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Page numbers in parentheses are for the rereleased editions.
- “Boy, if Marco’s the sensible one, we’re all in serious trouble.” ~ Rachel, Book #3 pg. 16
- Warning: Spoilers for rerelease from this point to the next section.
- “Yikes! Everytime I see you, you’re taller. Stop it. Stop growing.” ~ Marco, Book #9 pg. 22
- “Don’t worry. I don’t look down on you for being short, Marco. I look down on you just for being you.” ~ Rachel, Book #9 pg. 22
- “When you start taking advice from Marco, the end of civilization is very near.” ~ Rachel, Book #12 pg. 9
- “Marco, you should never be singing anything. I’ve heard you sing.” ~ Rachel, Book #13 pg. 111
- “Oooh. Don’t hurt me with the chakram of your wit, Xena.” ~ Marco, Book #16 pg. 41
- “Ax and Marco are the computer brains. They go in. Ax as human, and Marco as himself.”
“So Marco won’t be human?” Rachel asked quickly, then laughed at her own joke.
“That was a good one,” Marco complimented her. “Fast, too.”
“Thank you.”
[Book #16 pg. 61]
- “Be sure and leave your brain to science when you die, Marco. After all, they’re the ones with the microscopes it’d take to find it.” ~ Rachel, Book #16 pg. 70
- “Marco, Marco, Marco. You do like to cling to your pathetic little dreams, don’t you?” ~ Rachel, Book #17 pg. 10
- “They think we’re intelligent. So, Marco, keep quiet. We don’t want them to learn the truth.” ~ Rachel, MM#2 pg. 152
- “Marco is Urkel.” ~ Rachel, Book #23 pg. 117
- <Igniting sticks of plant and paper?> Ax wondered. <Why is that such a serious offense?>
<Because cigarettes can kill you,> I answered. <That is, if a golden eagle or a case of coccidiosis doesn’t get you first.>
Rachel gave me a dirty look. “So not funny.”
“And because they become an addiction,” Cassie said.
“Like Marco and computer games,” Rachel added.
“Or Rachel and Calvin Klein clearance racks.” Marco shot her a sideways glance. She ignored him.
<Ah. Yes. As we say on the home world: “A test of will may lead to wisdom; a loss of will breeds but defeat.”>
“Hey, I saw that same thing in a fortune cookie once.”
[Book #33 pg. 22]
Page numbers in parentheses are for the rereleased editions.
- “You know, Ax, they’re your minutes now, too. I mean, we are all here together on good old Earth where we only have one type of minute.” ~ Marco, Book #7 pg. 57 (58)
- “They’re everyone’s miles. You’re on Earth, Ax. We all have the same miles.” ~ Marco, Book #7 pg. 111 (112)
- Warning: Spoilers for rerelease from this point to the next section.
- “You know, they really are your hours now, too. This is Earth. You’re stuck here. Go ahead and set your watch to local time.” ~ Marco, Book #18 pg. 15
- “Ax, I really think you can just deal with the fact that they aren’t our minutes. They are everyone’s minutes.” ~ Marco, Book #25 pg. 28
- <Two of your hours and seven of your minutes,> Ax said.
“Ax, they are everyone’s hours and everyone’s minutes,” Marco said. “My hours are your hours. This is Earth. A minute is a minute!”
<Now we have two of your hours and six of your minutes,> Ax said dryly.
[Book #27 pg. 120]
- “They’re not my minutes, you alien nitwit, they’re everyone’s minutes!” ~ Marco, Book #30 pg. 136
- <I remind everyone that we have been in morph for thirty of your minutes,> Ax said. <Dinner is scheduled to be served in twenty-five more of your minutes.>
<Ax?>
<Yes, Marco.>
<They’re everyone’s minutes, Ax. They’re not our minutes. They’re just minutes. Just minutes. Okay? We’re on Earth, you’re on Earth, they are everyone’s minutes.>
<Now we have been in morph for thirty-one of your minutes.>
[Book #35 pg. 78]
Page numbers in parentheses are for the rereleased editions.
- “Killing because it’s the only way you can eat, because that’s the way nature designed you, that’s one thing. Killing because you want power or control is evil.” ~ Rachel, Book #3 pg. 101
- “I’m a predator who kills for food. And I’m also a human being who...who grieves, over death.” ~ Tobias, Book #3 pg. 153
- Warning: Spoilers for rerelease from this point to the next section.
