James Ponti > Quotes

“But you don’t have to be part of a group to understand that they’re being mistreated. Justice doesn’t require a membership card. Just a sense of right and wrong.”
― James Ponti, City Spies

“Only fools and liars speak with certainty about things beyond their control.”
― James Ponti, City Spies

“Zues?" I said.
"His computer. He named it." Then she whispered conspiratorially, "He acts like it's a person."
"I do not," he said as we walked down the hall toward his room.
"You gave it a birthday party," she said.
Grayson stopped walking for a moment. "Annual hard-drive maintenance and software upgrades do not count as a birthday party."
"No," she said. "But singing 'Happy Birthday' to it does."
He took a deep breath. They've obviously been through this before. "You know I was testing the new voice-recognition software."
Natalie looked at me. "Birthday party.”
― James Ponti, Dead City

“You cannot achieve what you cannot believe.”
― James Ponti, City Spies

“I don't get involved in anything that's stupid.”
― James Ponti, Blue Moon

“No buts,” Rio said, cutting her off. “There’s no way I’m changing my mind.” “I’ll give you the other half of my sandwich,” she said, holding it up. “Deal,” he said without hesitation as he snatched it from her hand. “Kat’s the lookout.”
― James Ponti, City Spies

“Bad guys never wait, so good guys can’t be late.”
― James Ponti, City Spies

“You call that a sound system?” asked Sydney. “It’s a cassette player. It’s from the 1900s.”
“Yeah, well, so am I,” Monty replied.”
― James Ponti, Golden Gate

“Justice doesn’t require a membership card. Just a sense of right and wrong.”
― James Ponti, City Spies

“Once you're certain about something, you no longer question it. And if you don't question what you think you know, then you'll only ever see the big things and TOAST is worthless to you."
"Let me get this straight," she replied. "You're saying that big things, like everybody believing something, block the important details from view.”
― James Ponti, Framed!

“DISLIKES: Practically allergic to following rules.”
― James Ponti, City Spies

“All rise for the Honorable Lyman J. Pancake. Court is now in session.”
― James Ponti, City Spies

“For the second time in less than fifteen minutes, Kat’s words had silenced the room.
Monty laughed and said, “For someone who never talks, you sure know what to say.”
Kat smiled wryly and answered, “I pick my moments.”
― James Ponti, Golden Gate

“Death is part of the natural order of life,” she would explain. “You shouldn’t be scared of it. You should be respectful of it.”
― James Ponti, Dead City

“you don’t have to be part of a group to understand that they’re being mistreated.”
― James Ponti, City Spies

“I'm not worthy of you or your Omega awesomeness.”
― James Ponti, Blue Moon

“If you trust me with a secret, that means you trust my judgment with regard to the information. Not that you get to dictate that judgment for me. (Agent Marcus Rivers)”
― James Ponti, Framed!

“The Bodleian’s a highly secure building.”
“That was built when the cutting edge of security was a moat and a man with a pointy stick,” Monty said with a laugh.”
― James Ponti, Golden Gate

“Life is filled with probables, I guess we're both going to have to get used to them.”
― James Ponti, City Spies

“She handed it to him, and he studied it. "Whenever I would move into a new foster home, I'd put it up on a shelf near the window," she said. "I think some part of me thought it would help guide my family back to me." The memory of this caused her to pause for a moment. "Then one time, a boy in one of the houses was made at me, so he threw it against the wall and shattered it." She wiped a tear out of her eye. "My foster parents threw it away, but I went out to the trash and found it. I taped it back together and hid it in my shoebox." Mother was touched. "I can't take this from you." "I want you to have it," she said. "Put it by the window, so it can guide your children back to you." "No." he said near tears. "This is for your family." Brooklyn turned and looked out the window back toward the FARM. The rest of the team was playing soccer in the yard. They were kicking the ball back and forth, laughing. Monty was watching, sharing encouragement. Everyone was happy. "I don't need it anymore," she said turning back to him. " I found my family.”
― James Ponti, City Spies

“good guys”
― James Ponti, City Spies

“Pirates have seized the boat,” Brooklyn said. “I think they’re coming for the two of you.”
“Pirates?” Judy gave her a confused look. “You mean with peg legs and parrots?”
“Yes, and a crocodile with a loud clock in its stomach,” Brooklyn replied sarcastically. “This isn’t a storybook. These are actual twenty-first-century criminals at sea. And you two are the most valuable treasure on this boat.”
― James Ponti, Golden Gate

“I've never had much luck with New Year's resolutions. Last year I only lasted three days before realizing I couldn't survive without junk food. And the year before that, when my sister and I promised not to argue anymore, we didn't even make it to the end of my dad's New Year's Eve party. I'll spare you the gory details, but fruit punch and guacamole were involved. So was dry cleaning.”
― James Ponti, Blue Moon

“If we lose faith and trust, then we've lost everything”
― James Ponti

“(If yours is not available, you can always steal your sister’s.)”
― James Ponti, Dead City

“Who am I? Am I the blood within my veins? The heart that always strains, to ease the pains of others? Am I the name that I’ve been given? Does that explain why I am driven? Does that honor my father and my mother? What is it that you find, when the stars somehow align? And begin to define the essence that is mine? “Who am I? I am brother, I am son I am many, I am one I am more than I can comprehend And forever I’m your friend.”
― James Ponti, Forbidden City

“This year I, Molly Bigelow, resolve to stay alive.
That's it.”
― James Ponti, Blue Moon

“If this had been a public-school locker room, there would have been some gray jumbo-sized garbage cans nearby, and I probably could've taken care of cleanup by myself. But apparently the girls of St. Andrew's don't throw anything away, because all they had was a tiny wastebasket and some recycling bins. There were bins for paper, plastic, and glass, but none for rotting corpses. Go figure.”
― James Ponti, Dead City

“Call us the City Spies.”
― James Ponti, City Spies

“You're one of us! We are a team. It doesn't matter if you are living or undead, you will always be one of us”
― James Ponti, Dark Days