C. Alexander London > Quotes

“I'm a fan of the volcanic imagination. It bubbles and boils below the surface; it rumbles. When it erupts, continents are born.”
― C. Alexander London

“I am still a bit mad at you for kidnapping me and putting our children's lives in danger."

"There's no how-to manual for parenting, Oggie. I'm doing the best I can.”
― C. Alexander London, We Dine With Cannibals

“Ha-ha!' the fox laughed. '*Just* stories, you say, as if stories mean nothing? Stories are the stuff that sticks the world together. Stories are the mud from which we're all made. The power to imagine stories is the power to remake the world as we dream it.”
― C. Alexander London, Moonlight Brigade

“A wounded sea lion in the open water would be shark food in minutes. So, in fact, would a wounded person. The boat with the SEALs and the prisoners still on it had moved closer to the beach. They unleashed all their firepower on the small wall from which the rocket had been fired. The marines had fallen back to their boats and, as the first one pulled out through the breaking waves and into the bay, the others kept shooting. Once that boat”
― C. Alexander London, Honor Bound

“Clara pressed the gas. "No guts, no glory!" she said.”
― C. Alexander London, Mission Hindenburg

“What?" Cara cut Amy off. "Jealous? Were you about to say I'm jealous? Me? Like Mr. Brit-fuff-fuff could make me jealous. Ha!”
― C. Alexander London, Mission Hindenburg

“Longest free fall, highest skydive, and youngest person to break the speed of sound. You only set three world records. - Amy, to Dan”
― C. Alexander London, Mission Hindenburg

“Hey, guys, it's those spied who've been following us for weeks. Should I let them in? - Cara”
― C. Alexander London, Outbreak

“It is hard when our heroes fall, yes? - Alek Spasky”
― C. Alexander London, Mission Hindenburg

“Hey, Eriele?" he said. "You know what's funny?... You're so busy yelling at Ian," Dan said, "you didn't notice our altitude. Time to change the gas mixture.”
― C. Alexander London, Mission Hindenburg

“People really have to stop dropping guns around us. - Dan”
― C. Alexander London, Outbreak

“It didn't seem right that Sinead could be so careless with other people's lives but still lover her brothers so much. Did loving them make her less of a villain, or did loving them and still being a traitor make her more of one?”
― C. Alexander London, Outbreak

“You can't actually hire us. Check out the room you're in. We don't need your money... That cat's lunch costs more than most government salaries... We can't even spend all the money we have. In fact, it should be us offering you money, just to get rid of some of it. Want some money? - Dan”
― C. Alexander London, Outbreak

“Every pile of rocks could hide another bomb, every mound of dirt could conceal a land mine. Every plastic bag could be a trip wire. Every step could be my last.”
― C. Alexander London, Semper Fido

“Humans were terribly odd creatures.”
― C. Alexander London, Outbreak