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Hours of crisis often call for sacrifice. In matters of consequence, when have doubt and fear given the best advice? Why not heed faith, courage, and honor?
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Brandon Mull |
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Causes have a way of tainting your reason until a person takes much bigger risks than sanity would otherwise allow.
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Brandon Mull |
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74dfa0f
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Sometimes the best offense was avoiding self-destruction.
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Brandon Mull |
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a81a8d8
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Hard to call it a party without sardines.
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sardines
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Brandon Mull |
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6f58afa
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This surpassed the fear of death. Death would be a mercy if it would make the feeling stop, the uncontrollable panic mingling with the mind-scrambling certainty of something sinister approaching, something with no need to hurry, something that would not be so kind as to let him die. The fear was palpable, suffocating, irresistible.
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Brandon Mull |
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8695d32
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False humility is more insulting than open pride!
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Brandon Mull |
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bb17e77
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Seth hustled over. "What's the password?" "Passwords are for sissies," Warren's muffled voice responded. "Works for me," Seth said, unlocking the door and opening it."
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warren-burgess
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Brandon Mull |
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e2ab1fc
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ROBBING GRAVES! SHES ASKING US TO ROB GRAVES!
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Brandon Mull |
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f15e86b
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Say no to death pies. Another good motto.
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Brandon Mull |
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44b64ff
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Can't you home school me?" Nate pleaded. "You would never do any work." (Nate's mom) "Sounds perfect!"
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humor
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Brandon Mull |
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10ca7b5
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I'll not have my grandson subjected to the humiliation of his reading becoming public. We have to cope with this disgrace discreetly -- Grandma Ruth
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Brandon Mull |
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Are you missing the library again?" Seth asked, startling her as he walked into the room. Kendra turned to face her brother. "You caught me," she congratulated him. "I'm reading." "I bet the librarians back home are panicking. Summer vacation, and no Kendra Sorenson to keep them in business. Have they been sending you letters?" "Might not hurt you to pick up a book, just as an experiment." Whatever. I looked up the definition for 'nerd' in ..
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library
reading
nerd
curiosity
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Brandon Mull |
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720a62a
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I think we should probably get Vanessa out of the Quiet Box to help us. What do you guys say?' 'Absolutely,' Newel affirmed. 'Best idea I've heard all day.' 'I'll second that,' Doren said gladly. Seth gave the satyrs a doubtful scowl. 'Wait a minute. You guys just think she's pretty.' 'I've been around a long time,' Newel said. 'Vanessa Santoro is not jut pretty.' 'He's right,' Doren agreed. 'She's walking dynamite. My pulse is rising just ..
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Brandon Mull |
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your mind was seizing on something to try to make sense of the emotion... Can you see the power emotion has to distort our outlook? Makes you wonder, did you have a bad day, or did you make it a bad day?
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tanu
insight
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Brandon Mull |
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80d5df4
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The girl with the long brown hair turned around. "Are you her boy friend?" she asked. Summer glanced from Crystal to Nate and back. Then question made her feel a little awkward. After all, she had saved him a seat. No, I'm her fiance," Nate said. We've been promised to each other since birth." Summer added. Our wedding isn't until March."
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Brandon Mull |
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For each of us destiny is a blend of potential, circumstances, and choices.
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Brandon Mull |
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A hero sacrifices for the greater good. A hero is true to his or her conscience. In short, heroism means doing the right thing regardless of the consequences.
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Brandon Mull |
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What's the dog called?"Jason asked. "Feraclestinius Androbrelium Pathershin the Seventh." "No, I meant his entire name."
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Brandon Mull |
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c1a697a
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Wasn't that awesome?" Seth asked. Warren cocked his head, his expression mildly embarrassed. "I'm sorry, Kendra--it was pretty cool." "All boys belong in insane asylums," Kendra said."
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insane-asylum
hummor
cool
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Brandon Mull |
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52db312
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If we might be able to save this world, how can we walk away? Too many people around here have given up! Galloran said heroes sacrifice for causes; they do things that others hide from. I may not be some great hero, but I won't hide from this. I would never live with myself.
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Brandon Mull |
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b98cd78
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The baby dove into the room, transforming grotesquely as it landed on the floorin a deft sumersault
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Brandon Mull |
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Seth trotted over to Kendra. Bringing good luck as usual It was a weak pass okay
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Brandon Mull |
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Nathan Sutter," the teacher read. Here. My mother never calls me Nathan." Is it Nate?" She calls me Honeylips." --
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Brandon Mull |
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She pictured herself running from a hoard of ravenous zombies on a hot day eventually collapsing from heatstroke and getting devoured. Then she imagined Hal giving a rousing eulogy at her funeral explaining how Kendra's death was a beautiful sacrifice allowing the noble zombies to live on delighting future generations by mindlessly trying to eat them. With her luck it could totally happen.
