Candlewick Publishing Quotes & Sayings

All things appear incredible to us, as they differ more or less from our own manners.
- Utopia, Bk 2. (1516) — Thomas More

There is no theory of a God, of an author of Nature, of an origin of the Universe, which is not utterly repugnant to my faculties ... — Harriet Martineau

If there's one thing, the only thing that you taught me, Jason, it was that you can't help who you fall in love with, just like you can't force someone to love you back. — Rachel Spanswick

The human brain is the highest bloom of the whole organic metamorphosis of the earth. — Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling

To say that you can't see echoes of the past in what I do would be absurd. Everything that has preceded me has affected me. — James Frey

My first novel was published by the first publisher I sent it to. And so I've been learning as I go, and I find it now rather embarrassing that people beginning the Discworld series start with The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic, which I don't think are some of the best books to start with. This is the author saying this, folks. Do not start at the beginning with Discworld. — Terry Pratchett

As a writer, Chris Columbus was a big influence. 'The Goonies' was the first movie I ever saw that kids speak normally and not imagined how kids would talk. Always a big fan of Chris Columbus' dialogue and storytelling. — Adam Green

Let the desire to be understood become someone else's elusive dream. Accept we are all evolving & can be relatable mainly for reasons associated to self. — Truth Devour

Toothless crossed his eyes and made a gulping noise with his throat as if he was swallowing ...
"AAAAAAARGH!" screamed Hiccup.
Toothless spat Ziggerastica onto the floor.
"Only j-j-joking," he said. — Cressida Cowell

I'm down to sell records but not my soul ... — Curtis Jackson