“ The day that lay before (was) full of infinite possibilities, though in a million superficial ways it was identical to the day before. Ransom Riggs
“ When I was a kid, Granpa Portman's fantastic stories meant it was possible to live a magical life. Even after I stopped believing them, there was still something magical about my grandfather. To have… Ransom Riggs
“ 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. Ransom Riggs
“ Maybe," she said. "Maybe. But now you're making promises you might not be able to keep, and that's how people in love get very badly hurt. Ransom Riggs
“ I slammed out of the Priest Hole and started walking, heading nowhere in particular. Sometimes you just need to go through a door. Ransom Riggs
“ 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. Ransom Riggs
“ I knew there was something peculiar about you," she said. "And I mean that as the highest compliment." I'd always known I was strange. I never dreamed I was peculiar. Ransom Riggs
“ Right at the flamingo orgy! Left at the multiethnic roof Santas! Straight past the pissing cherubs! Ransom Riggs
“ An air of mystery closed around the details of his early life. I didn't pry. He had been through hell and had a right to his secrets. Ransom Riggs
“ Stars, too, were time travelers. How many of those ancient points of light were the last echoes of suns now dead? If all the suns but ours collapsed tonight, how many lifetimes would it take us to rea… Ransom Riggs
“ To have endured horrors, to have seen the worst of humanity and have your life made unrecognizable by it, to come out of all that honorable and brave— that was magical. Ransom Riggs
“ They worried that fantasies were somehow inoculating me against more practical realities. Ransom Riggs
“ I cried harder. I didn't want to, but I couldn't stop myself.I couldn't stop myself, so I thought about all the bad things and I fed it and fed it until I was crying so hard I had to gasp for breath b… Ransom Riggs
“ I wondered whether trusting him was merely unwise or if it crossed the line into recklessness, like lying down for a nap in the middle of a road. Ransom Riggs
“ I was quite possibly in the midst of losing my mind. I needed to get away from people until I figured out if I actually was losing my mind. Ransom Riggs
“ Though I imagine we're killing ourselves right now in all manner of ways that'll seem insane to people in the future. And as doors to the next world go, a bog ain't a bad choice. It's not quite water… Ransom Riggs
“ 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. Ransom Riggs
