“There's a name for people with an interest in the moon," Alex said. "They're called lunatics.”
― Anthony Horowitz, quote from Crocodile Tears
“What were you going to do with it?” McCain asked.
"I just thought it might come in useful.”
"Were you planning to attack me?”
"No. But that’s a good idea.”
― Anthony Horowitz, quote from Crocodile Tears
“The school even had a Latin motto: Pergo et Perago, which sounded like the story of two Italian cannibals but which actually meant “I try and I achieve.”
― Anthony Horowitz, quote from Crocodile Tears
“You cannot defeat your enemies until you know who they are.”
― Anthony Horowitz, quote from Crocodile Tears
“He died fighting for what he believed in.”
― Anthony Horowitz, quote from Crocodile Tears
“Look at self-satisfied pop singers or greasy, semi-literate athletes. People worship them. Why?”
"Because they’re talented.”
― Anthony Horowitz, quote from Crocodile Tears
“When you are rich, people treat you with respect.”
― Anthony Horowitz, quote from Crocodile Tears
“The food at the Mandarin Club was not good, but the members liked it that way. It reminded them of school.”
― Anthony Horowitz, quote from Crocodile Tears
“There’s a name for people with an interest in the moon,” Alex said. “They’re called lunatics.”
― Anthony Horowitz, quote from Crocodile Tears
“He [Riptide] sighed. "I said, 'What are you doing all the way out here?' and you said, 'Hey, sparkling teeth, I totally love three of your claws but not the others, and I wish your nose was a herrig so I could eat it, and also your wings sound like sharks snoring.'"
Tsunami burst out laughing.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, quote from The Lost Heir
“Familiar was good. Unfamiliar was bad. A soft scuffing came from beyond the old female’s crate. Maggie instantly lifted her head, and cocked her ears toward the sound. She recognized human footsteps, and understood two people were coming up the drive. Maggie hurried to the French doors and pushed her nose under the curtain. She heard a twig snap, brittle leaves being crushed, and the scuffing grow louder. Tree rats stopped moving to hide in their stillness. Maggie walked quickly to the side of the curtains, stuck her head under, and sampled more air. The footsteps stopped. She cocked her head, listening. She sniffed. She heard the soft metal-to-metal clack of the gate latch, caught their scent, and recognized the intruders. The strangers who had entered their crate had returned. Maggie erupted in a thunder of barking. She lunged against the glass, the fur on her back bristling from her tail to her shoulders. Crate in danger. Pack threatened. Her fury was a warning. She would drive off or kill whatever threatened her pack. She heard them running. “Maggie! Mags!” Scott came off the couch behind her, but she paid him no mind. She drove them harder, warning them. “What are you barking at?” The scuffing faded. Car doors slammed. An engine grew softer until it was gone. Scott pushed aside the curtains, and joined her. The threat was gone. Crate safe. Pack safe. Alpha safe. Her job was done. “Is someone out there?” Maggie gazed up at Scott with love and joy. She folded her ears and wagged her tail. She knew he was seeking danger in the darkness, but would find nothing. Maggie”
― Robert Crais, quote from Suspect
“Blaming his students for being uninspired was so much easier than doing the work required to inspire them.”
― quote from The Nix
“I don’t need someone to fight for me. I can fight for myself.”
― Brittany Cavallaro, quote from A Study in Charlotte
“I once heard a story about a girl who requested something so vile from her paramour that he told her family and they had her hauled her off to a sanatorium. I don’t know what deviant pleasure she asked for, though I desperately wish I did. What magical thing could you want so badly they take you away from the known world for wanting it?”
― Carmen Maria Machado, quote from Her Body and Other Parties
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