Peter Patrick > Quotes

“he constructed a robot using only tissue boxes, an old computer, and four batteries, but that didn’t go so well. All the robot did was laugh. He laughed particularly hard when he saw Fred’s new haircut. Fred took the batteries out after that.”
― Peter Patrick, Diary of a Ninja Spy 5: Alien Attack!

“no”
― Peter Patrick, Middle School Super Spy: Space!

“Monday is supposed to be a fun day. Supposed to be. But not this Monday. No way. Uh-uh. Nope. There is nothing fun about this Monday. Nothing at all. Today, we are in the gym playing dodge ball. I’m not very good at dodge ball because: a) I’m not very good at dodging balls, b) I’m not very good at throwing balls and; c) I’m not very good at any sports. Oh man…”
― Peter Patrick, Middle School Super Spy: Evil Attack!

“He’s just looking for the ball,” Harley says. “He’ll be back in a moment. It’s dark in there, and he is just looking for the ball. I’m sure nothing bad happened in the Evil Forest.”
― Peter Patrick, Middle School Super Spy: A Giant Problem!

“The theorem states that any elliptic curve over Q can be obtained via a rational map with integer coefficients from the classical modular curve (N) for integer N and is a curve with integer coefficients with an explicit definition. If N is the smallest integer for which the parameterization can be sourced, then it may be defined in terms of mapping generated by a particular kind of modular form of weight two and level N! This, of course, is an integer q-expansion, and can be followed by an isogeny. Der! How could you not know that, Charlie?”
― Peter Patrick, Middle School Super Spy: Space!

“The parallel force ensures that only those affected by the bomb are stopped in slow motion.”
― Peter Patrick, Middle School Super Spy: Attack of the Ninjas!

“he studied the results of walking while not wearing any clothes. He found that it was a very effective method to get people to move out of your way when you wanted to go somewhere.”
― Peter Patrick, Middle School Super Spy: Attack of the Ninjas!

“My name is Charlie Chucky, I am in the sixth grade, I love playing Minecraft, and I am learning to become a Super Spy. My Dad is the world’s best Super Spy, and he is starting to teach me all his tricks. Lately, I’ve been battling invisible giants, crazy zombie teachers, and super ninjas! Life has been pretty crazy, and I’ve enjoyed every second of it. My best friend Harley is different to me. He doesn’t want to become a Super Spy. He doesn’t want to battle bad guys and save the world each week. Nope. He wants to sit indoors and stare at numbers all day. Harley’s dream is to become the world’s greatest math professor. He loves school, he loves studying, and he absolutely loves math tests.  He goes mad for them. It is the one thing he is really good at. He just loves numbers.  Numbers are like candy for him – he can’t get enough of it. He even asked Mrs. Jackson for extra math homework last night. Mrs. Jackson then decided to give the whole class extra math homework. Let’s just say Harley wasn’t that popular after school.  This is Harley. Mrs. Jackson always says that someday math will save our lives, but I can’t see how it will. Maybe one day, four giant numbers will attack our school, and I will defeat them using an algebra equation… or maybe the numbers in my textbook will go bad, and start attacking all the words on the pages, and I will stop them using a calculator!”
― Peter Patrick, Middle School Super Spy: Space!

“Miss Jackson was away all last week, and now we have another substitute teacher.  Hopefully, this one is better than the last one. Mr. Greyson, last week’s teacher, had to go to the hospital because in gym class, Jack the Jock kicked a soccer ball in his… well, he kicked it into an area of the body that hurts a lot.”
― Peter Patrick, Middle School Super Spy

“He’ll be back in a moment. It’s dark in there, and he is just looking for the ball. I’m sure nothing bad happened in the Evil Forest.”
― Peter Patrick, Middle School Super Spy: A Giant Problem!

“We ended up eating toasted pieces of soap. Yep. Mom will never let us cook again. In”
― Peter Patrick, Middle School Super Spy: Evil Attack!

“Harley begins to panic. “Coming to Earth?! Our Earth? But I don’t want to die. There is so much I haven’t done yet – like learn Modularity Theorem!” “What is Modularity Theorem?” I ask. “The theorem states that any elliptic curve over Q can be obtained via a rational map with integer coefficients from the classical modular curve (N) for integer N and is a curve with integer coefficients with an explicit definition. If N is the smallest integer for which the parameterization can be sourced,”
― Peter Patrick, Middle School Super Spy: Space!

“Harley is a good kid. He is always the first to arrive in class and the last one to leave. He knows all the teachers and is always helping them in his lunch break. “And what did you tell her?” “I told her that we do math first, then reading, then”
― Peter Patrick, Middle School Super Spy

“What will you do once you have the key?” Mia asks. “We’ll be able to break into every bank in the world!” Captain Dread declares proudly. “We can open every lock, everywhere!” “Um,” Harley says. “Banks don’t have keys anymore. They have codes, and scanners, and swipe passes. A key isn’t going to help you break into a bank.” The pirates all stop looking for the key and look at each other, confused. “We’ll just use it for anything with a key then!” “Like what?” I ask. “Like… the candy store.” “They use a swipe code for their locks.” “Hotels?” “Swipe cards.” “Government buildings?” “Codes.” “Food shops?” “Scanners.” “Safes?” “Dial codes.” “Cars?” “Keyless.” “Houses?” “Um…” I think about that for a moment. “Yep, I think most houses still use keys. You could use it there.” “Then we will break into every house in the world!” Captain Dread declares again. “We will enter any house we want to, at any time. With the possession of the Skeleton Key, we will be unstoppable! We will be the unstoppable pirates!” “Captain Wed, if you go into my house,” I say. “Can you check that my pet bunny rabbit has enough food? I am not sure if I gave him enough food before I left.” “No! I will steal things from your house; not feed your bunny rabbit!” “We can’t let him have that key, Charlie,” Harley whispers to me. “He will have too much power. We will have to keep the key a secret from him.” “Captain Zed, you are not going to steal anything from me. You can get off this boat now,” I say, as I pick up my backpack full of Super Spy gadgets.”
― Peter Patrick, Middle School Super Spy: Pirates!

“sprinkler.”
― Peter Patrick, Middle School Super Spy: Space!

“Jack the Jock, Jim the Jump, and Jon the Jingle totally dominate the soccer game. I get to kick the ball twice, but that is as much action as I see.”
― Peter Patrick, Middle School Super Spy: A Giant Problem!

“Der!”
― Peter Patrick, Diary of a Super Spy: The Collection: Books 1 - 4

“Blake.”
― Peter Patrick, Diary of a Ninja Spy 5: Alien Attack!

“bad guys”
― Peter Patrick, Middle School Super Spy: Space!

“My Mom can be so embarrassing. At my basketball game last week, she came to the game dressed as a cheerleader with pom-poms and a sign that said, ‘GO BAKE.’ Clearly, she forgot the letter ‘L’ in my name, and the other team thought that she was telling them to go to the kitchen. Now everyone at school calls me ‘Bake’. Thanks, Mom.  “Your friend Fred is nice,”
― Peter Patrick, Diary of a Ninja Spy 5: Alien Attack!