Imagineer Quotes

“I respected people who had it all together. But the people who stumbled into school looking like they’d gotten attacked by an angry flock of birds? Those were my people.”
― Honor Raconteur, Imagineer

“I might have accidentally converted most of the clan to Mongolian metal music. Ooops. Sorry, not sorry.”
― Honor Raconteur, Imagineer

“Of course he could laugh. He didn’t have to clean up the army of plastic ducks I’d somehow conjured in my sleep. I mean, really. Five hundred ducks? What on earth had I been dreaming about?!”
― Honor Raconteur, Imagineer

“One of the first things the Imagineers had done when shutting down the portal system was remove all the guides and maps they could find to prevent people from using it.”
― Honor Raconteur, Imagineer

“I pulled up YouTube and went with the most empowering song I could think of: The Hu’s Wolf Totem. Mongolian metal music might seem an odd choice, but it was a fight song and I needed that.”
― Honor Raconteur, Imagineer

“Of course the veil is thin here,” Eleonora retorted, face scrunching up with exasperation. She sat cross-legged near the fire, the closest one to it, as if cold. “It’s thin everywhere. Who ever heard of a thick veil? There’s a reason why they don’t call it ‘the down comforter between worlds.”
― Honor Raconteur, Imagineer

“I tried swatting at the hand, grumbling and snuggling harder into my pillow. “Nyet, now,” Zoya demanded, shaking harder. Error 10534: Message not comprehended. Recipient too jet-lagged to think. Brain buffering.”
― Honor Raconteur, Imagineer

“His logic was, as ever, self-serving but I felt resigned to that at this point. I hoped because of this, I’d at least be able to have an honest connection with him later.”
― Honor Raconteur, Imagineer

“I hoped, I prayed, that for once in my life he didn’t choose ignorance. For once, I wanted him to choose to see me with eyes wide open.”
― Honor Raconteur, Imagineer

“I always told myself my parents loved me. Maybe they do, in their very selfish ways. But they should never have left me alone.” “No,” Zoya agreed gently. A tremor of anger threaded through her words, hard and crisp. “How long have you lived by yourself?” “Since I was fourteen.”
― Honor Raconteur, Imagineer

“I stretched my mouth in a parody of a grin and shrugged. My mouth regularly betrayed me. It was a thing. I didn’t even question it anymore.”
― Honor Raconteur, Imagineer

“As you grow older, you’ll discover that the world is full of people who tell you ‘you can’t.’ Imagineers fight a constant battle to not listen to those voices, but I think we all succumb to it at some point.”
― Honor Raconteur, Imagineer

“I let him go, lingering in my satisfaction. The man who says it can’t be done really shouldn’t interrupt the woman doing it. (Another of Nana’s phrases.)”
― Honor Raconteur, Imagineer

“Ahhh. Someone had put yet another ward around the tent to keep out dirt and bugs. They were not messing around with pest control here.”
― Honor Raconteur, Imagineer

“It’d only reinforced that nothing I did was of interest to them. And while it was part of it, their response on top of Tabitha’s was too much. Years of loneliness, of feeling unwanted, of knowing the person I was would never be enough, ripped through me all at once.”
― Honor Raconteur, Imagineer

“It was easier to confide it to her, and I carefully didn’t look at Ciarán as I answered. “I’ve never been enough. No one chooses me for real.” Ciarán hissed out a denial. “Not true!” “Kiddo,” Nana said, expression pinched, “it’s not true. I know your parents make you think so, but it really isn’t.”
― Honor Raconteur, Imagineer

“A lot of it will quite likely be repetitive, but the more information we have, the better.”
― Honor Raconteur, Imagineer

“Really?” Falling into step with me, he asked in exasperation, “You save our clan from a massacre, and that’s what you want for a reward? Pizza?” “With pineapple on top.”
― Honor Raconteur, Imagineer

“I could use about eighteen hours of sleep. You know what, I could totally go for a light coma right now. Unfortunately, I couldn’t collapse just yet.”
― Honor Raconteur, Imagineer

“In order to follow their example, they’d have to be around to set one. And besides, I’m surrounded by incredible, magical things on a regular basis now. I can’t imagine getting immune to it.”
― Honor Raconteur, Imagineer

“I listened to her but it grated, that Nana had more outings and memories with my mother than I did. I tried to shake off the feeling; it wasn’t a happy one.”
― Honor Raconteur, Imagineer

“It didn’t leave him room for anything else.” Not even me? I didn’t dare ask it, although I had a feeling the words said themselves. I couldn’t reconcile this image she painted of my father with the man I knew. But I barely knew the man, really. I saw him so rarely, even while growing up. Honestly, my parents saw each other so infrequently I was amazed they’d stayed married to each other. Or maybe they’d stayed married because they didn’t see each other often? I could never quite figure that one out.”
― Honor Raconteur, Imagineer

“It was like a walking black hole of hunger and rage. “That sounds about as fun as a barrel full of monkeys with Ebola and I’m going to say a big No Thank You to that.”
― Honor Raconteur, Imagineer

“I swear, he was just like what I imagined an older brother to be. Some days he was sweet. Some days I wanted to murder him. Some days it was a toss-up.”
― Honor Raconteur, Imagineer

“I lay there, still pinned, and I almost didn’t ask, but curiosity got the better of me. “I’m just checking. I mean, I could be wrong, but…did he just stab the duck with a sword?”
― Honor Raconteur, Imagineer

“Didn’t you create it?” “Cut me some slack, I did it in my sleep!” I must have, because there was absolutely NO reason why I wanted a giant blowup duck in my room. Or outside my room. Read that as anywhere, okay?”
― Honor Raconteur, Imagineer

“he asked with a pointed look at the clock, “Why are you drinking caffeine at 10 p.m.?” “Time is an illusion. Once you realize that, you can transcend, and live in bliss.”
― Honor Raconteur, Imagineer

“Let me just say this: Heart of Darkness? Creeeepy. I lived with mythological creatures who would dismember enemies and cheerfully chuck them into a stewpot, and still. Creepy.”
― Honor Raconteur, Imagineer

“And what did you learn tonight?” “Beware of trees,” I answered fervently.”
― Honor Raconteur, Imagineer

“I loved it when she used American slang. Mostly because she used the wrong era of slang.”
― Honor Raconteur, Imagineer