Rob Lloyd Jones > Quotes

“Prendergast’s ribs spread open with a wet crack.”
― Rob Lloyd Jones, Wild Boy and the Black Terror

“Lucien Grant,”
― Rob Lloyd Jones, Wild Boy and the Black Terror

“It felt as if this was something we were meant to be doing, Pan and me together. It felt… right.”
― Rob Lloyd Jones, Jake Atlas and the Tomb of the Emerald Snake

“I must have looked like she did: cut and bruised, covered in sand and dust and rubble. But still we both grinned.
"You just killed a giant monster snake," Pan said.
"We did," I replied.”
― Rob Lloyd Jones, Jake Atlas and the Tomb of the Emerald Snake

“Pan stood on the bank, aiming one of the stun guns. She'd taken all four of the mercenaries out, in the dark, from twenty metres.”
― Rob Lloyd Jones, Jake Atlas and the Tomb of the Emerald Snake

“The way out," I gasped. "It's not a way out anymore.”
― Rob Lloyd Jones, Jake Atlas and the Quest for the Crystal Mountain

“Prendergast’s face appeared even whiter, his veins even blacker, like a living corpse. He kept twitching, shaking. His eyes shot around him as if he was surrounded by invisible, swooping demons.”
― Rob Lloyd Jones, Wild Boy and the Black Terror

“No one is shooting anyone," Pedro insisted. "We're all friends here."
"Shut up, Pedro!" Pan yelled. "No one is friends with anyone here!”
― Rob Lloyd Jones, Jake Atlas and the Hunt for the Feathered God

“If you're alive, you bleed more. The Aztecs wanted them to bleed a lot. They wanted waterfalls of the stuff, gushing down the sides of --
- Dad”
― Rob Lloyd Jones, Jake Atlas and the Hunt for the Feathered God

“That's North America," I said, recognizing the shape of the land mass. "And that's Britain there."
"Britain? Jake, that's impossible."
Pan swam closer. "The Ancient Egyptians didn't know about these places.”
― Rob Lloyd Jones, Jake Atlas and the Tomb of the Emerald Snake

“Don't mess with the Atlas family. - Jake”
― Rob Lloyd Jones, Jake Atlas and the Hunt for the Feathered God

“Dad, I'm in an airport with armed police. How much trouble can I cause?"
Mum's fingers tightened around her book. "This is a terrible idea," she muttered.”
― Rob Lloyd Jones, Jake Atlas and the Tomb of the Emerald Snake

“Give me your top five facts."
"History isn't about 'top five facts' lists, Jake."
"Then give me your top three.”
― Rob Lloyd Jones, Jake Atlas and the Hunt for the Feathered God

“Jake," Mum snapped, "when people are firing at us, you don't have to tell me that they're firing at us.”
― Rob Lloyd Jones, Jake Atlas and the Tomb of the Emerald Snake

“The Principal. “Bloody hell,” Clarissa said. “It’s Queen Victoria.”
― Rob Lloyd Jones, Wild Boy and the Black Terror