Top 100 Lisa McMann Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “No choice is best.”

— Lisa McMann

52. “On the cool stone floor of their prison, Samheed and Lani huddled together to try to sleep.”

— Lisa McMann

53. “They linger near the back door, forehead to forehead and curved like statues as their lips whisper and brush together.”

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54. “Maybe broken hearts can mend more easily than broken hands and eyes.”

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55. “No rash decisions. No big commitments. Each day as it comes.”

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56. “They have an unusual relationship. And when things are good, it’s magic.”

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57. “Just stand. Bend. Balance.”

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58. “These items make up my existence. The library tells my story, the mastodon my mistakes, the ship my discoveries and my abilities to make old things new without magic, and the whale... my limitations, I suppose.”

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59. “Nobody takes that boat out forrr months, and now all of a sudden everrrybody needs it.” Alex.”

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60. “You could have been one of us.” “Death would’ve been a better option.”

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61. “Meghan Gets Mad.”

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62. “Janie’s hip buzzes again. Maybe she’ll have to have her whole leg amputated, she thinks sadly. That would really suck.”

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63. “Please”, I scoff. “Dot-com jokes are so two visions ago. Stay on your toes, Angotti, or you’re off the team.”

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64. “Janie. Does not like. To be called. Buffy.”

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65. “When you stop comparing yourself to him, you will find your true self. Be your own strong.”

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66. “But then you slammed a door handle into my gut. And when a girl does that to a guy; it means she likes him.”

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67. “Without knowledge that life can be different, there can be no desire to change it.”

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68. “What do you think?” “If I said what I thought, Samheed’s head might explode.”

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69. “The squirrelicorns contained their horror like professionals and confirmed that they understood completely.”

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70. “Every time Sky smiled at him, he felt like he lost half his brain.”

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71. “He kisses her. She kisses him. They kiss.”

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72. “We live and die together. I took that oath.”

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73. “You have no idea what being declared Unwanted really feels like, and you never will.”

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74. “There is a natural path to success, Aaron. But you’re too angry and bitter to follow it.” He held his arms obediently behind his back for Liam. “You just flail around stubbornly in the brush alongside it, angry with the world for not making the path exactly where you wish to walk.”

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75. “Sky had been swept underwater into the mouth of the plunging volcanic Island of Fire and was gone.”

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76. “What’s a carnival?” asked Henry. “It’s a place with fun rides and cotton candy,” Lani said wisely, for she’d read it in a book. “Candy made of cotton? That’s like eating your shirt. Disgusting!” said Crow, and the others agreed.”

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77. “I’d rather die fighting to keep us free to do as we wish, fighting to be free to come and go as we please, fighting so we no longer need to hide. Fighting the fear that all of you were programmed since birth to have. Fighting against Quill’s bigotry, which says brains and brawn are better, or more important, than creativity. And now, with luck, we may have a chance. A chance to prove ourselves.”

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78. “Hux closed his eyes and gave a ragged sigh, as if he’d been through a battle. Everyone around them became quiet, waiting to hear his response. Finally the dragon opened his eyes and looked at Alex, completely dejected. “Because if you don’t come, my sister Arabis the orange will be killed.”

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79. “Alex,” Simber growled. He listened. “Clive, can you open this doorrr?” “No, I’m sorry!” Clive called. Simber growled. He looked all around, and then he backed up. “Look out,” he called. He took a running start and slammed into the door, his shoulders and wings crashing through the walls on either side. Wood framing, the door, and chunks of the wall splintered across the room. “Helllp!” Clive yelled. “Intruder!” “I am the help, you dolt,” Simber said.”

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80. “The first four dragons stayed diligent to their code of only harming those who were more than 50 percent evil. But Drock wasn’t much of a rule follower, and he torched anyone who got in his way. As.”

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81. “She calls you ‘the Alex.’ It’s very cute,” Carina teased. “As if you are your own breed.”

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82. “Clive, says Alex is dead on the floor.” Simber froze.”

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83. “Rohan fell asleep holding Thisbe’s hand but woke sprawled sideways with Thisbe’s shoe in his face.”

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84. “Maybe you could keep him away from the breakables, eh?” “Maybe I could let him crrrush you into tiny bits,” Simber.”

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85. “In a way it was like the poem Alex had written for Sky – not that Thisbe felt that way about Rohan, of course. He was just a friend, wasn’t he?”

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86. “It’s pure goodness to laugh again.”

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87. “Why wouldn’t you want to rest in between?” asked Thisbe. It seemed crazy to not at least put his feet up for a while. Rohan opened one eye and looked at her with a lazy smile. “I needed to get back so I could knock on your wall.”

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88. “I saw bits and pieces of the Alex from Lani’s books for the first time. And I feel like I know you better now.”

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89. “Hard stuff forces you to grow up fast...”

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90. “And special appreciation to those who forgive me when I kill off your favorite characters.”

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91. “Everybody knew that Scarlet and Crow were in the slowest-moving relationship anyone had ever witnessed.”

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92. “In the shadows, Sean and Carina were swaying together and kissing, to Seth’s obvious dismay, and Samheed and Lani were kissing too. Henry rested his head on Thatcher’s chest as Thatcher held him close, and Crow and Scarlet slipped away and started walking along the shore holding hands.”

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93. “He still didn’t know precisely what he’d done that was so funny, but he was enjoying this new feeling inside him – the feeling that he was not only useful, but also that he was finally part of something good...”

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94. “Her whole life was dedicated to hurting as many people as possible.”

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95. “We’ll do the only thing we can do,” he said, his voice tired and defeated. “Try not to die.”

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96. “Clive, says Alex is dead on the floor.”

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97. “There was no time to look back. Only to move forward, toward the dots on the horizon, and steer for them.”

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98. “But Liam was already dead.”

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99. “Octavia did what she could to help him hear once more, going so far as to take his head apart and clean it out to see if that would help him make a bit more sense. Inside she found quite a lot of cobwebs, a tiny mouse that was slightly larger than Kitten, three honeybees, and a rather delicate butterfly cocoon attached to a twig.”

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100. “Aaron should be known as the famous one for becoming the youngest high priest of Quill ever.”

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