

“More fantastic still were his stories about life in the Welsh children鈥檚 home. It was an enchanted place, he said, designed to keep kids safe from the monsters, on an island where the sun shined every day and nobody ever got sick or died. Everyone lived together in a big house that was protected by a wise old bird鈥攐r so the story went. As I got older, though, I began to have doubts.”
― Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
― Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

“So, a crash course for the amnesiac,鈥 Leo said, in a helpful tone that made Jason think this was not going to be helpful. 鈥淲e go to the 鈥榃ilderness School鈥欌濃擫eo made air quotes with his fingers. 鈥淲hich means we鈥檙e 鈥榖ad kids.鈥 Your family, or the court, or whoever, decided you were too much trouble, so they shipped you off to this lovely prison鈥攕orry, 鈥榖oarding school鈥欌攊n Armpit, Nevada, where you learn valuable nature skills like running ten miles a day through the cacti and weaving daisies into hats! And for a special treat we go on 鈥榚ducational鈥 field trips with Coach Hedge, who keeps order with a baseball bat.”
― The Lost Hero
― The Lost Hero

“That house is such an emotionally loaded place for you, just being inside was enough to trigger a stress reaction.”
― Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
― Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

“I felt a tickle on my skin; it took me a moment to realize that Cole was driving his die-cast Mustang up my arm. He was laughing to himself, hushed and infectious, as if there was still any reason to be quiet. He turned the car around at my shoulder and headed back down to my hand, the wheels skidding a bit when he laughed.
I thought it was the truest thing I'd ever heard from Cole St. Clair.”
― Forever
I thought it was the truest thing I'd ever heard from Cole St. Clair.”
― Forever

“They didn't need the words, if they were willing to be silent long enough to learn to speak without them.”
― Forever
― Forever
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