Stars, too, were time travelers. How many of those ancient points of light were the last echoes of suns now dead? If all the suns but ours collapsed tonight, how many lifetimes would it take us to realize we were alone?

— Ransom Riggs

Strange, I thought, how you can be living your dreams and your nightmares at the very same time.

— Ransom Riggs

That was our friendship: equal parts irritation and cooperation.

— Ransom Riggs

The day that lay before (was) full of infinite possibilities, though in a million superficial ways it was identical to the day before.

— Ransom Riggs

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

— Ransom Riggs

They may love you', she whispered, 'but they'll never understand.

— Ransom Riggs

They were of the past, and the past always mend itself, no matter how me interfere.

— Ransom Riggs

They were of the past, and the past always mends itself, no matter how me interfere.

— Ransom Riggs

They worried that fantasies were somehow inoculating me against more practical realities.

— Ransom Riggs

Though I imagine we're killing ourselves right now in all manner of ways that'll seem insane to people in the future. And as doors to the next world go, a bog ain't a bad choice. It's not quite water, and it's not quite land - it's an in-between place.

— Ransom Riggs