"Once upon a time – for that is……" — John Connolly

"Once upon a time – for that is how all stories should begin – there was a boy who lost his mother."

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47 Quotes by John Connolly

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For in every adult there dwells the child that was, and in every child there lies the adult that will…
Being scared isn't the problem. It's not running away that's the hard part.
I believe in those whom I love and trust. All else is foolishness. This god is as empty as his…
You had evil inside you, and you indulged it. Men will always indulge it.
You mean they killed her?" asked David. They ate her," said Brother Number One. "With porridge. That's what 'ran away…
It was an overcast late November morning, the grass splintered by hoarfrost, and winter grinning through the gaps in the…
He had quite liked the dwarfs. He often had no idea what they were talking about, but for a group…
He would talk to them of stories and books, and explain to them how stories wanted to be told and…
Each man dreams his own heaven.
He had never really speculated about this before, since demons came in all shapes and sizes. Indeed, some of them…
I'm a ghost," said the small figure, then added, a little uncertainly, "Boo?
I think the act of reading imbues the reader with a sensitivity toward the outside world that people who don't…

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