“FABLEHAVEN: None who enter will leave unchanged. Trespassers will be turned to stone.”

“When jumping is the sole option, you jump, and try to make it work.”

“Excruciating agony makes me cranky.”

“A crossbow? Pigeon asked.I left my battle-ax in my other jeans, the man said.”

“I like pancakes.”

“Could you just call me Pigeon? he asked the teacher when she read his name.Does your mother call you Pigeon?No.Then to me you are Paul....Nathan Sutter, the teacher read.My mother never calls me Na...”

“Rachel opened her mouth to respond, but the head cut her off.”

“Rolling flat onto his back, Drake shuddered. Then he inhaled deeply. He stared up at the night sky. "We're going to win," he said, his voice calmer, less strained. "This is nothing. Keep going. The...”

“And you came back to Lyrian?" Galloran said in disbelief."Believe it or not, I came through the same hippopotamus that brought me here the first time. Jumped into the tank on purpose. I wanted to k...”

“It was an emergency!" Seth blurted. "Read my lips - emergency reading - not some demented idea of fun. If I was starving, I would eat asparagus. If somebody held a gun to my head, I would watch a s...”

“Home should never be dark or full of shadows and secrets. It should be bright and full of open doors. It should be full of stories wanting to be told.”

“Suddenly, I can't move. I can't speak. I am set in stone, but it's a glorious chiseled sort of stone.”