“So many Chimaerae," Nine says, nodding excitedly as he gazes into the darkness. "That's awesome."
"We named the chubby, lazy one after you," Sam replies.
"Less awesome.”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from The Revenge of Seven
“I have to give it to Adam, he’s an excellent bullshitter.”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from The Revenge of Seven
“Sam shakes his head, still marveling at the hulking warship. "So they have a secret weakness right? Like how you can shoot that one spot on the Death Star and the whole thing blows up?"
Adam's brow furrows. "What's a Death Star?"
Sam throws up his hands. "We're screwed.”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from The Revenge of Seven
“Soon, the nonstop buzzing of the local insect life gives way to something equally annoying. Country music.”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from The Revenge of Seven
“I am Number Seven I will make them pay.”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from The Revenge of Seven
“People tend to change when they find out aliens are real.”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from The Revenge of Seven
“Holy shit,’ he says. ‘Did I just do that?”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from The Revenge of Seven
“Can I kiss you?" Marina asks him [Eight].
"I really wish you would.”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from The Revenge of Seven
“I shouldn’t think of my situation as being held prisoner; it’s more like I’m on a mission behind enemy lines.
I’m a freaking spy.”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from The Revenge of Seven
“Then, as if realizing we might be freaked out, the guy adds, ‘Hey. I’m Adam.”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from The Revenge of Seven
“Give it some gas, Six, damn,’ Nine complains. ‘Drive it like we stole it.”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from The Revenge of Seven
“They have him,' Marina hisses, pointing into the dark. 'They have his body and I'm not letting them keep it.”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from The Revenge of Seven
“How do we know that’s really John?’ she asks. ‘Setrákus Ra can change forms. This might be some kind of trap.’ In my excitement to hear John and Sam, I hadn’t even considered the possibility that this could be a ploy. Behind me, Nine shouts towards the communicator.
‘Hey, Johnny, remember back in Chicago? When you were claiming to be Pittacus Lore and we had a debate about whether to go to New Mexico?’
‘Yeah,’ John’s voice sounds like it’s coming through clenched teeth.
‘How’d we settle that?’
John sighs. ‘You dangled me off the edge of the roof.’
Nine grins like that’s the best thing ever. ‘It’s definitely him.”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from The Revenge of Seven
“I’m going to write the last chapter in his precious history. Right now.”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from The Revenge of Seven
“If Five’s speech – clearly for our benefit – has revealed anything, it’s that he’s pretty much lost his mind.”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from The Revenge of Seven
“It was my fault, too,” he continues. “I got him killed.” “That’s not true.” “It is. Five kicked my ass and I couldn’t help myself. Had to keep talking, had to show him. It should’ve been me. You know it; I know it; Marina damn sure knows it.”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from The Revenge of Seven
“I hear Nine make an oohing noise off to the side and make a mental note to destroy him the next chance I get.”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from The Revenge of Seven
“If Mark really had managed to acquire some information about the Mogodorians, and if doing so had gotten him into some kind of trouble, then we needed to help him”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from The Revenge of Seven
“I know that he won't hurt me--not yet, at least. He's too vain for that, wants too badly to convert another Loric into the cause”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from The Revenge of Seven
“Sam stares at me. He's frozen. His hands are extended out in front of him like he just shoved the Piken and still hasn't finished with the follow-through. Slowly, he blinks his eyes. Sam looks down at his hands, then over at me.
"Holy shit," he says. "Did I just do that?”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from The Revenge of Seven
“Losing an eye gave me some new, uh . . . storage possibilities,” he says.”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from The Revenge of Seven
“[John] ‘You guys saved me first,’ I reply.
[Sarah] ‘Yeah, obviously. So return the favor and save our planet.”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from The Revenge of Seven
“Will you be able to fire this thing?’ I whisper to Marina.
‘Aim, squeeze, shoot,’ Marina whispers back. ‘It’s pretty intuitive, Six.”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from The Revenge of Seven
“I’m looking at it now,’ Sarah says, and her breath catches. ‘John, it’s – you’re amazing. But I’m a sucker for handsome aliens performing miracles.”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from The Revenge of Seven
“I spread my arms. ‘I’m open to them. Load me up. Give me enough Legacies to destroy Setrákus Ra and his fleet and I’ll leave your glowing ass alone.”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from The Revenge of Seven
“I want you to think of me as a soldier,’ she persists. ‘A soldier in this war who’s doing what needs to be done.”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from The Revenge of Seven
“So did I mishear over the communicator, or did you send your girlfriend off on a super-sexy secret mission with her ex-boyfriend?’
‘We’re fighting a war here, Nine, it’s not a joke,’ John replies sternly. After a moment’s awkward pause, a begrudging smile breaks on his face. ‘Also, shut up. It’s not super sexy. What does that even mean?’
‘Wow, you really need my guidance,’ Nine says. He throws his arm around John’s shoulders and leads him towards the house. ‘Come on. I’ll explain what sexy is.’
‘I know what it – ugh, why am I even discussing this with you?’ John shoves Nine in frustration, but Nine just holds on tighter. ‘Get off me, idiot.’
‘Come on, Johnny, you need my affection now more than ever.”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from The Revenge of Seven
“We’re Garde,’ I say, correcting this billion-year-old godlike energy force, because what the hell, we’ve come this far. ‘We’re here for your help.”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from The Revenge of Seven
“The General smiles at me again and asks, “Now will you run?”
― Pittacus Lore, quote from The Revenge of Seven
“I get to fuck you senseless. All night. For as long as I need to.” He stepped closer bending his head down until his breath fanned over my neck. “And you can’t tap out—no matter how good it feels.”
― B.B. Reid, quote from Fear Me
“What if … what if … what if … I play the What If? game all the time. But it’s rigged, is the thing. Impossible to win. Asking What If? can only lead to Maybe Things Could Have Been Different, via Was It My Fault?”
― David Arnold, quote from Mosquitoland
“There’s a way out of this mess, and it requires each of us to begin with our own body. You and your body are important parts of the solution. You will not just read this book; you will experience it in your body. Your body—all of our bodies—are where changing the status quo must begin.”
― Resmaa Menakem, quote from My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts
“Men – witness all the histories! – were subject to sudden lusts and violences, affairs that seemed strangely divorced from heart or head, and often more strangely still from what were surely their true characters. For them chastity was not a prime virtue: she remembered her amazement when she had discovered that so correct a gentleman and kind a husband as Sir John Denny had not always been faithful to his lady. Had Lady Denny cared? A little, perhaps, but she had not allowed it to blight her marriage. ‘Men, my love, are different from us,’ she had said once, ‘even the best of them! I tell you this because I hold it to be very wrong to rear girls in the belief that the face men show to the females they respect is their only one. I daresay, if we were to see them watching some horrid, vulgar prize-fight, or in company with women of a certain class, we shouldn’t recognise our own husbands and brothers. I am very sure we should think them disgusting!”
― Georgette Heyer, quote from Venetia
“You'll be sorry for treating me this way," whined the Wheeler. "I'm a terribly fierce person.”
― L. Frank Baum, quote from Ozma of Oz
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