“Mahoney: "Thirty-seven seconds. Great, well done; now we wait."Mr. Magorium: "No, we breathe, we pulse, we regenerate. our hearts beat, our minds create, our souls ingest. Thirty-seven seconds well used is a lifetime.”
“we swim in our second language, we breathe in our first”
“We breathe in our first language, and swim in our second.”
“I'll be at your place tonight, seven thirty.""Does seven thirty mean our reservation is at eight?""Eight fifteen, in case we hit traffic or weather.""Will this mean you'll turn into a pumpkin on the way back, considering we'll probably get home past your bedtime?"Silence then, "Now she gives me smartass and it's still fuckin' cute."”
“We do not mind when [our Elders] load the Seven Deadly Sins on our backs but we object when they claim that we invented them.”
“We humans can never claim to do nothing, we breath, we pulse, we regenerate.”