Crap Kingdom: Best Book Quotes
“Who can ever know what will be discovered? Tom Parking had never expected to have a destiny.” p 124
‘Existing in this world and in that one simultaneously had seemed impossible. But isn’t that exactly what Chosen Ones were supposed to do: impossible things?” p 126
“Maybe you get killed. Maybe you were a hero. Maybe both. But what could possibly be worse than not finding out and wondering forever?” p 128
“Everything Arthur Miller stood for, all his lessons of tolerance and dignity, that could just go away at any time , and it wouldn’t have to be in a big court case, it could happen very slowly, just from people being too afraid in situations they assumed really didn’t matter because they were so small, like a school play. Small decisions, small moments, they matter. That there are small victories to be had everywhere, in our lives, not just in the Supreme Court and stuff.” p 195
“But there were always times when Tom’s head was on the chopping block and he would learn all kinds of lessons in that moment of need, gaining the wisdom of a man whose death was imminent. And then, at the last second, his head would somehow be saved from the chopping block and he’d completely forget all the things he’d learned when it was there.” p 229
“If he had been wearing them, though, he would’ve taken them for granted. but since his underwear had been taken away, and since these pairs were so close yet were denied to him, he wanted them more than anything. Those people who hung them in their window, they had no idea what they had. TOm knew what it was worth. but it was too late. It would never be his.” p 252
“If you were brave but no one could hear it and it didn’t matter anyway, did it still count?” p 282
“Be stupid, be weak, be confused, be scared, but GET UP.” p 327
“So after all that” Jason said, “You’ve reached a kind of Wizard of Oz, never-further-than-my-own-backyard conclusion?” “Not exactly,” Tom said. “The backyard trains you for the bigger adventures without you even knowing it.” Tom found it much easier to say things he was actually proud of when he didn’t actually have a mouth. “Bubububbubut you’re banished! What if you never geta chance to have any bigger adventures?” “Did you ever think you’d get pulled up out of the void?” p 353
