Fablehaven Quotes

“Smart people learn from their mistakes. But the real sharp ones learn from the mistakes of others.”
― Brandon Mull, Fablehaven

“Drink the milk.”
― Brandon Mull, Fablehaven

“The curse of mortality. You spend the first portion of your life learning, growing stronger, more capable. And then, through no fault of your own, your body begins to fail. You regress. Strong limbs become feeble, keen senses grow dull, hardy constitutions deteriorate. Beauty withers. Organs quit. You remember yourself in your prime, and wonder where that person went. As your wisdom and experience are peaking, your traitorous body becomes a prison.”
― Brandon Mull, Fablehaven

“What'll you do if you can't find a way to cure him?" Seth asked.
Dale paused. "I'll never know that day has come, because I'll never stop trying.”
― Brandon Mull, Fablehaven

“Imagination can take you Places....READ”
― Brandon Mull, Fablehaven

“break the rules pay the price”
― Brandon Mull, Fablehaven

“Let's worry about fixing the problem instead of the blame.”
― Brandon Mull, Fablehaven

“Hours of crisis often call for sacrifice. In matters of consequence, when have doubt and fear given the best advice? Why not heed faith, courage, and honor?”
― Brandon Mull, Fablehaven

“The surprise is on the far side."
"You're sure?"
"Positive."
"It better not be another fairy," Seth said.
"What's the matter with fairies?"
"I've already seen about a billion of them and also they turned me into a walrus.”
― Brandon Mull, Fablehaven

“The baby dove into the room, transforming grotesquely as it landed on the floorin a deft sumersault”
― Brandon Mull, Fablehaven

“Agreements. Specifically, a treaty ratified by all the orders of whimsical like forms who dwell here that affords a measure of security for mortal caretakers. In a world where mortal man has become the dominant force, most creatures of enchantment have fled to refuges like this one.”
― Brandon Mull, Fablehaven

“In their youth, mortals behave more like nymphs. Adulthood seems impossibly distant, let alone the enfeeblement of old age. But ponderously, inevitably, it overtakes you.”
― Brandon Mull, Fablehaven

“A bar of gold means much more to a pauper than to a king”
― Brandon Mull, Fablehaven

“Evil likes darkness.” “Why is that?” Seth asked. Grandma thought about the question a moment before answering. “Because evil likes to hide.”
― Brandon Mull, Fablehaven

“Sometimes powerful magic is accomplished by simple means.”
― Brandon Mull, Fablehaven

“No mythology or religion that I know of holds all the answers. Most religions are based on truths, but they are also polluted by the philosophies and imaginations of men.”
― Brandon Mull, Fablehaven

“Smart people learn from their mistakes. But the real sharp ones learn from the mistakes of others. Don’t pout; you’re about to see something impressive. And it won’t even give you nightmares.”
― Brandon Mull, Fablehaven

“If you go where you do not belong, you could open the door to vicious retribution from powerful enemies.”
― Brandon Mull, Fablehaven

“Kendra stared out the side window of the SUV, watching foliage blur past. When the flurry of motion became too much, she looked up ahead and fixed her gaze on a particular tree, following it as it slowly approached, streaked past, and then gradually receded behind her. Was life like that? You could look ahead to the future or back at the past, but the present moved too quickly to absorb. Maybe sometimes. Not today. Today they were driving along an endless two-lane highway through the forested hills of Connecticut.”
― Brandon Mull, Fablehaven

“Unless the punishments are enforced, rules lose all their power.”
― Brandon Mull, Fablehaven

“A man with a brave tongue should support his words with courageous actions.”
― Brandon Mull, Fablehaven

“Sometimes good people grow weary of society.”
― Brandon Mull, Fablehaven

“Kendra, nice to meet you, may you find less happiness than you deserve. Dale, you are as mute as your brother, and nearly as pale. Seth, please have another mishap soon. Stan, you lack the wit of an orangutan, bless your soul. Do not be strangers.”
― Brandon Mull, Fablehaven

“Was the anticipation worse than the event itself? At”
― Brandon Mull, Fablehaven

“Why would you go and ruin a perfectly good steak with ketchup?”
― Brandon Mull, Fablehaven

“Wise people learn from their mistakes, but wiser people learn from others.”
― Brandon Mull, Fablehaven

“We weren’t quite immortal. We did not age, so I suppose some of our kind could endure forever, if lakes and rivers last forever. Difficult to say. We did not really live, not like mortals. We dreamed.”
― Brandon Mull, Fablehaven

“The fundamental premises of the law are mischief for mischief, magic for magic, violence for violence.”
― Brandon Mull, Fablehaven

“Ticks are everywhere. Same with poison ivy. If people let that stop them, nobody would ever go anywhere.”
― Brandon Mull, Fablehaven

“Toys are meant to be played with. Do your best to keep them in decent shape, and that will be good enough.”
― Brandon Mull, Fablehaven