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- “They fight fiercely for their children, these humans.” ~ Iniss 226, Book #2 pg. 140
- “The point is, that I agreed to be made into a host. I agreed to...to...I agreed to surrender my freedom. To become a Controller. To accept this filthy thing in my head. To accept your control. I agreed...but only if you would spare my daughter.” ~ Chapman, Book #2 pg. 159 (158)
- “If you harm my daughter I will fight you. I will fight you forever.” ~ Chapman, Book #2 pg. 161 (160)
- “Visser Three wrong? Maybe. But I’m not the fool who’s going to try and tell him.” ~ Chapman, Book #4 pg. 38
- “Well, as you know, we have six dolphins here. Joey, whom you’ve met, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Phoebe, and Rachel.” ~ Eileen the dolphin trainer, Book #4 pg. 51
- “Events are intertwined in ways we cannot always see, Cassie. Sometimes small things can make huge differences.” ~ Ms. Paloma, history teacher, Book #7 pg. 134
- Warning: Spoilers for rerelease beyond this point.
- “Rachel, Rachel, Rachel! Everything is always Rachel around here!” ~ Jordan, MM #1 pg. 149
- “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
- “Hork-Bajir have no enemy. No prey. Hork-Bajir not kill. Yeerk kill. Yeerk kill Andalite. Andalite kill Yeerk. Hork-Bajir die.” ~ Jara Hamee, Book #13 pg. 94
- “Free or dead.” ~ Ket Halpak, Book #13 pg. 108
- “Free or dead!” ~ Jara Hamee, Book #13 pg. 109
- “All it would take is one little push and they’d fall right over. Earth must be hysterical! Humans falling forward and back, falling all over the place. No wonder they are so primitive. They probably spend all their time just trying to stand up.” ~ Arbron, AC pg. 32
- “Even those who return from war may never really come home.” ~ Alloran, AC pg. 54
- “War is not about striking brave poses and playing the hero. War is about killing.” ~ Alloran, AC pg. 79
- “Aren’t lost causes sometimes the best causes, Elfangor?” ~ Arbron, AC pg. 154
- “Any life is better than none. And no matter how awful things seem, there is always meaning and purpose to be found.” ~ Arbron, AC pg. 154
- “I guess sometimes even good people do bad things. I mean, that’s what war is all about, isn’t it?” ~ Loren, AC pg. 297
- “What’s the point of winning, if by winning you lose what you were fighting for.” ~ Loren, AC pg. 297
- “War does terrible things to people. Some it raises to greatness. Others it destroys.” ~ Captain Feyorn, AC pg. 321
- “Those darn aliens still won’t let me sleep.” ~ Crazy Helen, Book #14 pg. 10
- “It was those kids! I am looking for three kids named Fox Mulder, Dana Scully, and Cindy Crawford.” ~ Captain Torelli, Book #14 pg. 164
- “Brr-REEET! Brr-EEET! Warning. Warning. Containment seals will shut down in three minutes. Extreme hazard. Countdown beginning. Countdown will be in intervals of ten seconds. Thank you and have a nice day!” ~ Automated computer voice, Book #15 pg.146
- “To be killed is a sadness. To kill is a sin.” ~ Mercora pilot, MM #2 pg. 205
- “Most of you humans don’t even know what you have. You have the most beautiful planet in the galaxy. No other place is so alive. In no other place are there so many trees, so many flowers, so many amazing creatures. You live in a palace. You live in paradise.” ~ Aftran, Book #19 pg. 82
- “You people are all crazy.” ~ David, Book #21 pg. 58
- “We may be simple people. But we don’t use biology to invent monsters. And we don’t enslave other species. And we don’t unleash a plague of parasites on the galaxy, endangering every other free species, and then go swaggering around like the lords of the universe. No, we’re too simple for all that. We’re too stupid to lie and manipulate. We’re too stupid to be ruthless. We’re too stupid to know how to build powerful weapons designed to annihilate our enemies. Until you came, Andalite, we were too stupid to know how to kill.” ~ Dak Hamee, HBC pg. 172
- “A fool is strong so that others will see. A wise person is strong for himself.” ~ Toby, Book #23 pg. 116
- “You can’t separate a sentient creature from free will. They are free will.” ~ Controller scientist, Book #28 pg. 133
- “It’s not so bad to die for what you believe in. There are much worse deaths. Many worse deaths.” ~ Aftran, Book #29 pg. 148
- “What’s real, man? Real is just like...it’s like...you know, like whatever, right?” ~ Theresa Knowlton, MM#3 pg. 202
- “Love, man. Love is like...you know. Like reality, right?” ~ Theresa Knowlton, MM#3 pg. 202
- “I gotta stop hanging around with you people. You people are just plain strange.” ~ Erek, Book #32 pg. 40
- “Freedom can’t be given. It must be taken and held and defended. Our freedom has to be our own creation.” ~ Toby, Book #34 pg. 47
- “If you really believe in something, you must be willing to sacrifice all, to endure anything, to fight against all adversaries, no matter how large or small. You must be willing to never give in, never surrender, until the battle is won. The battle, ladies and gentlemen, the battle...to love!” ~ William Roger Tennant, Book #35 pg. 109
- “I have learned. It is still confusing, but I know this: Even within the limited geographic and political entity called ‘America’ there are further subdivisions. Cities. Some are obviously irrelevant. Only four are mentioned frequently in the data: New York, Washington DeeCee, Ellay, and Hollywood. Of these I conclude from the prevalence of mentions in the data that Hollywood is the most important.” ~ Edriss 562, Visser pg. 66
- “They attack against insane odds. They defend what can’t be defended. Outnumbered, outgunned, surrounded, hopeless, they will still fight, fight, fight, till they are each and every one dead.” ~ Edriss 562, Visser pg. 103
- “The treacherous aliens have severed my limb! But I shall still hobble on to victory!” ~ A Helmacron, Book #42 pg. 125
- “No worries.” ~ Yami, Book #44 pg. 82
- “They teach you about the solar system. They give you a glimpse of the Milky Way. But do they ever suggest how much is really out there? How many very real chances there are that somewhere beyond our ability to scope, in a place so distant our bodies couldn’t hope to live long enough to journey there, life thrives?” ~ Marco’s Dad, Book #45 pg. 11
- “Sometimes the things that seem to be problems are actually blessings in disguise.” ~ Lackofa, EC pg. 52
- “You have free will. What you do with it is up to you. You can use it for good. Or you can use it for evil.” ~ Crayak, Book #48 pg. 104
- “It’s a beautiful world. I’ll miss it.” ~ David, Book #48 pg. 145
- “This is not the time for panic. It is the time for each of us to reach into our souls and pull out the courage we may not even know we possess. Our enemy is strong. But we are stronger, because we are fighting for our lives and our freedom. For our very existence.” ~ the governor, Book #51 pg. 149
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