Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children * Quotes

"Come with me. There's a place I go when I want to be alone."

"We're what's known in common parlance as peculiar. It's a recessive gene carried down to through families."

"Because our abilities don't fit in the outside world we live in places like this, where no one can find us."

Miss Peregrine: "I'm a type of peculiar called and Ymbryne."
Jake: "Yeah, you turn into a bird."
Miss Peregrine: "Well, I do, yes, but that's not very useful. An Ymbryne's main skill is the manipulation of time. We choose a safe place to stay each day and create a loop."
Jake: "What do you mean?"
Miss Peregrine: "A loop is the last twenty-four hours, rest the loop and the day is yours to live in again. Reset it daily, and you can stay there forever, entirely safe from the outside world. Every Ymbryne commits herself to the creation and the upkeep of a place like this, a home for peculiar children."

"Follow me, there's something I need to show you, but you have to promise not to run away."

[Emma sucks out all the water of the sunken ship so they can breathe]
Jake: "How... how did you..."
Emma Bloom: "Air, it's my peculiarity. If I show you the rest you have to promise not to run away."

Emma Bloom: "Would you help me with something?"
Jake: "What did you need help with?"
Emma Bloom: "To put the baby squirrel back in the tree."
Jake: "What baby squirrel?"
[Emma looks at her watch then holds out her hand to catch the falling baby squirrel]
Jake: "That happens every day?"
Emma Bloom: "Like clockwork. Now, would you mind tying that rope around my waist?"
[Jake ties the rope around her waist]
Emma Bloom: "Right. Promise to hold on tight."