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The Emerald Circus QUOTES

The Emerald Circus QUOTES

1 " Welcome to Neverland,” Peter said, as if this were supposed to be a big surprise. Darla took her hand away from his. “It’s smaller than I thought it would be,” she said. This time she looked right at him. "

― Jane Yolen , The Emerald Circus

2 " She would not let herself get lost in the past, making it somehow better and lovelier than it was. She'd never liked that in old people when she was young, and she wasn't about to countenance it in herself now. The past was a lot like Wonderland: treacherous and marvelous and dull in equal measure. Survival was all that mattered - and she was a survivor. Of course, in the end, she thought, there is no such thing as survival. And just as well. What a clutter the world would be if none of us ever died. "

― Jane Yolen , The Emerald Circus

3 " At least Em, long-suffering as she was, tried to give the child a bit of her heart, which - after all those years of living with Henry on that old gray farm in the middle of the gray prairie - was as dried up as an old pea. She tried, but she wasn't much good at it. It was a bit like trying to water a budding flower in the middle of a dry Kansas summer with a watering can poked through with holes. "

― Jane Yolen , The Emerald Circus

4 " Why would anyone want to be God?" he asked. "It's a terrible occupation. "

― Jane Yolen , The Emerald Circus

5 " Laughter in the face of certain death? It is the very definition of the Hero," said the White Queen. "The Jabberwock knew it and therefore could no longer move against you. "

― Jane Yolen , The Emerald Circus

6 " I tell the truth,' she said. 'But I tell it slant. "

― Jane Yolen , The Emerald Circus

7 " You see, my dear ice witch, I have had the love of children from all over the world because of my stories. A child's love is the perfect love, for it is given with a whole heart. That love will outlast me a hundredfold. And it will outlast you as well. "

― Jane Yolen , The Emerald Circus

8 " A name, Mag thought, is but a tag. A man may be born with one name, achieve another. Honor and power come from the heart. "

― Jane Yolen , The Emerald Circus

9 " Hans was never good at giving proper answers. He always had different answers in his head, odd answers, answers that his teachers and his parents and his grandmother and even his crazy grandfather seemed to think were wrong. But they weren't wrong answers, they were just his answers. He wondered suddenly what the Ice Maiden would do if he gave her a wrong answer. And, thinking this, he found he couldn't open his mouth at all. "

― Jane Yolen , The Emerald Circus