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<Books 10-12>
- “That’s the nature of school: It never really ends.” ~ Marco, Book #10 pg. 33
- “The Pemalites were wiped out, maybe because they didn’t fight. Maybe they’d have lost even if they had fought. We’ll never know. But the Chee have lived for thousands of years. I know they’re androids, but they’re a species, too. They’ve survived without killing. Doesn’t something about that make you jealous? Don’t you wish we could say the same? Don’t you wish Homo sapiens could face the universe and honestly say, ‘We do not kill? We don’t enslave. We don’t make war’?” ~ Tobias, Book #10 pg. 121
- “Don’t call me ‘prince.’” ~ Jake, Book #10 pg. 126
- “See? We should never get cocky. It’s tempting the irony gods.” ~ Cassie, Book #10 pg. 148
- “I have such a bad feeling about this.” ~ Marco, Book #10 pg. 149
- “This has ‘big trouble’ written all over it.” ~ Jake, Book #11 pg. 13
- “Let’s do it.” ~ Rachel, Book #11 pg. 23
- “Rachel, why is it whenever I hear you say ‘let’s do it’ my blood runs cold?” ~ Marco, Book #11 pg. 23
- “Oh, good. Another rushed, unplanned, last-minute mission. Those always turn out so well.” ~ Marco, Book #11 pg. 24
- “You think you know me. Unfortunately, you’re right.” ~ Marco, Book #11 pg. 29
- “Remember when we used to have normal, sane conversations? You know, we’d talk about baseball or who had a crush on who?” ~ Marco, Book #11 pg. 29
- “Yes. It’s definitely one of those two choices.” ~ Ax, Book #11 pg. 79
- “Rachel's DNA is actually ninety-nine percent identical to Malibu Barbie.” ~ Marco, Book #11 pg. 112
- “It’s when Cassie isn’t talking about animals and Marco and Rachel aren’t teasing each other that you have to worry.” ~ Jake, Book #11 pg. 112
- “There was no way he could know if it was the right thing to do. He just made the best decision he could. That’s all anyone can ask from any leader.” ~ Cassie, Book #11 pg. 135
- “We’re all going to end up in the nuthouse someday. You realize that, right?” ~ Marco, Book #11 pg. 141
- “A leader has to give hope. Even when he doesn’t have much himself.” ~ Jake, Book #11 pg. 142
- “No one, man or alien, is messing this place up while I’m around to stop them.” ~ Cassie, Book #11 pg. 146
- “Is it just me, or is this truly insane?” ~ Marco, Book #11 pg. 29
- “My brother Elfangor once told me, ‘It’s a leader’s job to be lucky.’ Sometimes, success is just luck.” ~ Ax, Book #11 pg. 162
- “The thing about fear is you can’t be afraid of it. I know that sounds confusing. I guess what I mean is, be afraid if you have to, right? Fear is like this vicious little worm that lives inside you and eats you alive. You have to fight it. You have to know it’s there. You have to accept that you’ll never get rid of it, but fight it just the same. Brave isn’t about not being afraid. It’s about being scared to death and still not giving in.” ~ Rachel, Book #12 pg. 2
- “When you live in an insane world, you have to hold on to the little things.” ~ Rachel, Book #12 pg. 2
- “It’s dangerous when Mom tries to be entertaining. See, she’ll think she has to be cool and all. She’ll start talking about ‘The Fudgies,’ or ‘Snoopy Diggity Dog,’ or ‘Boys Eleven Men,’ or ‘Nice is Neat.’” ~ Cassie, Book #12 pg. 8
- “When you start taking advice from Marco, the end of civilization is very near.” ~ Rachel, Book #12 pg. 9
- “Jeremy Jason McCole is going to be endorsing The Sharing?” I asked in a wavering voice.
“Jeremy Jason McCole?” Cassie echoed in awestruck tones.
Jake shrugged. “Yeah, it’s too bad, but it’s not like anyone cares. He’s just some wimpy little actor. I mean, it’s not like he’s Michael Jordan....”
“...or Brett Favre,” Marco added.
<...or Wayne Gretzky,> Tobias offered.
<What is an actor?> Ax wondered.
“...or anyone else important,” Jake concluded. “He’s just an actor. I mean, he’s a dork.”
<What is a dork?> Ax asked.
<That hair!>Tobias said derisively.
“I love his hair,” Cassie said.
“Plus he’s even shorter than I am,” Marco said.
“The difference being that Jeremy Jason McCole is cute,” I said.
“He’s more than cute,” Cassie said. “He is the single cutest boy on the planet.”
“He’s in every magazine,” I said. “Teen, YM, Seventeen.”
“Wussy Weekly, Midget Monthly, The New Dork Times....” Marco added. He and Jake exchanged a high five.
I ignored Marco. I almost always do. Instead I made sure Jake was paying attention, and I said, “Jake, you’re not getting it. About half the girls in our school have a poster of Jeremy Jason McCole in their bedrooms or in their lockers, or both. He is the number one cute guy in the country. He has like twenty Web sites just about him. If he endorses The Sharing, it would be as if....” I looked to Cassie for help.
“As if the entire female cast of Baywatch endorsed something,” Cassie supplied.
“Yeah. Like that.”
Jake’s smile evaporated. “You’re saying this actor kid has that kind of influence?”
“He has that much power” Marco said. “He has Baywatch-level power?”
<Yasmine Bleeth power?> Tobias echoed.
<Bleeth?> Ax echoed. <Is that a word?>
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- “I have a natural talent for spending money. What can I say? It’s my burden to bear.” ~ Rachel, Book #12 pg. 53
- “In that Montana movie Brad Pitt’s lips filled the entire screen. In fact, I heard some people were crushed to death by Brad Pitt’s lips.” ~ Marco, Book #12 pg. 78
- “Ah, splitting up, eh? Well, that will only affect the order in which I kill each of you. What have I heard the human children say? Ah yes, eeny, meeny, miney, moo.” ~ Visser Three, Book #12 pg. 99
- “Hey. We’re in show biz! I always knew I’d make it. Maybe I didn’t exactly expect to make it as a llama...” ~ Marco, Book #12 pg. 126
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