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“THE FIRST TEN LIES THEY TELL YOU IN HIGH SCHOOL

1. We are here to help you.
2. You will have time to get to your class before the bell rings.
3. The dress code will be enforced.
4. No smoking is allowed on school grounds.
5. Our football team will win the championship this year.
6. We expect more of you here.
7. Guidance counselors are always available to listen.
8. Your schedule was created with you in mind.
9. Your locker combination is private.
10. These will be the years you look back on fondly.

TEN MORE LIES THEY TELL YOU IN HIGH SCHOOL

1. You will use algebra in your adult lives.
2. Driving to school is a privilege that can be taken away.
3. Students must stay on campus during lunch.
4. The new text books will arrive any day now.
5. Colleges care more about you than your SAT scores.
6. We are enforcing the dress code.
7. We will figure out how to turn off the heat soon.
8. Our bus drivers are highly trained professionals.
9. There is nothing wrong with summer school.
10. We want to hear what you have to say.”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak

“There's no way the new chimney will fall down, Lu. Not with you in charge. It wouldn't dare.”
― Angie Sage, Fyre

“What's a flange?" asked Marcia.
A what?"
A flange. It says here attatch piece Y to the long, upright D, taking care to align holes P and Q with the corrosponding holes N and O in the left-hand flange. I can't see a wrethed flange anywhere.”
― Angie Sage, Flyte

“A Magnificent Banquet, being
A Thanksgiving for the Safe Return
Of our Beloved Daughter,
Princess Esmeralda.
Bring your own plates.”
― Angie Sage, Physik

“the chocolate raisins tasted somewhat fishy, but Lucy didn't care-chocolate was chocolate. She changed her mind however, when she realized that the raisins were tiny fish heads.”
― Angie Sage

“Been having a fight with your blankets, Septimus?" A familiar voice echoed down the chimney. "Looks like you lost," the voice continued with a chuckle. "Not wise to take on a pair of blankets, lad. One, maybe, but two blankets always gang up on you. Vicious things, blankets. ”
― Angie Sage, Physik

“You could give us a hand instead of staring into space like a constipated camel.”
― Angie Sage, Queste

“Blue to get ready
Green to go
Yellow to guide you through the snow
Orange to warn you that over you’ll go
Then red will be the final glow
Now seek the black, there’s no going back.”
― Angie Sage, Queste

“You can't just rattle it off like a demented parrot.”
― Angie Sage, Flyte

“Use your head, Sep. Loads of wolverines. Hanging around waiting for super. Gtting excited. eating mint blasts. so what do you think they do?'
it must be here. they can't have eaten that... i dunno, Nik, what do they do?'
POO.”
― Angie Sage, Flyte

“They would all be sorry... particularly the duck.”
― Angie Sage

“...yelling doesn't make a thing any more possible.”
― Angie Sage, Queste

“He was not used to the smell of dragon breath, which is best described as a combination of the stench of burning rubber and the stink of old socks, with overtones of a hamster cage in dire need of a cleaning.”
― Angie Sage

“Don't go to the circus.”
― Angie Sage, Flyte

“The Young Army was crazy. Marcia was Magyk.”
― Angie Sage, Magyk

“Oi! Can't a poor Boggart have no peace?”
― Angie Sage, Magyk

“Get down. Shut Up. And Listen,"
~Jenna Heap”
― Angie Sage

“Fly free with me.”
― Angie Sage, Flyte

“Petroc Trelawney looked as pleased as a pebble can look, which was pretty much the same as he had looked before.”
― Angie Sage, Magyk

“Septimus look at Jenna, his green eyes serious, “It’s a luxury Jen,” he said.

“What do you mean?”

Septimus stared at the scraped and bloody snow at his feet. It took him some moments to reply.
“I mean…” he began slowly. “I mean that if you go through life and never face a situation where, in order for your to survive, someone else has to die, then you’re lucky. That’s what I mean.”
― Angie Sage, Queste

“The dragon reared her head, breathing in the storm and loving every minute of it. It was the start of a voyage, and a storm at the beginning of a voyage was always a good omen.”
― Angie Sage, Magyk

“Aunt Zelda had written her note on special paper that she had made from pressed cabbage leaves.”
― Angie Sage, Syren

“Don’t keep saying ‘huh’, Silas. It makes you sound so crotchety.” “Well, maybe I am crotchety. And I’ll keep saying ‘huh’ if I want to, Sarah. Huh.”
― Angie Sage, Flyte

“I wonder," Marcia said. "If you would consider being my apprentice?”
― Angie Sage, Magyk

“It gave Boy 412 the impression that Aunt Zelda had walked into a large patchwork tent and had just, that very minute, poked her head out of the top to see what was going on.”
― Angie Sage, Magyk

“Maxie knew he must have been very bad to deserve this. He wondered what it was he had done.
And why he hadn’t enjoyed it more at the time”
― Angie Sage, Septimus Heap

“Miarr is descended from the Guardians of the Light, who in turn were descended from the mysterious Guardians of the Seas. It is not known where the cats came into the family tree.”
― Angie Sage, Syren

“Marcia," said Milo. "That was Jenna. I know my child."
"And I know mine," said Marcia. "I mean - I know Septimus.”
― Angie Sage, Fyre

“Barney," she said, "would you like to help me look for a stupid giant banana?"
Barney grinned. "Ooh, yes please," he said.”
― Angie Sage, Syren

“Silas Heap was eloping with Marcia Overstrand.”
― Angie Sage, Magyk