A/N: For all my HOO readers, including
-_-Annabeth-Chase-_-, WolvesOfHope,MythicalNerdy,Tbnrzip, 3015185A, and CryoFangs549

If you've read my book, Heart Of Oak (HOO, for short), you may have noticed my use of referances to other fandoms I'm part of.
Today, I'm going to be focusing on my quotes, quotes that I came up with by myself.
I want to go through them to talk about their meanings, and the true stories behind them.
These will be in order of appearance.

Inspiring Quotes

"A memory is one of the most powerful things in the universe. You just need to harness it."
- Tui T. Sutherland, HOO, chapter

Before you ask, no, I did not base this off of Harry Potter and the Dementors.
This is based off of a very real experience of mine; whenever I'm in a hard spot, if I focus my thoughts on a memory - more often than not, one of my friends - , it can help me through the pain.
Make of that what you will.

"The weakest are often the strongest."
                Tui T. Sutherland, HOO, chapter 28

This one make seem counterintuitive, but when you think about it, it makes sense.
People who say they're the worst, are often the best.
Holly herself is an example of this.
She never, ever thinks she's the hero.
She doubts herself and her ablilities.
But in the end, she knows what's right, and even when she's tempted, she's willing to admit it, and that's part of the reason why she's such a great character, and why she the exact right person for the job; she's humble, she knows her place; by contrast, Cottonmouth does not, and that was his downfall.

"History is written by the winning side; only upon examaining both side of a story, can you get the full picture."
                                                                                                                                                              Holly, HOO, chapter 32

I still really love this one.
This is a real thing that happens; history can be wrong.
That's why we need to use critical thinking.
Don't stop at one side of a tale.
There's always a second side.
And often, there's more than one answer to a question; sometimes people lie, sometimes everyone's wrong.

"Think of all the families getting torn apart. Think of all the fathers losing their sons to the inferno. Think of the mothers failing to rescue their childeren from Death. Think of all the inocent souls who might have tried to save those dragon eggs if they had known what their emporers were doing. Think of all the childeren - all the little ones leaving this world too early, too young to know the love they might have had later in life - only death and fire."
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Holly, HOO, chapter 32

This came to me suddenly as I was writting this chapter.
I think this quote really shows how little some people care for their fellow humans; now, of course, Dusky was really young when he and Holly had this conversation, so he has nothing to do with this. However, it shows that sometimes, humans are ignorant of the lives they gamble. There is hope, though; we can trust that where there is death, there is hope, where there is ignorance, and carelessness, there will be people who do care, people who will help, heros we can trust, even in this world.

Sorry, I'm in my Philosophical (crap spelling) mood.

"There is no shadow without light. There will always be good where there is evil. There will always be people like you, and there will always be people like me to stop you!"
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Holly, HOO, chapter 34

This also came to me suddenly.
I had the idea late one night, and it was so good, I just had to write it down.
This, had you can tell, is similiar to the point I just made.
Evil can't exist without good, and we can trust that when we need it, it will be there.

"I'm sorry you have to leave so early. Your time shouldn't have some so soon. but you know what?"

"What?"

"This isn't the end; you don't have to fear the Reaper."
                                                Holly and Dusky, HOO, chapter 34

You can take this however you want.

"If you're leaving, then I'm coming with you!"

"No, Mandrake. You'd have to come back here at some point, anyway."

"N-n-no. I think he has to chose - either stay here, or go with you."

"But even assuming you got to the other side alive, you'd probably turn into a human."

"I don't care! I left you once, I'm not leaving you again!"
                                                                                               Mandrake and Holly, HOO, chapter 35

I'll save this one for later, because I want to talk more about why Holly and Mandrake make such a great couple.

"That's how you know you were the right person. No one's perfect, but when you admit it, you come as close as perfect as you possibly can."
                                                                                                                                                                                              Tui T. Sutherland, HOO, chapter 36

Humorous Quotes
There are lots of these in all of my books, but remember, I'm only talking about my quotes, not the many, many movie and book quotes in it.
Most of these are pretty striaghtforward, so I won't need to do much explaining.

"Mandrake is screaming, and Nettle is steaming. Hollies are prickly, holy crap, that escalated quickly."
                                                                                                                                            Holly, HOO, chapter 11

"And I have to wear a DRESS, Mandrake! And I have to dance with a bloke named Richard!"
                                                                                                                            Holly, HOO, chapter 13

I feel ya, girl.

"You're cute."

"What?"

"Nothing!"
Holly and Mandrake, HOO, chapter 18 (?)

"For your sake, I won't tell her you said that."

"Nah, She'd be furious."

"Isn't that a reason NOT to tell her?"

"Not when you've got ADHD."
Hazel and Holly, HOO, chapter 20

"HELOOOO? Gaint, leafy, deslexic dragon right infront of you!"
                                                                   Holly, HOO, chapter 30

"WHAT THE FU-"
*Clears throat*
"FRICK is GOING ON?!!!!"

Holly, HOO, chapter 31

"I don't know! I'm a half-dead dragonet, how am I supposed to know?!"
                                                                                        Lizard, HOO, chapter 33

I promise I didn't realize how funny this was until much later.

"Ack! Geez, woman!"
Holly, HOO, chapter 35

"Wait, Janet, I didn't know you were an early person."

"Holly Mcmeares, you KNOW I'm not an early person."
                                      Holly and Janet, HOO, chapter 36

I'll have more to say about Holly and Janet later.

"Oh, we're here to do my hair?"
*Puts a hairclip up in the back, and stands up*
"There. We're done. Can I go now?"
                Holly, HOO, chapter 36

*Snickers*
I love this one.

"Yes."
"Everyone's-"
"-Invited-"
"-But not everyone-"
"-Comes."
Daniel and Davis Mcmeares, HOO, chapter 36

Haha, I love the twins.

"Yes."
"Unless-"
"-You want Richard to dance-"
"-With Holly-"
"-Which we're not having."
Daniel and Davis Mcmeares, HOO, chapter 36

"Trust us-"
"-Lover boy-"
"We're fashion-"
"-Experts."
Daniel and Davis, HOO, chapter 36

"Hey, the grass is green today. That's weird; yesterday it was yellow."

"Somebody watered the grass; somebody's dog. . . . . "

Holly and Mandrake, HOO, Epilogue

This is a bit of an inside joke.
So, after the second track practice of the season, me, my friends, Neva and Carson, and a new boy named trip, got together to talk after the day's work.
Eventually, the conversation turned to the poor *planet* Pluto, and we pick up the story there.

Neva:"Pulto not being a planet makes my fiddel teacher SO mad-"

Carson: "Wait, but he's a fiddel teacher; why's he fussing about Pulto?"

Neva:"He's weird, he talks about weird stuff."

Carson*walks up*

Carson:"Hey, what 'we talkin' 'bout today, exept the fiddel? Hey, the grass is green today. That's weird; yesterday it was yellow."

Trip:"Somebody watered the grass; somebdy's dog. . . . . ."

Trust me, it was even better at the time!

So, that's all for now!
I'll be doing more these soon, so stay tuned!

Renx out!