- “Do what’s right. Forget about what anybody thinks. Do what’s right.” ~ Jake, Book #15 pg. 151
- “Yeah, we’re just animals ourselves. But we’re the animals who can think. We’re the animals who can imagine something better than kill or be killed. I don’t think predators are immoral. I’m not an idiot, whatever you may think. But I’m a human, okay? And I have to think and care, and I have to feel things.” ~ Cassie, MM#2 pg. 186
- “Maybe we’ll lose, maybe we’ll win. But if we win and someday it’s all over, you’d better hope there are still plenty of Cassies in the world. You’d better hope that not everyone has decided it’s okay to do whatever it takes to win.” ~ Jake, Book #19 pg. 128
- “Every human—Jake, Rachel, Marco, Cassie, all humans—kind of lives on that edge between savage and saint. And the thing is that sometimes when you get pushed you do have to push back. And other times, you have to turn the other cheek.” ~ Tobias, Book #23 pg. 119
- “Here’s a clue: Don’t kill a sentient creature except in absolute self-defense, try not to wipe out endangered species, and if you’re going to raise animals for food, treat them as well as you possibly can.” ~ Cassie, Book #25 pg. 96
- “Sometimes even the good guys do bad things. Doesn’t mean there’s no difference between good and evil.” ~ Jake, Book #31 pg. 115
- “Revenge is pointless and immoral.” ~ Cassie, Book #38 pg. 54
- “War is one thing,” Cassie said now. “Murder is another. What do we gain by helping Arbat and Aloth assassinate the visser?”
I spoke. <By Andalite custom, the murder of a family member must be avenged. Perhaps together, Arbat and Aloth and I can succeed where each of us alone has failed.>
“Sounds like a plan to me,” Rachel said.
“It’s a terrible plan. Don’t help him, Ax,” Cassie begged. “Alloran is still alive. Where there’s life there’s hope.”
“Great cliché,” Marco sneered.
<An Andalite warrior would rather die than serve as a Yeerk host,> I said.
<I guess it’s a live-free-or-die thing,> Tobias said quietly. He sat on a rail overhead.
“Well, it’s just cowardly,” Cassie insisted, putting her hands on her hips. “The easy way out. If you’re dead, you don’t have to fight for your freedom, do you?”
[Book #38 pg. 56]
- <And don’t forget about the buffa-human,> Tobias said.
“That one’s easy,” Rachel said dismissively. “We just have to get rid of it.”
“But he’s already acquired human DNA,” I protested.
“So what? You’re saying if we kill it, it’s murder?” Rachel asked. “Come on, Cassie, it’s not a human any more than I’m a bear or you’re a wolf—”
“Or I’m a big monkey,” Marco added.
Silence.
“Okay, so maybe Cassie does have a point,” Jake said, obviously trying not to laugh.
“Nice,” Marco smirked. “Very nice, Prince Jake.”
[Book #39 pg. 48]
- <He means he is surprised that we normal, healthy warriors risked our lives for a mere vecol.> He paused. Turned a stalk eye to me and added, <Or, as Marco says, someone who is “differently abled.”>
<Jeez, can’t we just get over this issue, please?> Rachel said. <It’s not like it’s Mertil’s fault he got injured. Or that he has an allergy or something. Man, I can name a few people I know who are perfectly healthy and a total waste of oxygen. In my opinion.>
<I’m down with that,> I murmered.
Mertil and Gafinilan remained silent.
<Ax,> Jake said. <You consider Gafinilan a hero of Andalite culture. Right?>
Ax nodded. One of his favorite adopted human gestures.
<Maybe the fact that he’s able to overlook physical imperfection is one of the reasons he’s a hero. What do you think?>
<Prince Jake, I think the reason Gafinilan is able to overlook his friend’s deformities is because he sees through the eyes of friendship. This is exceptional behavior. Under ordinary circumstances, in general Andalite society, it is simply not natural to show concern for a vecol.>
<So, friendship isn’t natural?> Rachel snapped. <It’s abnormal?>
<What is “normal,” anyway?> Cassie asked, rhetorically.
<The norm. The standard. The average,> I said.
Tobias glared. <Okay, I’m getting a complex over here. I’m a nothlit. A freak. Whatever. My best friend is an alien with blue fur. My girlfriend is human—when she isn’t in morph. How about we don’t talk about “normal” anymore. Or “average” or “natural.” Please.>
More weird silence. I, for one, was dying to hear what would happen next.
<Mertil-Iscar-Elmand,> Ax said. Respectfully. <It has been an honor to meet you. I will always remember you as you were.>
Well, it was a start.
[Book #40 pg. 124]
- “Doesn’t it always come down to each one of us, all alone, asking ourselves: Am I right in doing whatever it takes for the greater good? And, do I trust myself enough to know I won’t become evil in the process? It always comes down to something that personal.” ~ Jake, Book #46 pg. 26
- “You don’t knowingly take innocent life. Not if you’re a decent person. Not if you’re not a murderer. The goal is irrelevant.” ~ Cassie, Book #52 pg. 53
- “The fact that you know you’ll be dragged in the gutter doesn’t mean you don’t try like hell to stay out of it. You don’t get a lot of straight-up good or evil choices. You get shades of gray.” ~ Jake, Book #53 pg. 97
Page numbers in parentheses are for the rereleased editions.
- “If you’re going to listen to your CD player in math class with an earphone hidden under your hair, you have to remember not to start singing along.” ~ Rachel, Book #2 pg. 46 (The rerelease changes "your CD player" to "music".)
- Warning: Spoilers for rerelease from this point to the next section.
- “Marco, you should never be singing anything. I’ve heard you sing.” ~ Rachel, Book #13 pg. 111
- “You needed love to win at the game of music.” ~ Ellimist, EC pg. 127
- “How could anyone despair while music was being played?” ~ Ellimist, EC pg. 127
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