--- title: "11 Life Quotes By Brandon Mull" description: "11 Life quotes by Brandon Mull. Plus more from Brandon Mull and more Life sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aac/brandon-mull-1617_life_was-life-like-that-you-could-look-ahead_2816961.png" --- > [Was life like that? You could look ahead to the future or back to the past, but the present moved too quickly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-mull/was-life-like-that-you-could-look-ahead-to-the-future-or-back-to-the/) [Brandon Mull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-mull/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aac/brandon-mull-1617_life_was-life-like-that-you-could-look-ahead_2816961.png) > [Want a reliable road to emotional and spiritual suicide? Spend your life trying to fit in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-mull/want-a-reliable-road-to-emotional-and-spiritual-suicide-spend-your/) [Brandon Mull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-mull/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/775/brandon-mull-1617_emotional_want-a-reliable-road-to-emotional-and-sp_2831674.png) > [“Heroes only need to be brave when there's a good reason. It would be stupid to risk your life without a purpose.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-mull/heroes-only-need-to-be-brave-when-there-s-a-good-reason-it-would-be/) [Brandon Mull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-mull/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85f/brandon-mull-1617_brave_heroes-only-need-to-be-brave-when-there_366232.png) > [“Live a fruitful life. Resist evil. Give more than you take. Help others do likewise. The rest will take care of itself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-mull/live-a-fruitful-life-resist-evil-give-more-than-you-take-help-others/) [Brandon Mull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-mull/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d31/brandon-mull-1617_fruitful_live-a-fruitful-life-resist-evil-give-mo_2745976.png) > [The comforts of life as a fugitive," Drake sighed. "Stumbling about in the dark without mounts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-mull/the-comforts-of-life-as-a-fugitive-drake-sighed-stumbling-about-in/) [Brandon Mull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-mull/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/625/brandon-mull-1617_comfort_the-comforts-of-life-as-a-fugitive-drake_1809322.png) > [Drake. He liked dangerous pies." "Why did he join you?" "Who would eat pie that could take over your life? Why risk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-mull/drake-he-liked-dangerous-pies-why-did-he-join-you-who-would-eat-pie/) [Brandon Mull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-mull/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/907/brandon-mull-1617_dangerous_drake-he-liked-dangerous-pies-why-did-he_601149.png) > [“Was life like that? You could look ahead to the future or back at the past, but the present moved too quickly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-mull/was-life-like-that-you-could-look-ahead-to-the-future-or-back-at-the/) [Brandon Mull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-mull/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b0/brandon-mull-1617_driving_was-life-like-that-you-could-look-ahead_2743754.png) > [“Lena held up a hand to silence him. “Say no more, human,” she demanded sternly. “After much travail, I have reclaimed my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-mull/lena-held-up-a-hand-to-silence-him-say-no-more-human-she-demanded/) [Brandon Mull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-mull/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c89/brandon-mull-1617_disappeared_lena-held-up-a-hand-to-silence-him-say-n_232161.jpg) > [“The others were trying to spare you from pain. The truth can be devastating. We spend much of our lives protecting ourselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-mull/the-others-were-trying-to-spare-you-from-pain-the-truth-can-be/) [Brandon Mull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-mull/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f65/brandon-mull-1617_better-tomorrow_the-others-were-trying-to-spare-you-from_603055.jpg) > [“The truth can be devastating. We spend much of our lives protecting ourselves from it and shielding others as well. We use…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-mull/the-truth-can-be-devastating-we-spend-much-of-our-lives-protecting/) [Brandon Mull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-mull/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fe/brandon-mull-1617_better-tomorrow_the-truth-can-be-devastating-we-spend-mu_1717050.jpg) > [The curse of mortality. You spend the first portion of your life learning, growing stronger, more capable. And then, through no fault…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-mull/the-curse-of-mortality-you-spend-the-first-portion-of-your-life/) [Brandon Mull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-mull/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/803/brandon-mull-1617_aging_the-curse-of-mortality-you-spend-the-fir_2096102.jpg) ## Other authors on Life - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sunday-adelaja-87912.jpg) Sunday Adelaja 2,086 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/sunday-adelaja/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-nishan-panwar-14.jpg) Nishan Panwar 1,901 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/nishan-panwar/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paulo-coelho-74345.jpg) Paulo Coelho 1,045 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/paulo-coelho/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-ritu-ghatourey-5.jpg) Ritu Ghatourey 893 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/ritu-ghatourey/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 659 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/frederick-lenz/) - [Lailah Gifty Akita 630 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/lailah-gifty-akita/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-anurag-prakash-ray-38.jpg) Anurag Prakash Ray 621 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/anurag-prakash-ray/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-steve-maraboli-87325.jpg) Steve Maraboli 550 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/steve-maraboli/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-melchor-lim-61.jpg) Melchor Lim 538 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/melchor-lim/) - [Mehmet Murat ildan 452 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/mehmet-murat-ildan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 432 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/henry-david-thoreau/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 430 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/ralph-waldo-emerson/) ## More by Brandon Mull > [“Seth wished he had kept the zombie hand.