“ 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, Ransom Riggs
“ Males lack the seriousness of temperament required of persons with such great responsibilities. Ransom Riggs
“ Do you ever find yourself climbing into an open grave during a bombing raid..and wish you'd just stayed in bed? Ransom Riggs
“ You may choose to live in a world of fantasy if you like, my dear, but I am a realist. Ransom Riggs
“ 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 m… Ransom Riggs
“ It seemed like my parents were always trying to get me to care about money, but I didn’t, really. Then again, it's easy to say you don't care about money when you have plenty of it. Ransom Riggs
“ You're upset, you're cold, and you're wet, wouldn't you rather discuss all this over a pot of hot tea?" Yes, but I wasn't going to say so. Ransom Riggs
“ Consider the simple hedgehog, and his neighbor, the opossum...do they waste their energy trying to throw one another into chasms when they face a common enemy, the winter? No! Ransom Riggs
“ But these weren't the kind of monsters that had tentacles and rotting skin, the kind a seven-year-old might be able to wrap his mind around--they were monsters with human faces, in crisp uniforms, mar… Ransom Riggs
“ Hugh and Fiona stood off to one side, their hands linked and foreheads touching, saying goodbye in their own quiet way. Finally, we'd all finished with Claire and were ready to go, but no one wanted t… Ransom Riggs
“ ..he had trampled her poor, pining heart, and the wound was still raw, even these many years later. Ransom Riggs
“ You Sure this is it?" I said. "It looks empty.""Empty? No way, there's loads of shit in there," worm replied Ransom Riggs
“ Have they built cities on the moon?" another boy asked hopefully."We left some garbage and a flag there in the sixties, but thats about it. Ransom Riggs
