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61 " I’ve always wanted to see if humans make good fertilizer. It seems like they would.” She eyed him up and down hungrily. “All that flesh. "
― T.J. Klune , The House in the Cerulean Sea
62 " All that sunlight. I'm used to only rain. "
63 " And I refuse to believe that a person’s path is set in stone. A person is more than where they come from. "
64 " Today he wore blue socks with clouds on them. Linus refused to be charmed. He mostly succeeded. "
65 " It’s not fair,” Linus said, staring off into nothing. “The way some people can be. But as long as you remember to be just and kind like I know you are, what those people think won’t matter in the long run. Hate is loud, but I think you’ll learn it’s because it’s only a few people shouting, desperate to be heard. You might not ever be able to change their minds, but so long as you remember you’re not alone, you will overcome. "
66 " He looked up at Linus. “I’m glad you’re here.” Linus was touched. “Thank you, Lucy—” “If the cannibals start chasing after us, they’ll see you first. We’re little, and you’ve got all that meat on your bones, so it’ll give us time to get away. Your forthcoming sacrifice is appreciated. "
67 " the world is a weird and wonderful place, but that doesn’t mean it’s not without its teeth. And it will bite you when you least expect it. "
68 " Home is where you feel like yourself,” Ms. Chapelwhite said, and Linus could only agree. “It’s the same for us, isn’t it, children? Home is where we get to be who we are. "
69 " But that was the funny thing about wishes. Sometimes all it took to make them come true was a first step. "
70 " I know what she was or wasn’t,” Talia said lightly. “I’ve seen it before. It’s awful, but it’s not anything I’ve haven’t dealt with. But it’s funny, right?” Linus didn’t find anything about this to be humorous. “What is?” “That there’s so much hope even when it doesn’t seem like it.” He was gobsmacked. “How do you mean?” “The little girl. She wasn’t scared of me. She was nice. She didn’t care what I looked like. That means she can make up her own mind. Maybe that woman will tell her I’m bad. And maybe she’ll believe it. Or maybe she won’t believe it at all. Arthur told me that in order to change the minds of many, you have to first start with the minds of few. She’s just one person. But so is the lady.” Talia grinned. "
71 " Sometimes volume is needed to get through thick skulls. "
72 " Arthur says that we should always make time for the things we like,” Talia said. “If we don’t, we might forget how to be happy. "
73 " How can we fight prejudice if we do nothing to change it? If we allow it to fester, what’s the point? "
74 " We are who we are not because of our birthright, but because of what we choose to do in this life. It cannot be boiled down to black and white. Not when there is so much in between. You cannot say something is moral or immoral without understanding the nuances behind it. "
75 " And what happens when he grows up?” Charles asked. “What happens when he becomes a man? What if he decides this world isn’t what he wants it to be? You know who his father is.” “I do,” Linus said. “His father is Arthur Parnassus. And he’s the best damn father Lucy has, and as far as I’m concerned, the only one. "
76 " Hate is a waste of time. I’m far too busy to hate anything. I prefer it that way. "
77 " He’d accepted long ago that some people, no matter how good their heart was or how much love they had to give, would always be alone. "
78 " Death is wonderful to music. It makes the singers sound like ghosts. "
79 " There’s a surface to you that’s hard but cracked. Dig a little deeper, and there is all this life teeming wildly. It’s a conundrum. "
80 " Humanity is so weird. If we’re not laughing, we’re crying or running for our lives because monsters are trying to eat us. And they don’t even have to be real monsters. They could be the ones we make up in our heads. Don’t you think that’s weird?” “I suppose. But I’d rather be that way than the alternative.” “Which is?” “Not feeling anything at all. "