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81 " She has saved this town and its people from countless monsters countless times. That the battles are usually in her head does not lessen the bravery of it. The hardest battles always are. "
― William Ritter , Jackaby (Jackaby, #1)
82 " The most frightening monsters are monsters’ mothers. Just ask Beowulf. "
― William Ritter , Beastly Bones (Jackaby, #2)
83 " My brick. My house. My whole wide world. "
― William Ritter , Ghostly Echoes (Jackaby, #3)
84 " The sight had been Jackaby's beautiful burden and his terrible gift. And now it was mine...."The Seer is dead," said Alina."No," I said, swallowing hard. "She's not. "
― William Ritter , The Dire King (Jackaby, #4)
85 " Hudson blinked, but then he leaned down tentatively and gave the doorknob an obliging sniff. "It smells like...metal?" he said."Not-I don't know-a bit saturnine?" asked Jackaby, "with a hint of stygian exigency?""You know what any of those words mean?" Hudson asked, looking to me for help."I think one of them might be a sort of cheese. "
86 " Rook, I should think it obvious.” He smiled broadly. “I’m famously important. "
― William Ritter , The Map (Jackaby, #1.5)
87 " In the heart of hate is nothing dear.The spear grips the hand that grips the spear.Temper the armor, steady the shield.The weapon to fear is the one that you wield,for a Kingdom of Blood is a desolate thing,a dire crown for a dire king. "
88 " I whispered across the bars to Jackaby as I rose, "Shall I tell them the truth?""Have you killed anyone?" he asked, quietly."No, of course not!""Then I can't imagine why you shouldn't. "
89 " I learned a long time ago that we do not survive because we’re strong—we become stronger the more we survive. "
90 " The man had no portraits or photographs, but he had slowly surrounded himself with mementos of a fantastic past. Each little item, by the sheer nature of its being, told a story. Looking around was a little like being back on the dig, or like deciphering an ancient text, and I wondered what stories they would tell me if I only knew how to read them. "
91 " No?” Jackaby tilted his head in mock sympathy. “It must be so dismal being you.” “Only in present company,” I teased back. "
92 " The real powers at play never take center stage. Don't follow the marionette, follow the strings. "
93 " So you’re a freak, too, huh?” sneered the big man. I couldn’t see Jackaby’s face, but I could almost hear the broad grin in his answer. “I’m not generally one for titles, but that is one I’ll embrace with pride. "
94 " It isn’t every day you celebrate a successful solar revolution. "
95 " Nellie Fuller was racing down the stairs as we returned to the hallway, nearly tripping over her tripod in her haste. "I heard a noise," she said. "Have I already missed all of the excitement?""Nothing of consequence," answered Jackaby. "Stay indoors, however, unless you're enthusiastic about the prospect of being eviscerated. "
96 " He might not have both oars in the water, but his course is sound. "
97 " It looked like precisely the sort of place where a living body might go if it wanted to become a dead one. "
98 " Some girls work in shops or sell flowers. Some girls find husbands and play house. I assist a mad detective in investigating unexplained phenomena—like fish that ought to be cats but seem to have forgotten how. My name is Abigail Rook, and this is what I do. "
99 " It is a greater travesty by far to see the innocent punished than to watch the guilty go free. "
100 " Fight the monsters, then, Phillip. Don't fight the innocent bystanders who happen to come from the same place. You're not afraid of magic, not really. You're just afraid of what you don't understand - and too stubborn to try understanding. "