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  • #1
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    “A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
    Marcus Tullius Cicero

  • #2
    Thomas A. Edison
    “I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.”
    Thomas A. Edison

  • #3
    “We don't have to be defined by the things we did or didn't do in our past. Some people allow themselves to be controlled by regret. Maybe it's a regret, maybe it's not. It's merely something that happened. Get over it.”
    Pittacus Lore, I Am Number Four

  • #4
    “The only limits for tomorrow are the doubts we have today.”
    Pittacus Lore, The Power of Six

  • #5
    “If you ever know a man who tries to drown his sorrows, kindly inform him his sorrows know how to swim.”
    Pittacus Lore, The Power of Six

  • #6
    “Where are you originally from?”
    “The planet Lorien, three hundred million miles away.”
    “Must have been a long trip, John Smith.”
    “Took almost a year. Next time I’m bringing a book.”
    Pittacus Lore, The Power of Six

  • #7
    “I don’t know; I still like the name Six. Maren
    Elizabeth was when I was a different person, and right now Six just feels right. It can be short for something if someone asks.”
    Sam looks over. “For what? Sixty?”
    Pittacus Lore, The Power of Six

  • #8
    “Sam picks the stone up and clenches his entire body in deep concentration. Nothing happens. " Oh come on," he says to the stone. " I promise to use it for the power of good. No girls' locker rooms, I swear.”
    Pittacus Lore, The Power of Six

  • #9
    “There is a crucifix, a few cloves of garlic, a wooden stake, a hammer, a blob of Silly Putty, and a pocketknife. “You do realize these people aren’t vampires, right?” I say when Sam walks back in. “Yeah, but you never know. They’re probably crazy, like you said.” “And even if we were hunting vampires, what the hell is the Silly Putty for?” He shrugs. “Just want to be prepared.”
    Pittacus Lore, I Am Number Four

  • #10
    “I don't like bullies. No one has a right to take or to hurt just because they can.”
    Pittacus Lore, The Rise of Nine

  • #11
    “Why couldn't you turn into a fireball when we were on the same team!”
    Pittacus Lore, The Rise of Nine

  • #12
    “Never underestimate human stupidity.”
    Pittacus Lore, The Fallen Legacies

  • #13
    “I am not who you thik I am,' I say.
    'Who are you?'
    'I am number Four.”
    Pittacus Lore, I Am Number Four
    tags: am, four, i, lore

  • #14
    “Okay, I think it's time for another distraction" Eight says, disappearing again. He reappears by the outer circle of stones, plants his hands on an upright slab, and pushes hard. All I can do is watch in horror, frozen to the spot. The huge stone wobbles and slowly tips backwards, then the horizontal slab on top falls too, and that's when Eight starts yelling, "Help! Help! The stones are falling over! Stonehenge is falling down!" I will kill him. I clench my fists at my side, which is when I realize I still have a small rock in my hand. I lean down and carefully, pointlessly, return it to its spot.”
    Pittacus Lore, The Rise of Nine

  • #15
    “My iPod rumbles again. It's not actually an iPod. It doesn't play any music and the earbuds are just for show. It's a gadget that Sandor put together in his lab.
    It's my Mogadorian detector. I call it my iMog.”
    Pittacus Lore, Nine's Legacy

  • #16
    “We will not conquer our obstacles by running away from them. Speed does not matter, just that we do not stop.”
    Pittacus Lore, The Rise of Nine

  • #17
    Josephine Angelini
    “How do you know all this about me?" Helen sputtered. Claire sighed.
    "After I pushed you off the roof..." she began.
    "After you WHAT?" Lucas yelled.”
    Josephine Angelini, Starcrossed

  • #18
    Josephine Angelini
    “So, what can't you take? Decide which of the two options is harder, and do the other. That way, no matter how hard your choice turns out to be, at least you can find comfort in knowing you're avoiding something even worse.”
    Josephine Angelini, Starcrossed

  • #19
    Hunter S. Thompson
    “Some people will tell you that slow is good – but I’m here to tell you that fast is better. I’ve always believed this, in spite of the trouble it’s caused me. Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba…”
    Hunter S. Thompson, Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century

  • #20
    Josephine Angelini
    “I don’t know why you’re fighting it, Len. One, he’s frigging gorgeous. Two, he’s so frigging gorgeous you need to count it twice. Three, he saw you fall down and left practice to see if you were okay. That’s, like, devotion.”
    Josephine Angelini, Starcrossed

  • #21
    Josephine Angelini
    “Get this. So he comes up to me at lunch, right? And he starts asking me all these questions about you. Like, how long have I known you, where are you from, did I ever meet your mom before she skipped town...'

    'My mom? That's weird,' Helen interrupted.

    'And I start answering him with my usual flair for clever repartee,' Claire said, a bit too innocently.

    'Translation: you insulted him.”
    Josephine Angelini, Starcrossed

  • #22
    Josephine Angelini
    “He's not going around telling everyone you're monkey-butt crazy, so at least you brutalized a seriously sweet guy.”
    Josephine Angelini, Starcrossed

  • #23
    Josephine Angelini
    “So what are you doing next Friday night?"
    "What have you got in mind?"
    "We could try hitting each other with cars," she suggested cheerfully.
    "Did that last weekend with Jase," he said with mock regret.
    "Go to the zoo and throw ourselves to the lions?" she fired back quickly, desperate to keep him focused on her rather than his caved-in chest.
    "The Romans sort of wore that one out. Got anything original?"
    "I'll think of something," she warned him.
    "Can't wait!”
    Josephine Angelini, Starcrossed

  • #24
    Josephine Angelini
    “Also, it'd be kinda hard to be together if I was in prison."

    "What are you talking about?" Helen asked, suddenly alarmed. "Why would you go to prison?"

    "For killing the guy that took your virginity," he replied. "You I would forgive. But the guy? Dead man.”
    Josephine Angelini, Starcrossed

  • #25
    Josephine Angelini
    “Why is it so damn cold in this damn house...damn it!”
    Josephine Angelini, Dreamless

  • #26
    Josephine Angelini
    “She can’t stand the sight of me, Helen. The one girl, the only girl who’s ever really shook me up—and I horrify her.”
    Josephine Angelini, Goddess

  • #27
    Josephine Angelini
    “So. Ever get the urge to drown anyone?' Ariadne asked.
    'No!' Andy replied, horrified.
    'Shes just messing with you,' Helen assured her. Her face dropped. 'Seriously, though. What's your stance on strangling?'
    'You mean apart from wanting to strangle both of you right now?”
    Josephine Angelini, Goddess

  • #28
    Josephine Angelini
    “Will someone please tell me why you all call me 'Sparky'?" she burst out in frustration. "And if I get stabbed one more time tonight I'm going to lose it!" she added, rounding on Jason, who was sneaking up behind her holding a stapler.”
    Josephine Angelini, Starcrossed

  • #29
    Suzanne Collins
    “The audience must be sick to death of the star-crossed lovers from District 12. I know I am.”
    Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire

  • #30
    Rick Riordan
    “I have lightning and wind powers," Jason reminded him. "Piper can turn beautiful and charm people into giving her BMWs. You're no more a freak than we are. And, hey, maybe you can fly, too. Like jump off a building and yell 'Flame on!'"
    Leo snorted. "If I did that, you would see a flaming kid falling to his death, and I would be yelling something a little stronger than 'Flame on!”
    Rick Riordan, The Lost Hero



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