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-mull/seth-wished-he-had-kept-the-zombie-hand/) [Brandon Mull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-mull/) > [FABLEHAVEN: None who enter will leave unchanged. Trespassers will be turned to stone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-mull/fablehaven-none-who-enter-will-leave-unchanged-trespassers-will-be/) [Brandon Mull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-mull/) > [Choices determine character.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-mull/choices-determine-character/) [Brandon Mull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-mull/) > [In their youth, mortals behave more like nymphs. Adulthood seems impossibly distant, let alone the enfeeblement of old age. But ponderously, inevitably, it overtakes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-mull/in-their-youth-mortals-behave-more-like-nymphs-adulthood-seems/) [Brandon Mull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-mull/) > [I don't know how you're standing here. Yet you haven't broken. Not where it matters. Having come this far, I'm not sure you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-mull/i-don-t-know-how-you-re-standing-here-yet-you-haven-t-broken-not/) [Brandon Mull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-mull/) > [“Their premise is that chaos and bloodshed are preferable to just regulations. We disagree.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-mull/their-premise-is-that-chaos-and-bloodshed-are-preferable-to-just/) [Brandon Mull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-mull/) > [Agreements. Specifically, a treaty ratified by all the orders of whimsical like forms who dwell here that affords a measure of security for mortal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-mull/agreements-specifically-a-treaty-ratified-by-all-the-orders-of/) [Brandon Mull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-mull/) > [“In his first communication, which arrived via homing canister, Hank told me that if we acquired the Translocator, he had a way to smuggle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-mull/in-his-first-communication-which-arrived-via-homing-canister-hank/) [Brandon Mull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-mull/) > [“Don’t eat more than you want,” Grandma said. Kendra realized she had been toying with her pancakes, procrastinating the next bite. “I’m kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-mull/don-t-eat-more-than-you-want-grandma-said-kendra-realized-she-had/) [Brandon Mull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-mull/) > [Can't you home school me?" Nate pleaded. "You would never do any work." (Nate's mom) "Sounds perfect!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-mull/can-t-you-home-school-me-nate-pleaded-you-would-never-do-any-work/) [Brandon Mull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-mull/) > [Oh, Kendra, before I forget, Gavin asked me to give you this letter." He held out a gray, speckled envelope. "Happy birthday to you!"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-mull/oh-kendra-before-i-forget-gavin-asked-me-to-give-you-this-letter-he/) [Brandon Mull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-mull/) > [“Rotten apples stay spoiled, Nedwin said. Copernum and his allies will hang themselves with future crimes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-mull/rotten-apples-stay-spoiled-nedwin-said-copernum-and-his-allies-will/) [Brandon Mull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-mull/) > [Imagination can take you Places…READ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-mull/imagination-can-take-you-places-read/) [Brandon Mull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-mull/) > [You look tired," Rachel told Jason. "I wish I could jog and sleep at the same time." "Can't you?" Ferrin asked, joining them at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-mull/you-look-tired-rachel-told-jason-i-wish-i-could-jog-and-sleep-at-the/) [Brandon Mull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-mull/) > [The pendulum swings between Light and Darkness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-mull/the-pendulum-swings-between-light-and-darkness/) [Brandon Mull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-mull/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/brandon-mull/#itemlist", "name": "11 Life Quotes By Brandon Mull", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Was life like that? 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Kendra”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Brandon Mull" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-mull/lena-held-up-a-hand-to-silence-him-say-no-more-human-she-demanded/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c89/brandon-mull-1617_disappeared_lena-held-up-a-hand-to-silence-him-say-n_232161.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c89/brandon-mull-1617_disappeared_lena-held-up-a-hand-to-silence-him-say-n_232161.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c89/brandon-mull-1617_disappeared_lena-held-up-a-hand-to-silence-him-say-n_232161.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Lena held up a hand to silence him. “Say no more, human,” she demanded sternly. “After much travail, I have…” — Brandon Mull", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The others were trying to spare you from pain. 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