Tales of the Peculiar Quotes

“In other words, being born with a certain ability does not mean we are obliged to use it, and in rare cases, we are obliged not to. All”
― Ransom Riggs, Tales of the Peculiar

“So please enjoy these Tales—before a crackling fire on a chilly night, ideally,”
― Ransom Riggs, Tales of the Peculiar

“Perhaps she was born in the wrong body.”
― Ransom Riggs, Tales of the Peculiar

“there are some talents that are simply too complex and dangerous to use, and are better left alone. In other words, being born with a certain ability does not mean we are obliged to use it, and in rare cases, we are obliged not to.”
― Ransom Riggs, Tales of the Peculiar

“But they never did. And he was still crying when his throat turned to stone like the rest of him.”
― Ransom Riggs, Tales of the Peculiar

“There were more like her, which meant that—perhaps—peculiar society could be made a safer, saner place, no longer ruled by the shortsighted whims of prideful men.”
― Ransom Riggs, Tales of the Peculiar

“All the love he had unwisely allowed to blossom inside him had turned to bitterness, and now that it was there, lodged in him like a gallstone, he didn’t know how to get rid of it.”
― Ransom Riggs, Tales of the Peculiar

“You can’t force people to be friends with you—not even dead people.”
― Ransom Riggs, Tales of the Peculiar

“She lived to the ripe and happy age of one hundred and fifty-seven. For all those years she and Englebert shared a house (but never a room), for they loved each other in a steady, companionable way.”
― Ransom Riggs, Tales of the Peculiar

“feast.”
― Ransom Riggs, Tales of the Peculiar

“chefs”
― Ransom Riggs, Tales of the Peculiar

“to Ymeene—it was her loop, after all—and she wouldn’t hear of turning people away, even though”
― Ransom Riggs, Tales of the Peculiar

“atender un asunto urgente.”
― Ransom Riggs, Cuentos extraños para niños peculiares