Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors Quote I

"When I met Julia Ingledew, it was like finding a treasure-someone else who was fascinated by the past, who thought of nothing by spending a whole week pursuing one tiny, elusive fact in order to complete a puzzle. To me such a person is a jewel, Charlie, even if she were not the most congenial and lovely person I have ever met."
Charlie had never heard his uncle speak so passionately. "Are you going to marry her?" he asked.
Paton blinked and then said quietly, "I dare not even think about that."
"Why not? It seems like a good idea to me," he said bluntly.
Uncle Paton gave a delicate cough. "Our subject was the Castle of Mirrors, not the future of Paton Yewbeam," he said in a flat tone. "Are you interested in this book or not?

-Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors, Jenny Nimmo

The Hounds of the Mórrígan Quote II

"I hev bin at death's door. Dat's where I bin," said Puddeneen.
"How'd you get dere?"

-The Hounds of the Mórrígan, Pat O'Shea

Camelot Quote I

ARTHUR: (Disparagingly) Knights at a table...
GUENEVERE: (Correcting him) A round table.
ARTHUR: (Corrected) Round table. Might for right, a new order of chivalry, shining knights gallivanting around the countryside like angels in armor, sword-swinging apostles battling to snuff out evil! Why, it's naïve...it's adolescent...it's juvenile...it's infantile...it's folly...it's...it's...
GUENEVERE: It's marvelous.
ARTHUR: Yes, it is. It's marvelous. Absolutely marvelous.

-Camelot, Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe

The Bellmaker Quote III

Blerun leaned on his lance and nodded. "I know; we have watched you since you camped there. Do you serve Urgan Nagru the Foxwolf?"
Before an otter could lift javelin, Finnbarr's twin swords had cleared thier sheaths. He went into a fighting crouch, his single eye glittering hotly. "No, matey, we've come t'battle with 'im, so if you're on the Foxwolf's side we'd best start the party right 'ere!"

-The Bellmaker, Brian Jacques

Swallows and Amazons Quote III

Half the pleasure of visiting distant countries is sailing home afterwards.

-Swallows and Amazons, Arthur Ransome

St. Augustine Quote I

The world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page.

-St. Augustine

The Little Prince Quote II

It is such a secret place, the land of tears.

-The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Life by Charlotte Brontë

Life, believe, is not a dream

So dark as sages say;

Oft a little morning rain

Foretells a pleasant day.

Sometimes there are clouds of gloom,

But these are transient all;

If the shower will make the roses bloom,

O why lament its fall?

Rapidly, merrily,

Life's sunny hours flit by,

Gratefully, cheerily

Enjoy them as they fly!

What though Death at times steps in,

And calls our Best away?

What though sorrow seems to win,

O'er hope, a heavy sway?

Yet Hope again elastic springs,

Unconquered, though she fell;

Still buoyant are her golden wings,

Still strong to bear us well.

Manfully, fearlessly,

The day of trial bear,

For gloriously, victoriously,

Can courage quell despair!

Prince Caspian Quote I

If you had been there you would have heard them saying things like, "Oh look! Our coronation rings - do you remember first wearing this? - Why, this is the little brooch we all thought was lost - I say, isn't that the armour you wore in the great tournament in the Lone Islands? - do you remember the dwarf making that for me? - do you remember drinking out of that horn? - do you remember, do you remember?"

-Prince Caspian, C. S. Lewis

Secretariat Quote I

Ogden Phipps: You're that stubborn?
Penny Chenery: I'm that right.

-Secretariat, 2010