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Their memory was something tangible and heavy, and I would carry it with me.

— Ransom Riggs Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2011)

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When someone won't let you in, eventually you stop knocking.

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2011)

Sometimes you just need to go through a door.

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I'm no expert on girls, but when one tries to pinch you four times, I'm pretty sure that's flirting.

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2011)

I used to dream about escaping my ordinary life, but my life was never ordinary. I had simply failed to notice how extraordinary it was.

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When I was fifteen, an extraordinary and terrible thing happened, and there was only Before and After.

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