There are rules for hiding in plain sight. The first rule, or at least the one that Sandor repeats most often, is “Don’t be stupid.” I’m about to break that rule by taking off my pants.
I’m going to kill them all.
That’s the worst way to miss somebody. When they’re right beside you and you miss them anyway.
Strength, confidence, humility and love. Hector Ricardo’s four tenets of life.
You lie long enough and you start to get used to it.
He says we need to live in the real world, where war and death are a reality, not pretend.
She asks if I left a girlfriend behind when we moved. I say no, and she smiles, which just about ruins me.
Being in love is a very strange thing.
I’ve done what Lorien has intended me to do, and that’s to undo damage that’s been inflicted on those who don’t deserve it.
Nine, now eight. Are the rest of you out there?
You can’t escape what you are, but you also should know what you could be. Why you’re fighting.
We will not conquer our obstacles by running away from them. Speed does not matter, just that we do not stop.
Wow, Johnny. I send you out for reinforcements and you come back with an old man, a nerd and this little hobbit guy. Great job.
I’ve learned that some memories surprise you and reveal a sharp edge just when you least expect it.
It might drive some people crazy, living like this, but the quiet keeps me company.
I don’t know why I still feel this pit in my stomach whenever I get a moment to think. I know what the pit is, too; I feel lonely. But I’m not alone, I keep telling myself.
Setrakus is more or less invincible. Only Pittacus Lore, the most powerful of all the Lorien Elders, would have been able to defeat him.
Nine lies on his back, groaning. His chest is shredded from where Eight slashed him, he’s got a fresh black eye, and I think I notice a trickle of blood from where I struck him with his staff. Suddenly, his groans turn to laughter. “That was awesome!” Nine hollers.
You can let your anger destroy you, or you can use it for something.
Never underestimate human stupidity.