Brandon Mull Quotes

FABLEHAVEN: None who enter will leave unchanged. Trespassers will be turned to stone.

~ Brandon Mull

When jumping is the sole option, you jump, and try to make it work.

~ Brandon Mull

Excruciating agony makes me cranky.

~ Brandon Mull

A crossbow?” Pigeon asked.I left my battle-ax in my other jeans,” the man said.

~ Brandon Mull

I like pancakes.

~ Brandon Mull

Could you just call me Pigeon?” he asked the teacher when she read his name.“Does your mother call you Pigeon?”“No.”“Then to me you are Paul.”...“Nathan Sutter,” the teacher read.“My mother never calls me Nathan.”“Is it Nate?”“She calls me Honeylips.

~ Brandon Mull

Are you her boyfriend?”...No, I’m her fiancé.” Nate said.We’ve been promised to each other since birth,” Summer added.Our wedding isn’t until March.

~ Brandon Mull

It was one thing to snuggle a little when the world seemed about to end, and quite another to explain to her parents that she wanted to date an ancient magical horse.

~ Brandon Mull

A lie twice believed is self decieved

~ Brandon Mull

He would have shaved the centaurs, dipped them in honey, covered them with feathers, and hung them up like a bunch of pinatas. I'm just saying. - Warren

~ Brandon Mull

An unread book does nobody any good. Stories happen in the mind of a reader, not among symbols printed on a page.

~ Brandon Mull

Can you see the power emotion has to distort out outlook? Makes you wonder, did you have a bad day, or did you make it a bad day?

~ Brandon Mull

Rachel opened her mouth to respond, but the head cut her off.

~ Brandon Mull

In some ways, it's easier to recognize your power when you're calm and untroubled than when you're distressed. Search out your talent in quiet moments. Don't push too hard. You've done it once. You can do it again.

~ Brandon Mull

Learn to recognize power in others. Become more conscious of your own power. It's there.

~ Brandon Mull

It's easy to make up weird stuff. It gets trickier when you want the weird stuff to be interesting and make sense.

~ Brandon Mull

Fantasy leaves imaginations larger than it finds them.

~ Brandon Mull

None of us start out strong ... And none of us have the exact same strengths.

~ Brandon Mull

You’re free to dream however you wish,” Nollin teased. “But don’t ask the rest of us to share your unrealistic—”“Then don’t ask us to share your weakness!” Jason interrupted.

~ Brandon Mull

...even misplaced faith can help us gain knowledge. We try to be smart about where we put our faith and we adjust as we learn more.

~ Brandon Mull

I find it a challenge to respect capable people who care only for their own interests.

~ Brandon Mull

Want a reliable road to emotional and spiritual suicide? Spend your life trying to fit in.

~ Brandon Mull

My father once admonished me to master the laws that govern fine writing until I could weave my words into worlds. If ever I accomplish that feat, I will sign my name to the tale.

~ Brandon Mull

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

Smart people learn from their mistakes. But the real sharp ones learn from the mistakes of others.

~ Brandon Mull

The good stupid is the brave kind. When there's a real reason behind. Bad stupid is everything else.

~ Brandon Mull

The man unwilling to brave the test has already shown himself to be much more craven than the man who fails.

~ Brandon Mull

What you call idiot points, I call awesome dollars. ~Seth

~ Brandon Mull

For anything worth accomplishing, we can always find reasons to doubt, just as we can also find reasons to proceed...I have chosen to side with faith and hope over doubt and despair.

~ Brandon Mull

...your mind was seizing on something to try to make sense of the emotion... Can you see the power emotion has to distort our outlook? Makes you wonder, did you have a bad day, or did you make it a bad day?

~ Brandon Mull

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

Everything with a beginning has an ending. Any magic that can be done, can be undone. Anything you can make, can be unmade.

~ Brandon Mull

Luck has a way of evaporating when you lean on it.

~ Brandon Mull

One eye is open to all truth, the other closed to all deception.

~ Brandon Mull

And you came back to Lyrian? Galloran said in disbelief.Believe it or not, I came through the same hippopotamus that brought me here the first time. Jumped into the tank on purpose. I wanted to keep others from wasting their time pursuing the Word. And I couldn't ditch Rachel.Galloran smiled. Truly, you are possessed by that species of madness that begets heroism.

~ Brandon Mull

The only furniture in the dank space was a flimsy cot. Water dripped steadily in one corner. A hole in the floor appeared to serve as a latrine. What most caught Kendra's eye were the messages scratched on the wall. She roamed the cell, reading the crudely inscribed phrases.Seth rules!Welcome to Seth's House.Seth rocks!Seth was here. Now it's your turn.Seth Sorenson forever.Enjoy the food!If you're reading this, you can read.All roads lead to Seth.Is it still dripping?Seth haunts these halls.You're in a Turkish prison!Seth is the man!Use the meal mats as toilet paper. And so forth.Cold, hopeless, and alone, Kendra found herself giggling at the messages her brother had scrawled. He must have been so bored!

~ Brandon Mull