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In this family, we always celebrate each other's birthdays. I don't care if you're four or fourteen or forty and scattered around the world. We gotta stick by each other, okay? And meals- as long as you live under the same roof, you have at least one meal a day together. I don't care if it's a dreaded hot dog in front of the dastardly TV as long as you're all there. -Maeve Bennett
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We all love each other, Ange," I said impatiently, hating this whole conversation. "No, not like this," she went on relentlessly. "Fang loves you."......My mouth dropped open. How does she know this stuff? "Forget it! No one's getting married!" I hissed. "Not in New Hampshire or anywhere else! Not in a box, not with a fox! Now go to sleep, before I kill you! Oh yeah, like I got any sleep after that.
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Ari felt like, Hellooo, I have wings! I turn into a wolf! Blending is out is out of the question!
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The trick to having obedient, unquestioning children was to have death be the other option
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I want my room to smell just like this." Iggy inhaled deeply as the scents flame-broiled burgers and hot french fries wafted around us. 'it would be an improvement.' I agreed.
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We'll be back! he snarled. It was really Ari's voice. Boy, you just can't kill people like you used to, said Fang
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It's funny how different people are. If I'd been this kid and someone was snarling "Ordering a pizza?" at me, without even thinking, I would have snarled back "Yeah. You want pepperoni?" -Maximum Ride
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Seize what's been handed you. Make smart decisions. Make decisions because life is a temporary situation.
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Meaning what? We're going to pretend nothing's going on? That's stupid. The only way to deal with any of this is to get it out in the open. Have you been watching Oprah again?
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Blood City III: The Massacre. I'd read the summary of it online, and frankly, it sounded like the directors had just decided to film my life.
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The funny thing about facing imminent death is that it really snaps everything else into perspective.
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But if I could do anything? Maybe you would want to be able to save the world, the Voice said. Did you ever think of that? No. I frowned. Leave that to the grown-ups. But grown-ups are the ones destroying the world, the Voice said. Think about it.
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Disappear where?" You know what they say: Curiosity killed the mutant bird kid. But I couldn't help myself.
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Yes, Max, you are going to die. Just like everybody else. Thank you, Confucious.
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Pain fades, I said slowly. But being a nutcase seems to stick around. Guess who got the better deal here? The last thing I remember is Mr. Chu's face blazing with fury.
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I didn't know a van could go up on two wheels like that, for so long." -Nudge
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The receptionist looked us over, then went back to typing something incredibly urgent—like her résumé́ for another job.
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Plus her mom was so awesome. She was strict about some things—don't leave your socks lying around—but so not strict about other things, like calling the cops about my bullet wound.
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Right there, in front of everyone, I threw my arms arond his neck and mashed my mouth against his. He was startled for a second, then his strong arms wraped around me so tightly I could hardly breathe. "ZOMG," I heard Nudge whisper.
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I stared at her in amazement. "How do you even live with yourself?"..."You're willing to sell children to a foreign government so they can be used as weapons, possibly against other Americans. I don't get it. Were you hiding behind a door on morals and ethics day?...You couldn't mother someone if they shot five gallons of estrogen into your veins.
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As a maternal figure, I always try to keep the flock safe, of course. But I admit, it did my heart proud to see the instant blood-lust pop into Gazzy's blue eyes and to see little Angel automatically tense up and get into fighting stance, ready to rip someone's head off. They were just so — so dang adorable, sometimes.
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Then I found it: the source of the blood, the place where he'd been shot. 'Total?' I said, and I got a slight whimper. 'You have a boo-boo on your tail.
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Is it important to be right or is it important to do what's right? That's one of the hardest lessons to learn.
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You were designed to be very smart, Max,' she told me. 'We electrically stimulated your synaptic nerve endings while your brain was developing.' (The director) And yet I still can't program my DVD player,' I said." (Max)
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You can call me Agent Mickelson,' he told me with a smile. 'What about you? Is Max short for something? Maxine?' 'No, Dean. It's just Max.
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Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.
William James
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Born:
March 22, 1947
(age 77)
Bio:
James Brendan Patterson is an American author. He is largely known for his novels about fictional psychologist Alex Cross, the protagonist of the Alex Cross series.
Known for:
Witch & Wizard (2009)
Daniel X: Armageddon (2009)
Along Came a Spider (1993)
Cross (2006)
Cradle & All (2000)
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