P.D. Atkerson > Quotes

“Until you showed up, I thought we were going to have some fun. Maybe play some games, throw a party, break into a top security building and take selfies? You pick, though I’m leaning toward the latter. I’d love to see the inside of the Pentagon.”
― P.D. Atkerson, Phantom Thief

“Are you alright?” Ella asked.
“Yeah, I guess my feet didn’t get the memo that I was planning on using them today,” Hunter huffed. “I could have sworn that I told them that this morning.”
― P.D. Atkerson, They Call Her Ella

“A feeling of unease settled over Derek as he glanced between the two young agents. “If the White House doesn’t control you, who exactly do you take orders from?”

“God,” was Peter’s quick response, then there was a pause and he grimaced. “And my dad.”
― P.D. Atkerson, Web of Lies

“So that’s what the problem was! The coffee maker was smarter than the agent operating it.”
― P.D. Atkerson, Web of Lies

“You don’t know anything about the world I come from. You…” He squeezed his eyes shut. “This… this is why I can’t stay. We’re from two different worlds, and I’ll never be able to have a normal life.”
― P.D. Atkerson, Deadlock

“Are you still under the moronic illusion that I’m just a kid?”
“No, you’re 62 inches of pure chaos.”
― P.D. Atkerson, T.H.E.Y.

“So... do you cause trouble, or is it just drawn to you?” Aidan asked, turning to face Max for the first time since he'd arrived.
Max was about to respond, but instead he grimaced and rubbed his head as his headache grew a little worse.”
― P.D. Atkerson, Testing of the Stars

“Nothing good ever happens in parking garages.”
― P.D. Atkerson, Winnie Winfield

“Looking around him, Lever realized the office was very much like the man himself: boring, dull, and nearly completely useless.”
― P.D. Atkerson, Web of Lies

“Thanks…” Lever scowled at the Girl Scout. “I think.”
Derek just snorted. “Wow… Even a little girl thinks you need something sweet to sweeten you up.”
“They’re cookies, not a miracle in a box. Now… I do believe we were leaving before you got distracted by the little drug dealers selling their boxes of legal crack.”
― P.D. Atkerson, Smoke Screen

“If you two are done taunting each other,” Agent Bates said, “we do have a mission to discuss, and I would appreciate it if you were both at least pretending to pay attention.”
“Pretending to pay attention is my specialty.”
― P.D. Atkerson, Smoke Screen

“Thank you so much for stating the obvious,” Lever snapped, taking a shot at the first person to step through the door and winging him in the arm. “If I was a blind bystander, I would certainly appreciate the play by play.”
― P.D. Atkerson, Web of Lies

“There was no freedom for someone like him. There would always be someone who wanted something from him. Heck. Everyone had someone that they had to take orders from. Freedom was an illusion you give yourself, but . . . perhaps this was the lesser of two evils. ”
― P.D. Atkerson, Web of Lies

“Can you honestly look me in the eye and say I’m just a kid? I think you might know better than most that age isn’t always about how long you’ve been on this earth. Sometimes an old soul can be trapped inside a kids body. So don’t be fooled by what I look like, I can take care of myself.”
― P.D. Atkerson, Minor Detail

“With pickles, obviously,” I said, and his face lit up with a grin. It was worth the weirdness of eating pickles, of all things, on top of our pizza just to see that smile. He’s always loved it, and I was honestly not sure I could have pizza without them anymore.”
― P.D. Atkerson, Hero Rising

“There was a reason most of them preferred the more modern “email.” That machine would sooner eat your soul than actually fax anything.”
― P.D. Atkerson, Web of Lies

“You might think I’m a ‘rookie,’ Agent Sheldon, but people are rarely what they let people see.”
― p.d. atkerson

“If anyone ever asked him, Fieldson would claim he’d fallen out of the car after they’d stopped for the millionth time due to the traffic, and it certainly hadn’t been on purpose. So, it was obviously also an accident that he ended up causally jogging the rest of the way to the park.”
― P.D. Atkerson, Unwanted Services

“That wasn’t your fault,” Agent Lang said. “You did what you could, he just . . . made the wrong kind of enemies.”
“And what are the right kind of enemies?” Gregory asked.
Lang smirked. “The ones you call ‘friends.”
― P.D. Atkerson, Training

“Shifting in his seat, Lever turned his attention to the agent sitting up front. “So . . . is this where you take me to some creepy warehouse somewhere and kill me? I was voted most likely to die under mysterious circumstances, you know.”
― P.D. Atkerson, Web of Lies

“Everyone knew that throwing up in someone else's secret lair was just plain rude.”
― P.D. Atkerson, Hero Rising

“Dying of boredom had to be the lamest way he could possibly have gone out.”
― P.D. Atkerson, Off the Rails

“Homo Vitae Commodatus Non Donatus Est.”(Man’s life is lent, not given.) 
The next second, Lever struck. Hard and fast, just like he was trained.”
― P.D. Atkerson, Web of Lies

“What was taking him so long? Neil was tempted to unlock the door himself, but Uncle Frank would probably be all “that’s breaking and entering and a misdemeanor,” and whatever other lawyer talk he’d start spewing.”
― P.D. Atkerson, Off the Rails

“Gregory was very proud he didn’t roll his eyes, or hit his head against the table, or something equally as dramatic when he saw the man. Because, seriously? The espionage world was not that small. ”
― P.D. Atkerson, Training

“Gregory grunted as he climbed into the car and settled himself into the seat. His body currently felt like it belonged to an ancient person, like a forty year old or something. He felt like he was practically on death’s door.”
― P.D. Atkerson, Training

“Lone wolf? He was literally in a house full of people. Well . . . children, but they were a lot like people.”
― P.D. Atkerson, Web of Lies

“Saving people was great. Saving money wasn’t as easy. ”
― P.D. Atkerson, Hero Rising

“I’m a CI, you’re just an idiot.”
― P.D. Atkerson, Training

“He picked Derek up like he was a rag doll and shoved him back several steps until his back slammed against the wall.
“Your God has no control here.”
― P.D. Atkerson, Web of Lies