“The human psyche was much more flexible than I’d imagined, capable of expanding to contain all sorts of contradictions and seeming impossibilities.” — Ransom Riggs Human psyche Copy Share Image
“What would Golan Do? That way I can ask myself before I do anything. Before I take a dump. How would Dr.… — Ransom Riggs Funny Copy Share Image
Laughing doesn't make bad things worse any more than crying makes them better. It doesn't mean you don't care, or that you've… — Ransom Riggs Bad thing Copy Share Image
“Though I imagine we're killing ourselves right now in all manner of ways that'll seem insane to people in the future. And… — Ransom Riggs Bogs Copy Share Image
“I don't mean to be rude' I said, 'but what are you people?' 'We're peculiar,' he replied, sounding a bit puzzled. 'Aren't… — Ransom Riggs Copy Share Image
“Which was just well: goodbyes had never been my strong suit anyway, and lately my life had felt like an unbroken series… — Ransom Riggs Goodbye Copy Share Image
We cling to our fairy tales until the price for believing in them becomes too high. — Ransom Riggs Believe Copy Share Image
“Miss Peregrine had shown my grandfather. I was coming to believe I had been sent here to repay that debt—my own, my… — Ransom Riggs Destiny Copy Share Image
“But you can't feel bad every second, I wanted to tell her. Laughing doesn’t make bad things worse any more than crying… — Ransom Riggs Bad thing Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, wandering mall aisles on an errand with my parents, I would think about the people I’d seen living on the margins… — Ransom Riggs Parenting Copy Share Image
“You're right, Dad. Dr. Golan did help me. But that doesn't mean he has to control every aspect of my life. I… — Ransom Riggs Life Copy Share Image
“The last act was to infect me with nightmares and paranoid delusions that would take years of therapy and metabolism-wrecking medications to… — Ransom Riggs Mental health Copy Share Image
“I don’t know why it was so important for her to prove to a stranger that we were good-hearted, when we knew… — Ransom Riggs Nature Copy Share Image
“I discovered Emerson's soporific qualities by falling asleep with my face in the book, drooling all over an essay called 'Self-Reliance'...” — Ransom Riggs Books Copy Share Image
When someone won't let you in, eventually you stop knocking. — Ransom Riggs Knocking Copy Share Image
I had just come to accept that my life would be ordinary when extraordinary things began to happen. — Ransom Riggs Accepting Copy Share Image
There was a girl who could fly, a boy who had bees living inside him, a brother and sister who could lift… — Ransom Riggs Bees Copy Share Image
“Through a bombed cemetery, long-forgotten Londoners unearthed and flung into trees, grinning in rotted formal wear. A curlicued swing set in a… — Ransom Riggs Photography Copy Share Image
You find a lot of junk when you're searching through lost and tossed photo ephemera, but every so often you'll find a… — Ransom Riggs Certain Copy Share Image
“For his many sacrifices, he received only scorn and suspicion from those he loved.” — Ransom Riggs Copy Share Image
“But this wasn’t a safe, controlled environment I was learning in. There were no bumper lanes to keep my ball out of… — Ransom Riggs Copy Share Image
“The present seemed suddenly strange to me, so trivial and distracted. I felt like one of those mythical heroes who fights his… — Ransom Riggs Copy Share Image
“Because we weren’t like other people. We were peculiar.” “Peculiar how?” “Oh, all sorts of ways,” he said. “There was a girl… — Ransom Riggs Brother and sister Copy Share Image
“And eventually the dark peeled back layer by layer, and with imperceptible gradations the sky feathered to a delicate pale blue.” — Ransom Riggs Copy Share Image
