Cogheart
Peter Bunzl
Top 10 Best Quotes
“Feelings and intuition, love and compassion, those are the things make a soul, not blood and bones or machine parts.”
“You know, once,” Robert said, “I was working in the shop, doing some repairs on a music box, and it was all going wrong. Da took me aside and told me to think of it like life: ‘It looks complicated when you see all the separate pieces, but the purpose of the music box is to play joyful music. You just have to remember how to fit them together so it will. The same with life really. It’s just about the living of it. That’s all you have, and all you can do: live and be happy.”
“The soul’s a matter of the heart, Robert, and the heart’s a mystery even the greatest scientists don’t understand.”
“No one conquers fear easily, Robert. It takes a brave heart to win great battles.”
“I know sometimes life can be painful, my tiger. But, remember, if you can’t change what’s happened today, you must bide your time, until you’re strong enough to fight tomorrow.”
“The Kraken was somewhat obsessed with posture. As for Lily, she barely gave it a second thought. In her opinion it was better to read books than balance them. That’s what they were designed for, after all. And if you wanted to wear something on your head there was a perfectly good item designed for that too: it was called a hat.”
“The trouble was, Lily reflected, as she sneaked up the last set of stairs to the girls' dormitory, she didn't want the life of a well-bred Victorian young lady, she wanted the life of an air-pirate.”
“No one conquers fear easily, Robert”
“and intuition, love and compassion, those are the things make a soul, not blood and bones or machine parts.” He ruffled his son’s hair with a calloused hand. “The soul’s a matter of the heart, Robert, and the heart’s a mystery even the greatest scientists don’t understand.”
“Malkin pressed his forepaws against the flight-deck window and peered out. The silver airship was still following; gaining on them. The purr of its propellers and the whoosh of its knife-sharp hull cutting through the air sent a shiver of terror through his clockwork innards.”
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