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Page numbers in parentheses are for the rereleased editions.
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- “Rachel, Rachel, Rachel! Everything is always Rachel around here!” ~ Jordan, MM #1 pg. 149
- “What is the matter with people that they don’t know all that really counts is that people who love each other be able to be together, live in peace, learn, work, tell boring stories and dumb jokes? What do they think they’re going to get that is better than that?” ~ Jake, Book #16 pg. 7
- “Jake didn’t understand any of it any better than the rest of us did. If he defeated the Yeerks, freed humanity, rescued Earth, that was good. But that was a bonus. His main goal was much simpler. To save his family. That goal was what had given him strength. That goal was what had kept him sane. Allowed him to retain a center of calm focus amid the awful chaos.” ~ Tobias, Book #49 pg.103
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- “Not Fantastic Four. I’m thinking more an X-Men kind of thing. It’s not about being identical, it’s just about having some style. Right now, if anyone saw us, they wouldn’t think ‘Oh, cool, superheroes,’ they’d think ‘Man, those people do not know how to dress.’” ~ Marco, Book #2 pg. 114
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- “Rachel, he looks like he’s going to the country club to play polo. I knew we shouldn’t let you pick the clothes. He’s like a bully magnet. Even I want to beat him up.” ~ Marco, Book #8 pg. 19
- “Cassie, you know I love you. You know you’re my best friend in the whole world. But those jeans are so short you could wade across the Mississippi and not get them wet. When did you buy them? When you were four?” ~ Rachel, Book #14 pg. 5
- “I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again. We have got to do something about these funky morphing outfits. We are a disgrace to superheroes. Can you imagine us ever being in a comic book alongside Spider-Man? We’d look like the Clampetts.” ~ Marco, MM#2 pg. 5
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- “If you think you’re brave, well, wait till you’re cowering a few feet away from a monster who can turn you into coleslaw in about three seconds flat.” ~ Jake, Book #1 pg. 33
- “I guess you never really know someone till you see them scared. And even scared to death, with tears running down her face, Rachel had strength to spare.” ~ Jake, Book #1 pg. 39
- “Fear is like a worm inside you. It eats you. It chews your guts. It bores holes in your heart. It makes you feel hollow. Empty. Alone.” ~ Rachel, Book #2 pg. 149 (148)
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- “There’s only one way to deal with fear: Be afraid. Be afraid, and then go ahead and do what you have to do, anyway.” ~ Tobias, MM#1 pg. 219
- “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
- “You never really get past the fear. Fear eats a little hole in you, like rust in the fender of a car. You fill the hole up with putty and sand it smooth and paint it over so no one else can see it. But it’s never really as good as new.” ~ Jake, Book #16 pg. 75
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- “We can’t travel faster than light, but we can make a sticky bun that smells pretty good.” ~ Marco, Book #5 pg. 35 (36)
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- “Salt! Salt! And grease! Greee-suh!” ~ Ax, Book #8 pg. 21
- “Taste is the sense that can drive an Andalite mad! Especially if it involves cinnamon buns or chocolate.” ~ Ax, Book #8 pg. 26
- “Chocolate? Chock? Chock-lit?” ~ Ax, Book #8 pg. 26
- “Where are we going? Ing? Ing-ahng-ing. That is a very satisfying sound.” ~ Ax, Book #8 pg. 63
- “Ax...I mean, Phillip.... You know how I mentioned you can’t eat cigarette butts or dryer lint? Add engine oil to the list.” ~ Jake, Book #9 pg. 60
- “Horses are quadrupeds. Much more sensible than walking around perched on two rickety legs like humans do. Rickety. Rick-kuh-tee. Is that a funny word?” ~ Ax, Book #14 pg. 74
- “Is wood tasty? Is it good to eat?” ~ Ax, Book #14 pg. 77
- “Forget music and art. Ax would trade a Cinnabon for the Mona Lisa, straight across.” ~ Marco, Book #15 pg. 7
- “I find the ‘z’ sound especially enjoyable. It tickles the mouthparts. Many sounds are amusing.” ~ Ax, Book #18 pg. 5
- “Let’s get something to eat, man, I’m starved,” Rachel said.
“Anything but McDonald’s,” Tobias said.
“What, the mouse hunter is getting picky about burgers?” Marco said.
“No, that’s not it.”
Prince Jake raised an eyebrow. “Tobias? Is there something you need to tell me?”
Tobias shrugged. “Well, you know, I saw Yeerk reinforcements pouring into the Community Center so I knew you guys were in trouble, right?”
“Right. So you went for Gonrod.”
“Exactly. I asked him if we could burn through into the Yeerk pool. He said, ‘Maybe, but only at the thinnest point.’ Anyway, late as it was, even the night cleanup crew was gone...”
“No,” Prince Jake said. “You didn’t. You did not obliterate a McDonald’s.”
“Like it was never there,” Tobias said with a laugh. “The Yeerks will fill the hole before anyone realizes what’s down there underneath the ground, but if we want burgers, I’m thinking Burger King.”
[Book #38 pg. 147]
- “The cookies formed by two thin, round, black discs with a layer of adhesive white substance between them are the finest accomplishment of your species!” ~ Ax, MM#4 pg. 95
- “Ax-man. Cardboard isn’t one of the major food groups, remember?” ~ Marco, Book #44 pg. 139
- “Orr-ee-oohh!” ~ Ax, Book #45 pg. 58
- “It gives you a different perspective,” I said. “I mean, I’ve often wondered if allowing someone to morph to dolphin or falcon or whatever might not be a good way to let them put the little stuff in perspective.”
“Morph therapy? I think I feel another best-selling book coming on. Oh, man, Oprah would eat that up. And you know the Andalites are saying now they may make morphing technology more widely available on Earth.”
I frowned. “Really? Why?”
“They want a Krispy Kreme franchise back on the home world. You have a fair number of Andalites who possess a human morph now, all back home after their tour on Earth. Still looking for a donut.”
The idea was so absurd I had to laugh. “We’re going to trade donuts for morphing technology?”
Marco and I sat there in silent enjoyment for a moment, sipping our Oranginas.
[Book #54 pg. 76]
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