Quotes from The Never War

D.J. MacHale ·  352 pages

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“This was like no library I had ever seen because, well, there were no books. Actually, I take that back. There was one book, but it was the lobby of the building, encased in a heavy glass box like a museum exhibit. I figured this was a book that was here to remind people of the past and the way things used to be. As I walked over to it, I wondered what would be one book chosen to take this place of honor. Was it a dictionary? A Bible? Maybe the complete works of Shakespeare or some famous poet.
"Green Eggs and Ham?" Gunny said with surprise. "What kind of doctor writes about green eggs and ham?"
"Dr. Seuss," I answered with a big smile on my face. "It's my favorite book of all time."
Patrick joined us and said, "We took a vote. It was pretty much everybody's favorite. Landslide victory. I'm partial to Horton Hears A Who, but this is okay too."
The people of Third Earth still had a sense of humor.”
― D.J. MacHale, quote from The Never War


“Spader and I were nearly killed. Three times. We were also robbed and witnessed a gruesome murder. Happy birthday to me!”
― D.J. MacHale, quote from The Never War


“Defeat is most devastating at the moment of victory" Saint Dane”
― D.J. MacHale, quote from The Never War


“If I fall out, pull this ring? What happens then? I sprout wings and fly?" -Spader in "The Never War”
― D.J. MacHale, quote from The Never War


“Who's Heinz and what's an accordion?"
-Spader”
― D.J. MacHale, quote from The Never War



“You want to know why we're the ones responsible?" Gunny asked.
I looked up into a pair of wise eyes that had seen far more than mine.
"Because there's nobody else," he said.”
― D.J. MacHale, quote from The Never War


“I can't let that happen again. The stakes are way too high. I know that, now more than ever. If there's anything good that came from my failure on First Earth, it's that I have now totally given myself over to being a Traveler.”
― D.J. MacHale, quote from The Never War


About the author

D.J. MacHale
Born place: in Greenwick, CT, The United States
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