Quotes from I Am Number Four

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“When you have lost hope, you have lost everything. And when you think all is lost, when all is dire and bleak, there is always hope.”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from I Am Number Four


“It's the little mistakes that lead to big mistakes.”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from I Am Number Four


“That’s the worst way to miss somebody. When they’re right beside you and you miss them anyway.”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from I Am Number Four


“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, quote from I Am Number Four


“And even if we were hunting vampires, what the hell is the Silly Putty for?”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from I Am Number Four



“The price of a memory, is the memory of the sorrow it brings.”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from I Am Number Four


“Those things that are the most obvious are the very things we've most likely to overlook.”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from I Am Number Four


“No. Don't give up hope just yet. It's the last thing to go. When you have lost hope, you have lost everything. And when you think all is lost, when all is dire and bleak, there is always hope.”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from I Am Number Four


“You know the saying: he who doesn't understand history is doomed to repeat it. And when it's repeated, the stakes are doubled.”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from I Am Number Four


“In the beginning we were a group of nine.

Three are gone, dead.
There are six of us left.
They are hunting us, and they won't stop until they've killed us all.

I am Number Four.

I know that I am next.”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from I Am Number Four



“A place is only as good as the people in it.”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from I Am Number Four


“Best way to deal with fear is to confront it.”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from I Am Number Four


“I am an alien, I have extraordinary powers, with more to come, and I can do things that no human would dream of, but I still look like a fool.”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from I Am Number Four


“One of the gifts our planet gave us is to love completely. Without jealousy or insecurity or fear. Without pettiness. Without anger.”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from I Am Number Four


“I'll come back to you," I say. "I promise you, if it's the last thing I do, I'll come back to you."

Her face is buried in my neck. She nods.

"I'll count the minutes until you do." she says.”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from I Am Number Four



“I'll come back to you," I say, "If it's the last thing I do, I'll come back to you.”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from I Am Number Four


“All I can think about is what she must be doing, and how I wish she were still here.”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from I Am Number Four


“My heart is breaking," she says. "I want to be strong for you right now but the thought of you leaving is killing me inside.”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from I Am Number Four


“He who doesn't understand history is doomed to repeat it.”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from I Am Number Four


“I can't take not knowing what the next day will bring- the uncertainty is sawing me in two. The room is dark. A flickering candle burns on the window ledge a few feet away. I take a deep breath, which is to say, as deep a breath as I can take.

"Are you okay?" Sarah asks.

I wrap my arms around her. "I miss you," I say.

"You miss me? But I'm right here."

"That's the worst way to miss somebody. When they' re right beside you and you miss them anyway.”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from I Am Number Four



“There were hugs. There were words said by each of them. I don't remember what they were. Nothing haunts me more.”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from I Am Number Four


“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, quote from I Am Number Four


“I don't know where you have to go or what you have to do, but I'll wait for you, John. Every bit of my heart belongs to you, whether you ask for it or not.”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from I Am Number Four


“I smile at her. "You're an angel."

"Nah," she says.
"I'm just a girl crazy in love.”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from I Am Number Four


“You lie long enough and you start to get used to it.”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from I Am Number Four



“He says we need to live in the real world, where war and death are a reality, not pretend.”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from I Am Number Four


“Hope?” he says. “There is always hope, John. New developments have yet to present themselves. Not all the information is in. No. Don’t give up hope just yet. It’s the last thing to go. When you have lost hope, you have lost everything. And when you think all is lost, when all is dire and bleak, there is always hope.”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from I Am Number Four


“During the fire:

'Some of the drunker ones don't move. Some of them laugh. One person says, "Where's the marshmallows?" Mark slaps him across the face. "GET OUT!" he screams.”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from I Am Number Four


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