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1 " I’d venture to guess that a list of things you know nothing about could fill volumes. "
― Heidi Schulz , Hook's Revenge (Hook's Revenge, #1)
2 " It pains me to admit this, but Roger was a good sight less stupid than most children. "
3 " Jocelyn did not want to always remain the same. Where was the adventure in that? "
4 " Jocelyn’s stomach lodged another complaint with the management regarding the length of time since breakfast. "
5 " …she simply accepted it for what it was — a normal, average, everyday kind of miracle. "
6 " …if you will quit squirming about and be patient you will see that most things in life, wishes included, do not have immediate results. "
7 " For the first time in her life, Jocelyn felt the hot shame of being underdressed for a party. "
8 " Dead mothers are rather fashionable these days. They lend such an attractive air of tragedy. "
9 " I am Captain James Hook! I am no victim; I create them! I do not have bad dreams; I inspire them! "
10 " … but as even the stupidest toddler knows, covering your eyes makes you invisible. "
11 " Why is it that those who are the most concerned with manners rarely have any themselves? "
12 " Has a disagreement with an employer ever led to dismemberment or disemboweling? "
13 " Every time a child says, "I don't believe in fairies," a fairy drops down dead,' Jocelyn recited.'Something similar happens when a child turns that doubt inwards. The part of her that can do anything fades away. In time, and fed enough disbelief, it will die. "
14 " Though she couldn’t tell for certain from her vantage point, Jocelyn did not expect to find a single corset on the entire island. She was utterly charmed. "
15 " Excuse me. You may remember eating my father, Captain Hook? I’m here to avenge his death. Farewell, hideous beast. "
16 " those unfortunate enough to be killed by Smee generally die thinking, What a dear little man. "
17 " Stop gawking and close your mouth before I decide to use it as a trash receptacle. "
18 " And why not?” she snapped. “Because I’m a girl? I am becoming very tired of people thinking I can’t do things! "
19 " but he never murdered me. Not once. That’s saying something, isn’t it? "
20 " Let the dreadful crocodile beware, for I now christen this ship the Hook’s Revenge. Hoist anchor, find the eye of the wind, and let’s be under way!” The crew cheered. Mr. Smee cried. "