“The wood-nymph instructors left me in the dust. They told me not to worry about it. They’d had centuries of practice running away from lovesick gods. But still, it was a little humiliating to be slower than a tree” – The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (p. 107).
Miramax Books, 2005. ISBN: 978-078683865-3
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“Poultry in motion is a beautiful thing” – “Phildelphia Chickens” from Philadelphia Chickens by Sandra Boynton (p. 47).
Workman Publishing, 2002.
ISBN: 978-0-7611-2636-2
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“Anyone can make an error, Ensign. But that error doesn’t become a mistake until you refuse to correct it” – Grand Admiral Thrawn, Star Wars: Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn (p. 185).
Bantam Books, 1991. ISBN: 0-553-29612-4
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“Oxygen is power!” – Frankie, Hank Zipzer: Niagara Falls, or Does It? by Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver (p. 2).
Grosset & Dunlap, 2006. ISBN: 978-0-448-43162-8
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“Truth which lacks pity is a cruel thing, and where there is cruelty there can be no beauty” – the Bishop, The Sword of the Spirits by John Christopher, p. 57.
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“I don’t care what you’ve been through. You let fear pull your strings, decide what you do … you’re as much a prisoner as anyone here.” – Juggernaut, Avengers Academy #3
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Ramadar bowed deeply. “Your will is my command, oh mighty mage.” He continued with a fancy arm flourish and muttered under his breath. “So long as your coin holds out and you don’t do anything too stupid.” (p. 63)
Healing Magic by Cindy Davis and John Richters, 2009. L & L Dreamspell
ISBN: 978-1-60318-092-4
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There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it.
C. S. Lewis The Voyage of the “Dawn Treader,” p. 1.
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“Don’t judge a man’s quality by his position in life” – Halt, Ranger’s Apprentice Book One: The Ruins of Gorlan (p. 246)
John Flanagan, Ranger’s Apprentice, Book One: The Ruins of Gorlan. Puffin Books, 2005. ISBN: 978-0-14-240663-2
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(Specially chosen in honor of my brother’s birthday.)
From The Final Reflection by John M. Ford:
“He understands that the Klingon who comes as a friend will always be thought a liar.” (p. 225)
Star Trek: The Final Reflection by John M. Ford, Pocket Books
(c) 1984 Paramount Pictures
ISBN: 0-671-70764-7
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