Even if all the clocks in the station break down, thought Hugo, time won't stop. Not even if you really want it to. Like now.

I think the most important thing you can do is to keep drawing no matter what. And to not be afraid of drawing whatever interests you. If there is something that you want to draw, to make, then I think you should pursue it and not let anybody tell you that you cant do it.

If you lose your purpose ... it's like you're broken.

Since I spend such a long time making each book, I only choose books that I'm really interested in and that I really love.

Having an eye patch actually makes it easier to look through a camera - I don't have to close one eye like everyone else.

Ben remembered reading about curators in "Wonderstruck", and thought about what id meant to curate your own life, as his dad had done here. What would it be like to pick and choose the objects and stories that would go in your own cabinet? How would Ben curate his own life? And then, thinking about his museum box, and his house, and his books, and the secret room, he realized he'd already begun doing it. Maybe, thought Ben, we are all cabinets of wonders.

My house had suddenly turned into a hospital ward.