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The Sandman and the War of Dreams (The Guardians, #4) QUOTES

The Sandman and the War of Dreams (The Guardians, #4) QUOTES

1 " A Dream Pirate attack is swift and ragged. Like awkward phantoms, the pirates often fly in lurches and jerks, and they usually destroy everything that gets in their way. "

― William Joyce , The Sandman and the War of Dreams (The Guardians, #4)

2 " I wish to be washed clean of my old life. To let go of my tide of sorrows and find my way to a new shore. "

― William Joyce , The Sandman and the War of Dreams (The Guardians, #4)

3 " Unlike them, however, her path was not through daring deeds or the study of magic or the use of miraculous powers. She had been gifted with something almost as rare: an open and eager mind. She had the gift of watching and listening, the gift of taking all the hurts and happenings of others' lives and understanding their purpose. "

― William Joyce , The Sandman and the War of Dreams (The Guardians, #4)

4 " It was a smile of total reassurance and gave all who saw it a feeling of intense well-being. Not joy, but something akin to a sleepy peace. A sort of not-a-worry-in-the-world sensation. "

― William Joyce , The Sandman and the War of Dreams (The Guardians, #4)

5 " A soothing sound enveloped them. Ombric hazarded a guess as to its origin, "It's like the falling sand from a thousand hourglasses. "

― William Joyce , The Sandman and the War of Dreams (The Guardians, #4)

6 " Old friends sometimes need no words to understand each other. "

― William Joyce , The Sandman and the War of Dreams (The Guardians, #4)

7 " I think all wishes are the same, really," she continued. "Whether they ask for this, that, or the other, what they are really asking for is happiness. "

― William Joyce , The Sandman and the War of Dreams (The Guardians, #4)

8 " She lived in a sort of ramshackle magnificence. "

― William Joyce , The Sandman and the War of Dreams (The Guardians, #4)

9 " Dreams do not exist within the realm of hours or minutes or any measure of the day. They live between the tick and the tock. Before the toiling of the bell, past the dawn, and beyond the velvet night. "

― William Joyce , The Sandman and the War of Dreams (The Guardians, #4)

10 " They want what they don't need, or can't use, or won't ever make them whole. "

― William Joyce , The Sandman and the War of Dreams (The Guardians, #4)

11 " All the pirates, and Lord Pitch's mercy, were dead in less time than it takes to sing a song. "

― William Joyce , The Sandman and the War of Dreams (The Guardians, #4)

12 " Lo habitual en los sueños son las aventuras extrañas, asombrosas y terribles. Las tierras incógnitas vienen y van. Los sueños épicos se despliegan. Las guerras se luchan y se ganan. Los seres queridos se pierdan y se encuentran. Mientras dormimos, vivimos vidas completamente diferentes. Y después despertamos, con disgusto o alivio, como si no hubiera ocurrido nada. "

― William Joyce , The Sandman and the War of Dreams (The Guardians, #4)

13 " Strange, wondrous, and terrible adventures are the norm in dreams. Uncharted lands come and go. Dream epics play out. Wars are fought and won. Loved ones are lost or found. Entirely different lives are lived as we sleep. And then we awake, with disappointment or relief, as if nothing at all had happened. But sometimes things do happen. "

― William Joyce , The Sandman and the War of Dreams (The Guardians, #4)

14 " THE GUARDIANS: BOOK ONE Nicholas St. North and the Battle of the Nightmare King THE GUARDIANS: BOOK TWO E. Aster Bunnymund and the Warrior Eggs at the Earth’s Core! THE GUARDIANS: BOOK THREE Toothiana, Queen of the Tooth Fairy Armies "

― William Joyce , The Sandman and the War of Dreams (The Guardians, #4)