“ I heard you laughing,' Jack said. He wanted to say something about the quality of that terrible laughter, but he did not know how to begin. So he said, ' I've never heard anyone laugh like you do. Isobelle Carmody
“ Mama, don't take him. We need him,' Jack whispered. 'Please. He will not forget you if you let him stay with us. He will love you for ever and every time he laughs, he will remember how you once laugh… Isobelle Carmody
“ Oh yes. It's open all right, but not many people come in here to look at me now so there's no point in selling tickets. No one is interested in a man who professes to be a monster. They'll give me not… Isobelle Carmody
“ If we know one thing from experience it is that oppression does not crush rebellion, no matter how it tries,' I told him. 'It breeds it anew with every tyrannical act. Isobelle Carmody
“ If human lives be,for their very brevity, sweet,then beast lives are sweeter still... Isobelle Carmody
“ At last, I came to the Lost Dog's Home which my map told me marked teh turnoff to Shelly Beach.You could hear some of the dogs barking, calling out for their owners to come and get them away from ther… Isobelle Carmody
“ Cracks especially. You have to be careful of the cracks.. Sometimes they are disguised as something else. A doorway, or a smile or even a winking eye. And if you fall through them, you never know were… Isobelle Carmody
“ You must not let me out,' it warned him gently, as it saw his eyes rest on the lock.'If you release me now that I know my nature, I could not help but unmake the enchantment of the mirrors. You see, t… Isobelle Carmody
“ Did you bite someone?' Jack enquired.'I laughed at people, which is much worse. My laughter has sharper teeth than any dog. It tears people apart who wish to be taken seriously, but I could not help m… Isobelle Carmody
“ That was what happened to laughter when you caged it. It became unbearably sad. It was worse than crying. Isobelle Carmody
“ Laughter is a powerful weapon for it carries the light. To laugh is to defy the darkness. Isobelle Carmody
“ Only humans think death is evil. But it is nature. Evil exist's only in life. There is much good and evil alloted to each life. Isobelle Carmody
“ True sorrows do not pass like clouds or inclement weather...Sorrows are absorbed over time, and you reshape yourself around them. How you absorb them makes you what you are for good or ill. I think th… Isobelle Carmody
“ Never trust a mirror,' his mother had told him. 'They never tell the truth unless you make them. Isobelle Carmody
“ Strength without compassion is soulless and cruel. Weakness, too, has its place, for it brings understanding. Isobelle Carmody
“ Many truths which are not believed are called lies,' the Laughing Beast said. 'Mirrors do not themselves lie unless they have been enchanted. Ordinary mirrors merely reflect what is revealed to them.… Isobelle Carmody
“ The deepest wounds aren't the ones we get from other people hurting us. They are the wounds we give ourselves when we hurt other people. Isobelle Carmody