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Brandon Mull |
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3fcdea0
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Faith isn't knowledge, Rachel. Faith is a tool. Faith keeps us going until we get the knowledge. Faith keeps us striving until we reach the consequences of our most important decisions.
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knowledge
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Brandon Mull |
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c75c6ba
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Not kill us," Pigeon corrected. "She was mainly just trying to turn us into mindless slaves."
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slavery
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Brandon Mull |
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9a3f25d
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Try as we might to postpone them, days of reckoning inevitably arrive.
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Brandon Mull |
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You picked the right road, even though it is the most difficult. That is the essence of heroism. (p. 326)
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Brandon Mull |
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The surprise is on the far side." "You're sure?" "Positive." "It better not be another fairy," Seth said. "What's the matter with fairies?" "I've already seen about a billion of them and also they turned me into a walrus."
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Brandon Mull |
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de1774c
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Indulgence is emptiness. I have proved the limits of food and frivolity. There is no real fulfillment in meaningless rushes of pleasure. You try to conceal the emptiness with more extravagance, only to find the thrills becoming less satisfying and more fleeting. Most pleasures are best as a seasoning, not the main course. However you try to disguise it, you end up feeding without being nourished.
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Brandon Mull |
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Seth put his ear against the door. "I can't hear anything." "There are probably ten of them patiently waiting on the far side, ready to pounce." Brownies are shrimps. All I'd need are some heavy boots, a pair of shin guards, and a weed whacker." The image made Kendra giggle."
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weed-whacker
hummor
fablehaven
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Brandon Mull |
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606af6b
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What has three heads, six arms, and half a brain?" Three asked. One and Two answered in unison. "Nate Sutter."
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Brandon Mull |
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ec2a325
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I guess Smart Seth is glad, he said reluctantly. But be careful. Idiot Seth is the guy to watch out for.
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Brandon Mull |
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21955d4
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Please don't assault me with that meat amalgam. It would surely cause infection
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Brandon Mull |
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A gunshot rang out, blasting a hole in the door. A crossbow quarrel zinged through the hole and stuck quivering into the opposite wall. Seth heard the rocking horse clattering down the staircase, the twang of bowstrings, and the overlapping beat of several other projectiles thudding against the door. "That was awesome," Seth told Kendra. "You're psychotic," Kendra replied."
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hummor
psychotic
rocking-horse
traps
brothers
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Brandon Mull |
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abb7333
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Most people worth knowing enjoy reading.
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Brandon Mull |
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c0e2d1e
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A hero sacrifices for the greater good. A hero is true to his or her conscience. In short, heroism means doing the right thing regardless of the consequences. Although any person could fit that description, very few do. Choose this day to be one of them.
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Brandon Mull |
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2bbccf9
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Jason glanced at the creature. It remained the same distance away as before, still as a statue. "What do you want?" Jason asked. No answer. "Are you the thing that followed Tark? You should keep following him. He's the real mastermind. Shoo. Go hide." No response. "Okay, how about you stand guard while I sleep. Keep the giants away. Sound good? All in favor, hold perfectly still. Fine, I guess we have a deal."
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rebellion
humor
lurker
seeds
brandon
mull
jason
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Brandon Mull |
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e93de64
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Might not hurt you to pick up a book, just as an experiment." Whatever. I looked up the definition for 'nerd' in the dictionary. Know what it said?" "I bet you'll tell me." " 'If you're reading this, you are one.' " You're a riot."
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nerd
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Brandon Mull |
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9dc2e9c
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Adamant," Doren said proudly, handing over the shield. "We fished it out of the tar pit where we found the shirt of mail." "Probably all belonged to the same careless adventurer," Newel speculated. "Too much money, not enough talent."
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money
humor
talent
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Brandon Mull |
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68fc753
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You're free to dream however you wish," Nollin teased. "But don't ask the rest of us to share your unrealistic--" "Then don't ask us to share your weakness!" Jason interrupted."
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strength
brandon
mull
weakness
prophecy
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Brandon Mull |
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1288d36
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If we can expect another journey tomorrow, we should secure horses," Ferrin went on. "And if the sun will be shining, perhaps a goat for Aram." "Keep it up," Aram dared him through clenched teeth. "Is a goat too large and unruly?" Ferrin asked? "Maybe we should saddle a raccoon." "Odd how these taunts tend to fade after sundown," Aram growled, taking a large bite of bread. "But a new day always dawns," Ferrin replied. "And we can all use so..
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rebellion
humor
seeds
mull
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Brandon Mull |
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3032e0e
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Agreements. Specifically, a treaty ratified by all the orders of whimsical like forms who dwell here that affords a measure of security for mortal caretakers. In a world where mortal man has become the dominant force, most creatures of enchantment have fled to refuges like this one.
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Brandon Mull |
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9b827ea
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An occasional foray into negative emotions makes feeling normal that much sweeter.
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Brandon Mull |