A post featuring multiple quotes from books, including one illustration. Descriptions are written below their respective sources.

The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Ironwood Tree (Tony Diterlizzi, Holly Black)

The creature’s grin widened into something that wasn’t really a smile.

A Tale Dark and Grimm (Adam Gidwitz)

"Hansel," Gretel said. "Yes, Gretel?" "Did you hear what Father said?" "Yes." "He cut off our heads to save that ugly old man." Hansel was silent. "And Mommy was glad that he did.  Do you think they hate us?" Hansel was silent still.

The Ironwood Tree

An illustration from The Ironwood Tree in which the Not-Jared, a near-identical copy of Jared Grace, stands with his hands spread in a school hallway in front of multiple lockers. He wears a sweatshirt, jeans, and an unsettling grin. Below the picture is the caption “Don’t you know me?”

The Veldt (Ray Bradbury) 

Mr. and Mrs. Hadley screamed.

And suddenly they realized why those other screams had sounded familiar.

 edie. (yves.) 

Edie laughed. It was the first time Edie’s parents had heard them laugh in years; certainly since they had begun their walks in the woods, since they had started looking for friends in the trees and leaves. Edie laughed and laughed, and their teeth were painted with burgundy seed-blossoms. 

“You wanted to leave me,” they said, and their eyes narrowed like black coral. Their parents realized, and startled, and licked their lips, trying to come up with the proper excuse. There wasn’t any; Edie knew. “You wanted to leave me here to die.”

The Ironwood Tree