Quotes By Author: Ransom Riggs
“Ocorreu-me, ali de pé, simplesmente a respirar com ela, com o sossego a reinar à nossa volta, que aquelas bem podiam ser as duas palavras mais bonitas faladas em língua de gente. ‘Temos tempo.”
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“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.”
“What would Golan Do? That way I can ask myself before I do anything. Before I take a dump. How would Dr. Golan want me to take this dump? Should I bank it off the side or go straight down the middle? What would be the most psychologically beneficial dump I could take?”
“I didn’t know what to call it, what was happening between us, but I liked it. It felt silly and fragile and good.”
“Emma laughed darkly. “It’s a completely mad idea, I know. But my brain is a hope-making engine.””I’m so glad,” I said. “Mine is a worst-case-scenario generator.””We need each other, then.””Yes. But we already knew that, I think.”
“She moved to pinch me again but I blocked her hand. I’m no expert on girls, but when one tries to pinch you four times, I’m pretty sure that’s flirting.”
“I love you too, I wanted to say with as much hurtful sarcasm as I could muster, but she hadn’t seen me, and I kept quiet. I did love her, of course, but mostly just because loving your mother is mandatory, not because she’s someone I think I’d like very much if I met her walking down the street. Which she wouldn’t be anyway; walking is for poor people”
“At the heart of nature’s mystery lies another mystery.”
“Will you quit shouting and let me bleed in peace!”
“Millard! Who’s the prime minister?””Winston Churchill,” he said. “Have you gone daft?””What’s the capital of Burma?””Lord, I’ve no idea. Rangoon?””Good! When’s your birthday?””Will you quit shouting and let me bleed in peace!”
“…slow and drunk is no match for fast and scared shitless.”
“Strange, I thought, how you can be living your dreams and your nightmares at the very same time.”