Tunnel of Bones Quotes

“What you can't see is always scarier than what you can. Your eyes play tricks on you, filling in the shadows, making shapes.”
― Victoria Schwab, Tunnel of Bones

“You are my best friend.
In life. In death.
And everything in between.”
― Victoria Schwab, Tunnel of Bones

“He seems happier, lighter, after sharing his story. I feel a little heavier after hearing it, but that's okay. That's how friendship works. You learn to share the weight.”
― Victoria Schwab, Tunnel of Bones

“It's hard to believe in ghosts, until you see one, and then it's hard not to.”
― Victoria Schwab, Tunnel of Bones

“But it's easy not to care what other people think when none of them can see you.”
― Victoria Schwab, Tunnel of Bones

“It's important to take care of the past. To revisit it, to study and learn. Understanding the past helps us move through the present and discover the future.”
― Victoria Schwab, Tunnel of Bones

“Language is the most valuable currency.”
― Victoria Schwab, Tunnel of Bones

“Maybe is a rope in a hole, or the key to a door. Maybe is how you find the way out.”
― Victoria Schwab, Tunnel of Bones

“The Blake family: two parents, a ghost-seeing girl, her dead best friend, and a rather unhappy cat.”
― Victoria Schwab, Tunnel of Bones

“First comes mischief, then comes menace, then mayhem.
The more trouble poltergeists cause, the more powerful they get.”
― Victoria Schwab, Tunnel of Bones

“Calling the Tuileries a garden is like calling Hogwarts a school.”
― Victoria Schwab, Tunnel of Bones

“You are my best friend. In life. In death. And everything in between.”
― Victoria Schwab, Tunnel of Bones

“Here, ghosty ghosty,' calls Jacob.”
― Victoria Schwab, Tunnel of Bones

“Maybe is a match in the dark.”
― Victoria Schwab, Tunnel of Bones

“I’ve only ever known Jacob the Ghost. What that really means is that I’ve only known Jacob from the point when he entered my story. I didn’t think so much about the fact that he had a story of his own. A whole life, short as it was, before we got tangled up, before he became my best friend.”
― Victoria Schwab, Tunnel of Bones

“Thomas Alain Laurent has officially made his way to mayhem.”
― Victoria Schwab, Tunnel of Bones

“Thomas isn't my problem anymore.
He's everyone's.”
― Victoria Schwab, Tunnel of Bones

“My parents don't follow fairy tales.
They follow ghost stories.”
― Victoria Schwab, Tunnel of Bones

“Your name is Jacob Ellis Hale, I think. You were born in Strathclyde, New York. Two and half years ago you dove into the river, and last year, you pulled me out.
You are my best friend.
In life. In death.
And everything in between.”
― Victoria Schwab, Tunnel of Bones

“He seems happier, lighter, after sharing his story. I feel a little heavier after hearing it, but that’s okay. That’s how friendship works. You learn to share the weight.”
― Victoria Schwab, Tunnel of Bones

“Belief is not a blanket, Cassidy. It doesn’t cover everything. Forgive me. There’s a big difference between believing in the supernatural in the general sense and believing the twelve-year-old girl you’re escorting across Paris is a ghost hunter with a dead sidekick.”
― Victoria Schwab, Tunnel of Bones

“Do you want to hear a story?” she says, her voice soft and sweet and creepy. And just like that, we all shuffle closer. Mom has always had that power over people, always been the kind of storyteller who makes her listeners lean in.”
― Victoria Schwab, Tunnel of Bones

“It’s important to take care of the past,” muses Dad as we walk between exhibits. “To revisit it, to study and learn. Understanding the past helps us move through the present and discover the future.”
― Victoria Schwab, Tunnel of Bones

“History is history. It is past. And private.'
With that, she shuts the door in my face.”
― Victoria Schwab, Tunnel of Bones

“Sometimes, even psychic ghost best friends have secrets.”
― Victoria Schwab, Tunnel of Bones

“Here, dear daughter,' says Mom, offering me the crêpe. 'Educate yourself.”
― Victoria Schwab, Tunnel of Bones

“I feel like I've stepped into Alice in Wonderland.”
― Victoria Schwab, Tunnel of Bones

“Don't let looks fool you, Cass. Paris is brimming with ghost stories.”
― Victoria Schwab, Tunnel of Bones

“Some places just scream haunted ... but this isn't one of them.”
― Victoria Schwab, Tunnel of Bones

“We let our hands linger, one above the other. The closest we can get to comfort.”
― Victoria Schwab, Tunnel of Bones