admit getting to hang around with two creative, smart, talented girls on a beautiful beach was not his idea of a bad time at all.”
― Lisa McMann, Island of Silence

“I am alrrready herrre forrr you, Alex. Wheneverrr you need me, as long as you need me. And even longerrr,” he said. “It is my duty. But it’s also my pleasurrre”
― Lisa McMann, Island of Silence

“I will follow your wishes for the sake of my family,” he said with utmost dignity. And then, unable to contain himself, he added, “Aaron, you truly have some redeeming qualities, but they are growing more invisible at each passing day.”
― Lisa McMann, Island of Silence

“I will follow your wishes for the sake of my family,” he said with utmost dignity. And then, unable to contain himself, he added, “Aaron, you truly have some redeeming qualities, but they are growing”
― Lisa McMann, Island of Silence

“Alex came up with what he thought were the perfectly grown-up words to say. He released the embrace and looked at the mage. “I hope you find everything you are looking for, sir. Thank you for believing in me.” He smiled, and some of his jitters went away.”
― Lisa McMann, Island of Silence

“To understand the rules, one must first break the rules,” he said wisely.”
― Lisa McMann, Island of Silence

“open, looking for any flash of color, any sign of Meghan. It was dark down there, and mentally he scrambled for all of the possible spells he could use to help him in a situation like this, but he could think of none. Even his origami dragons would be of no use now to light up the night, for they were a sopping wet mess in his component vest pocket. Desperately he searched for Meghan, waving his hands around through the water. His lungs felt like they were going to burst. He came up for air and whipped his head around, looking for any sign of her, but there was nothing. Then down he went again. Please! he screamed in his mind, thinking of Lani and Samheed. I can’t lose everyone. That thought nearly made him break apart, but it also gave him the strength to dive deeper, to search harder. He surfaced once more, panting, and looked everywhere. Only the boat, upright again and drifting toward the shore, was visible. He knew there was no time to waste. He sucked in an enormous breath and down he went a third time, deeper, farther, until his ears ached and popped. He strained to reach anything he could touch in the murky water. Just when he was about to give up he kicked his feet, and his toes got tangled up in something. It was hair. He turned sharply and reached for her hair, grasping it with his hand, and yanked as hard as he could, rushing, kicking, with all of his might, pulling her up alongside him and then pushing her above him to the surface. When they broke through, Alex gasped and sucked in air, flipping on his back and holding Meghan tightly to his chest, trying to float, and unable to do another thing until he had replenished his oxygen stores. He squeezed Meghan’s stomach and started kicking toward the shore. “Breathe!” he cried. And then, between ragged breaths, he chanted to keep himself focused. “Breathe. Please breathe.” Meghan choked and silently coughed up water. She took a raking breath in and coughed some more. “Come on,” Alex said. “Breathe! That’s it!” Meghan struggled. The sharp thorns around her neck cut into Alex’s chest like lethal scatterclips hitting their mark, but he couldn’t do anything to adjust his pain or hers right now. Waves constantly washed over their faces, causing them to feel like they were drowning over and over again. “Come on, now,” Alex said again, barely whispering. “We’re going to make it. We’re going to make it.” He put”
― Lisa McMann, Island of Silence

“most of them in the library. As for the room size, it’s magic”
― Lisa McMann, Island of Silence

“Good grief,”
― Lisa McMann, Island of Silence

“two creative, smart, talented girls on a beautiful beach was not his idea of a bad time at all.”
― Lisa McMann, Island of Silence

“It was because he was, to put it boldly, quite amazingly good at fighting.”
― Lisa McMann, Island of Silence

“His eyes were warm and they glinted in the moonlight. “I am alrrready herrre forrr you, Alex. Wheneverrr you need me, as long as you need me. And even longerrr,” he said. “It is my duty. But it’s also my pleasurrre.”
― Lisa McMann, Island of Silence

“Younger people learn faster and are able to retain more information in their brains,”
― Lisa McMann, Island of Silence

“problems”
― Lisa McMann, Island of Silence

“quite amazingly good”
― Lisa McMann, Island of Silence