Quotes from The Recruit

Robert Muchamore ·  342 pages

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“I'd like to have a business card saying: Bruce Norris kicked your arse.”
― Robert Muchamore, quote from The Recruit


“This is tough but CHERUB's are tougher”
― Robert Muchamore, quote from The Recruit


“A terrorist doesn't let strangers into her flat because they might be undercover police or intelligence agents, but her children bring their mates home and they run all over the place

The terrorist doesn't know that one of these kids has bugged every room in her house, made copies of all her computer files and stolen her address book.
The kid works for CHERUB

CHERUB agents are aged between 10 and 17. They live in the real world, slipping under adult radar and getting information that sends criminals and terrorists to jail.”
― Robert Muchamore, quote from The Recruit


“Nunca puedes predecir lo que pasará en una pelea. Si eres lo bastante estúpido como para iniciar una, serás culpable de lo que ocurra, sea intencionado o no.”
― Robert Muchamore, quote from The Recruit


“No tiene nada de heroico resultar herido por una cuestión de orgullo.”
― Robert Muchamore, quote from The Recruit



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― Robert Muchamore, quote from The Recruit


“Samantha Jennings sat next to him. Teachers thought Samantha was fantastic: always volunteering for stuff, neat uniform, glossed nails. She did all her diagrams with three different colored pens and covered her textbooks in wrapping paper so they looked extra smart. But”
― Robert Muchamore, quote from The Recruit


“James grabbed one of the curtains and used it to wipe the dog crap off his leg.”
― Robert Muchamore, quote from The Recruit


“James realised he’d made friends with a couple of seriously twisted kids.”
― Robert Muchamore, quote from The Recruit


“The rottweiler reared up on its back legs, trying”
― Robert Muchamore, quote from The Recruit



About the author

Robert Muchamore
Born place: in North London, The United Kingdom
Born date December 26, 1972
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