Super Mario Quotes

“Sadie ground pounded a Goomba, one of the mushroom-like creatures that were abundant in Super Mario. "I feel bad for the Goombas."
"They're just henchmen," the boy said.
"But it feels like they've gotten mixed up in something that has nothing to do with them."
"That's the life of a henchman.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

“None of the questions was what I expected. Most of them were esoteric thought experiments, 'How would you turn Pride and Prejudice into a video game?' and 'If you added a button to Pac-Man, what would you want it to do?' Conundrums like 'How come when Mario jumps he can change direction in midair?”
― Austin Grossman, You

“So basically, you get to play Super Mario all you want, any time you want, for FREE !"

"That is the single most amazing thing I've ever heard.”
― Gene Luen Yang, Level Up

“Sadie was nearing the end of the level. "What's the secret to landing high on the flagpole?"
"Hold down the run button as long as you can, then crouch down and jump just before you're about to fall," the boy said.
Sadie/Mario landed on the top of the flagpole.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

“So when is super Mario popping out of a sewer pipe?”
― Becky Albertalli

“They sat there, the air like ice, Everleigh's Ayane wig When I'm older, I'm gonna dye it purple for real!) and Maura's Super Mario mask (I can't breathe in this thing!) cast aside, eating ever one of their collective peanut butter cups. It felt indulgent. Fun. They licked the chocolate from their fingertips. They threw the paper cups across the floor. They feasted. And then there was just one package left, a full-sized score, two final cups inside. They lifted them, and then, as if they were older, an age Everleigh would never live to see, they clinked them together like glasses of champagne, dinging the chocolate, a toast to themselves.
"Let's do this every year," Everleigh declared.
"I'm in," Maura agreed, mouth full.
"I mean it! Promise. As long as one of us wants to go."
"Of course we will. Always."
It was the happiest they'd ever been.”
― Daria Lavelle, Aftertaste