The Book Jumper Quotes
"The main thing was to get it done quickly. That’s what we’d agreed. Because if we’d taken our time over the packing and made a list, the way we usually did, we would surely have realized that what we were doing was completely and utterly crazy."
"I think you’re underestimating the weather over there," said Alexis, eyeing the contents of my suitcase and shaking her mahogany-brown locks.
"I ran my fingertips over the cover of my well-thumbed copy of Momo. I’d often wished I had an enchanted tortoise like the one in Momo to guide me on my journey through life."
"They’ve got more than enough books on that blessed island, Amy, believe me. You have no idea."
"It was terrifying, awe-inspiring, and wonderful all at the same time."
"We’re here because we’re running away," I replied, although too quietly for Alexis to hear.
"Stormsay, the word tasted of secrets. It sounded somehow full of promise and slightly eerie at the same time."
"All happy families are alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way," she murmured at last, pushing open the gate.
"Instead of fat naked angels on clouds and other such popular motifs, the artist had painted pictures of people with books."
"I swallowed, and Lady Mairead raised her eyebrows expectantly."
"Um—so—I’m Amy," I ventured finally. "Nice to meet… er… to make your acquaintance,"
"My grandmother’s nostrils flared as she breathed in. The water from our hair and clothes trickled off us and formed puddles at our feet."
"I’d fallen in love with the place already. I would have liked to just stand there stroking the books, maybe taking one of them in my hands and leafing through it, perusing the deeds of some tragic hero."
"I closed my eyes and relished the reddish-orange glow that shone through my eyelids."
"I choose you," said the princess. "Kneel."
"It’s because Sherlock Holmes isn’t there anymore."
He’s my best friend," said Will, who didn’t seem to have heard me. "He has been since I was five years old.
"It’s not allowed, Amy. As Glenn explained at great length this morning."
"I gave chewing gum and biscuits to Oliver Twist."
"Well, I don’t know about that—she spends most of her time putting makeup on, doesn’t she?"
"But both begin with an r sound! Isn’t that wonderful? Come, eat your cake, drink your tea!"
The monster’s poison works quickly. It causes spasms in the bowels of its victims, rendering them helpless," explained the king’s counselor. "And most of the time, it kills them.
"You could at least have told me. I thought you trusted me. I thought we told each other everything."
"He only looks young, Amy. Desmond isn’t a real person, he’s—"
"I don’t think you’ve inherited all that much ‘literary-ness’ from him, you know."
"I can jump from anywhere. I don’t need a portal to get to the book world."
"The book world would be a great deal safer without her."
"She is a book jumper, like you. And she’s talented."
"Bloody hell—there are so few of us left!"
"I am starting to think you’re the only sane person on this crazy island."
"Werther and I are trying to catch him but he keeps getting away from us."
"I shall accompany you, of course. As long as our route does not take us through Macbeth. That play does not seem to agree with me, as you know."
"He’s a book jumper, like me. He’ll be helping us from now on."
"If I do not fall asleep, the magic cannot work."
"The only spells we have the power to cast are the spells we use in our play."
"You’re the one that’s stopping me from cooking properly and thinking straight."
"I’m sorry, but I cannot explain it to you."
"I have been looking everywhere for you, Miss Amy, anxious to ensure your safety."
"I thought she had been asleep, so I didn’t disturb her."
"The princess was afraid, and the fear was even worse than the loneliness."
"The first time the princess had failed to do what she’d set out to do, but the second time the dagger had found its mark—except that the princess had got the wrong person."
"Why had the Macalisters needed so many jail cells? A chill ran down my spine as the flashlight beam fell upon a collection of strange instruments."
"Your clan has run out of money. You’re bankrupt."
"The cyclone, without which The Wizard of Oz had practically ceased to exist, whirled round and round inside its glass sphere."
"We talked for a while about our lists and our suspicions. The princess only needed one more idea, then."
"I thought literature was so important to you. Will said you’d do anything to protect it."
"The fact that my grandmother might... that her injuries might be too serious, was something I’d been trying not to admit to myself until now."
"I stared at her. Apart from the fact that I’d been wondering for some time now how good it actually was for literature to have us jumping around in it, this whole thing was outrageous!"
"At last I managed to snap out of my trance. I followed him across the stone circle to the archway. Will’s hand in mine was wet with sweat as we lay down."