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Children Dreams Eyes Giving Lying Pain Soul

And David saw himself reflected in the Woodsman's eyes, and there he was no longer old but a young man, for a man is always his father's child no matter how old he is or how long they have been apart.

John Connolly

Children, Father, Eye

John Connolly (2006). “The Book of Lost Things: A Novel”, p.338, Simon and Schuster

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On more than one occasion David, in his urge to explore the darker corners of the bookshelves, had found himself wearing strands of spider silk in his face and hair, causing the web's creator to scuttle into a corner and crouch balefully, lost in thoughts of arachnoid revenge.

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Revenge, Hair, Spiders

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He had never really speculated about this before, since demons came in all shapes and sizes. Indeed, some of them came in more than one shape or size all by themselves, such as O'Dear, the Demon of People Who Look in Mirrors and Think They're Overweight, and his twin, O'Really, the Demon of People Who Look in Mirrors and Think They're Slim When They're Not.

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Thinking, Mirrors, People

John Connolly (2010). “The Gates: A Samuel Johnson Tale”, p.97, Simon and Schuster

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...it was imaginative people who tended to lie. Lying required making stuff up, and only imaginative people were good at that.

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Lying, People, Stuff

John Connolly (2010). “The Gates: A Samuel Johnson Tale”, p.20, Simon and Schuster

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You had evil inside you, and you indulged it. Men will always indulge it.

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Men, Evil, Indulge

John Connolly (2006). “The Book of Lost Things: A Novel”, p.320, Simon and Schuster

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‎"Sarge, mr. Nurd here is threatening to turn me to jelly." "really?" said Sarge. "what flavor?

John Connolly

Jelly, Flavor, Threatening

John Connolly (2010). “The Gates: A Samuel Johnson Tale”, p.197, Simon and Schuster

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If 'why' was the first and last question, then because I was curious to see what would happen was the first and last answer. A version of it had been spoken to God Himself in the Garden of Eden, and it was destined to be the reason for the end of things at the hands of man.

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Life, Men, Garden

John Connolly (2015). “Night Music: Nocturnes”, p.248, Simon and Schuster

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What is good for you creatively is usually bad commercially. You thrive financially by sticking to a series and not fiddling about too much. You do yourself harm by moving away from the series and the genre. By trying things not based in that particular mode of writing, you will just lose readers.

John Connolly

Moving, Self Harm, Writing

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He became merely the broken statue of a beast, now without another's fear to animate it.

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Fear, Broken, Beast

John Connolly (2006). “The Book of Lost Things: A Novel”, p.323, Simon and Schuster

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My feelings for Raphael are mine, and mine alone. I loved him, and that is all anyone needs to know. The rest is no business of any man's.

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Men, Feelings, Needs

John Connolly (2006). “The Book of Lost Things: A Novel”, p.234, Simon and Schuster

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David's mother would often tell him stories were alive. They weren't alive in the way people were alive,or even dogs or cats. People were alive whether you chose to notice them or not, while dogs tended to make you notice them if they decided that you weren't paying enough attention. Cats, meanwhile, were very good at pretending people didn't exist at all when it suited them.

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Mother, Dog, Cat

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I thought it was her wicked stepmother who poisoned her...' '...Turned out the wicked stepmother had an alibi.' '...Seems she was off poisoning someone else at the time. Chance in a million, really. It was just bad luck.

John Connolly

Luck, Wicked, Chance

John Connolly (2006). “The Book of Lost Things: A Novel”, p.127, Simon and Schuster

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This life is filled with threats and danger, David. We face those that we have to face, and there will be times when we must make the choice to act for the greater good, even at risk to ourselves, but we do not lay down our lives needlessly. Each of us has only one life to live, and one life to give. There is no glory in throwing it away where there is no hope.

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Giving, Choices, Risk

John Connolly (2006). “The Book of Lost Things: A Novel”, p.175, Simon and Schuster

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She was plump, with dyed red hair and a face so caked with cosmetics that the floor of the Amazon jungle probably saw more natural light.

John Connolly

Light, Hair, Amazon

John Connolly (2015). “Every Dead Thing: A Charlie Parker Thriller”, p.70, Simon and Schuster

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I don't think," he said, "that a vicar is supposed to beat a bishop to death, or even back to death." Mr. Berkeley looked down upon the remains of Bishop Bernard. "If anyone asks, we'll say he fell over," he said. "Lots of times.

John Connolly

Thinking, Bishops, Said

John Connolly (2010). “The Gates: A Samuel Johnson Tale”, p.244, Simon and Schuster

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I'm a ghost," said the small figure, then added, a little uncertainly, "Boo?

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Littles, Ghost, Figures

John Connolly (2012). “The John Connolly Reader's Companion: A Collection of Excerpts”, p.222, Simon and Schuster

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I believe in those whom I love and trust.

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Believe, I Believe, Love And Trust

John Connolly (2006). “The Book of Lost Things: A Novel”, p.177, Simon and Schuster

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Once upon a time – for that is how all stories should begin – there was a boy who lost his mother.

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Mother, Boys, Once Upon A Time

John Connolly (2008). “The Book of Lost Things Illustrated Edition”, p.7, Hachette UK

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“You don't have much faith in people, do you?” said David. “I don't have much faith in anything,” Roland replied. “Not even in myself.”

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People

"The Book of Lost Things: A Novel".

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The US dollar is our currency but your problem.

John Connolly

Dollars, Investing, Problem

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You mean they killed her?" asked David. They ate her," said Brother Number One. "With porridge. That's what 'ran away and was never seen again' means in these parts. It means 'eaten.'" Um and what about 'happily ever after'?" asked David, a little uncertainly. "What does that mean?" Eaten quickly," said Brother Number One.

John Connolly

Brother, Mean, Numbers

John Connolly (2006). “The Book of Lost Things: A Novel”, p.129, Simon and Schuster

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