22 Quotes by Richard Due

Some people are just sad when there aren't talking squirrels.” —Lily Winter

Tavin cupped his hands to his mouth. “Here, dragon-dragon-dragon!” he yelled.Lily stared in amazement. Well, that was bold, she thought, and stupid.

Odd names: Winter, Autumn—they almost sound as if someone just made them up.” —Dubb

You won't find the tales I bear in any books . . . My tales are from the Moon Realm.” —Ebb Autumn

But—" yelped Twizbang, “Greydor will eat us!

I must warn you, my story isn’t a pretty one: abductions, time-traveling dragons, the Order of the Black Fez, highly verbal cats, a secret invisible city, condescending robots (condescending means they talk to you like you’re an Idiot; wait, is it condescending of me to explain what condescending means?), and that’s just for starters. —Willa Snap

Never mess with the Fez.” —Heather Peaceout, Black Fez, Second Order

You’d be surprised what an eleven-year-old can get away with.” —Tuppence

Do not stare directly into his eyes!” she warned, in an accent I couldn’t place.“Why not?” I said, but she was already too late. I was staring directly into his eyes too.“Because they are dreamy, and endless, and magical. And then when you learn what a terrible boy he is, your heart will turn into a black husk of doom.”I blinked off the spell of the boy’s eyes.“Wait, what?” —Nimet Simit and Willa Snap, conversing on the power of Ravenlock Sward's eyes.