LAMONT AND McGeary both turned to me, their eyes asking if I was crazy. You want to watch her being murdered a second time? No, I didn’t. Not a chance. Watching it the first time made me so nauseous I...
It's for upset stomachs,' Dylan said, trying to hide a smile. He pointed to the words in the box. 'It's to reduce gas in your digestive system, not to create more gas to make explosions.'Gazzy's face...
It was scary. More than Sara could possibly know. More than anybody ought to know, or ever would. History wasn't for the general public--it never had been. ... Just one shotA professional execution.Wi...
It doesn't matter what the end looks like- what matters is that it came. Bam, you're done. But life? There are degrees of life. You can live it well or half-asleep. You can go sledding down a sand dun...
Is it possible that you can love someone more than you love life itself, and yet you're still never going to know for sure everything he's thinking?
If you’re going around in circles, maybe you’re cutting corners.
If by 'miracle kids' you mean innocent test-tube babies whose DNA was forcibly unraveled and merged with two percent avian genes, yeah, I guess that would be us, I said. Because it's a miracle that we...
I'll just ask now: What is it about my persona that draws every insane, power-hungry nutcase to me like a magnet?
I just wish I could walk into my Senator’s office and say, Senator Dude, Um, we have a problem with these sicko scientists…But then again, I don’t think we have a Senator, do we? Is there a state wher...
I hung my head, and I felt someone, Fang, gather me gently to him. My cheek rested on his shoulder, and my silent tears soaked his torn shirt.He felt warm and strong and heartbreakingly familiar. And...
Huh - Why is Max in the kitchen?Dr.Martinez: We're cooking.Gazzy: She's just keeping you company, right?Dr.Martinez: No, she's cooking.Nudge: Cooking...food?Max: Yes, I'm cooking food, and it's great,...
Gazzy: What does that mean? (points to metal plaque warning to stay off the third rail that said Stay off the third rail!)Fang: It means the third rail has seven hundred volts of direct current runnin...
Ever notice that anyone going slower than you is an idiot, but anyone going faster is a maniac?
Each person here, except me, was living out his worst nightmare, facing his biggest fear—even the dog. It was under a counter, staring horror-stricken at a bowl of generic dog food. I
Dreams suck. You think you’ve conquered something, you work on it over and over and tell yourself you’re getting better, you will yourself to get better, you congratulate yourself on getting better. A...
Death is more universal than life; everyone dies but not everyone lives.—A. Sachs
Darya looked bored, but stood up and gathered her things. Santos said, Pretty exciting, huh? Your first interviews on a major terror investigation. I mumbled, Yeah. Our first interviews. Exciting. I c...
Cool. Yep. Twenty seconds, and we were done. Sorry, I said. Ditto, said Beck. Is anybody going to apologize to me? Storm trudged into the hallway from the cabin she shares with Beck. I was trying to s...
Because there’s a big hole in their brains where most people have a conscience.
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...