Ransom Riggs, Hollow City
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"At the heart of nature’s mystery lies another mystery."
"I'd never asked what year it was here-1492? 1750?-though to the animals I guess it hardly mattered. This was a safe place apart from the world of people, and only in the world of people did the year make any difference."
"You may choose to live in a world of fantasy if you like, my dear, but I am a realist."
"Do you ever find yourself climbing into an open grave during a bombing raid..and wish you'd just stayed in bed?"
"She had maintained her strength in the face of all this for so long that we had come to take it for granted, but she wasn't bulletproof. She might've been peculiar but she was also human,"
"What I believe is that when it comes to big things in life, there are no accidents. Everything happens for a reason. You are here for a reason -- and it's not to fail and die."
"I'll never understand ninety-nine percent of humanity. - Enoch"
"At the heart of nature's mystery lies another mystery."
"A song and a smile from someone I cared about could be enough to distract me from all that darkness, if only for a little while."
"Destiny is for people in books about magical swords. It's a lot of crap."
"They were of the past, and the past always mend itself, no matter how me interfere."
"They were of the past, and the past always mends itself, no matter how me interfere."
"What if there's no town for fifty kilometers?" Said Enoch."The we'll walk for fifty-one kilometers. But I know we weren't blown that far off course."
"Which was just well: goodbyes had never been my strong suit anyway, and lately my life had felt like an unbroken series of them. Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye."
"By morning I was worn out. My limbs felt heavy as wood, my head cottony. I might've felt better if I hadn't slept at all."
"Maybe I could use a little metal on the inside, I thought. If I'd kept my heart better armored, where would I be now?Easy—I’d be at home, medicating myself into a monotone. Drowning my sorrows in video games. Working shifts at Smart Aid. Dying inside, day by day, from regret."
"I wanted to thank you," I said.She wrinkled her nose and squinted like I'd said something funny. "Thank me for what?" she said."You give me strength I didn't know I had,"; I said. "You make me better."