Obert Skye Quotes

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• there is no moment more precious than the exact moment you are living now

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  Moments

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• You can be only what you give yourself the power to be.

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  Giving

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• I am what I am because I have made myself so.

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  Made, I Am What I Am

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• Desperate times call for desperate measures. That's a saying, or a bit of advice, or a catchprase, or a string of words used to confuse people less intelligent than you. In any case, it means: Life is tough, so you'd better fight hard-or something like that.

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  Mean, Fighting, Intelligent

  Obert Skye, Ben Sowards (2007). “The Whispered Secret”, p.204, Simon and Schuster

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• There is no moment more precious than the exact moment they are living. And that exact moment has a lot to do with how future moments play out.

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  Play, Moments

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• There are some things your mind has been hiding from you.

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  Mind, Hiding, Has Beens

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• Don't predict disappointment while hope is an option

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  Disappointment

  Obert Skye (2009). “The Wrath of Ezra”, p.54, Simon and Schuster

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• You seem to be attracted to trouble," he said. "Yeah, she's real pretty," I replied. "Your tongue is sharper than mine ever was." I stuck out my tongue and tried to look at the tip of it.

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  Real, Looks, Tongue

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• Perhaps nothing is more magical then the book. Paper, glue and some words and you are taken away from where you sit, stand, dance, or lean.

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  Book, Taken, Glue

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• What's that darkness over there?" Leven asked. "It's not good." Clover said. "Then what is it?" 'Bad," Clover suggested, sounding as though he wasn't all that impressed with Leven's level of knowledge. "I understand opposites," Leven said, frustrated.

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  Opposites, Darkness, Frustrated

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• He came into the world like a delivery that no one knew what to do with, and nobody wanted to sign for.

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  World, Delivery, Wanted

  Margaret Peterson Haddix, Obert Skye, Alan Snow, Anne Ursu, Jane Johnson (2006). “Swashbuckling Fantasy: 10 Thrilling Tales of Magical Adventure”, p.67, Simon and Schuster

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• Terry was beside himself. Not literally. This story would be that much more painful if there were two Terrys, able to stand next to each other and simultaneously curse Leven.

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  Two, Would Be, Stories

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• Listen,' Clover said. 'Don't worry about not being able to come back, I've lived both places, and trust me, you won't be getting the short end of the stick if you end up in Foo. I mean, candy alone.

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  Mean, Worry, Able

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• We can only be what we give ourselves the power to be.

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  Giving

  Obert Skye, Ben Sowards (2008). “The Eyes of the Want”, p.417, Simon and Schuster

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• That said, I, Beck Phillips, take full responsibility for being stuck in m y school's pitch-black venting system with my friend Jason, behind me and a garbage bag full of angry bees in front of me.

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  School, Responsibility, Black

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• impossible is not a word

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  Impossible

  Obert Skye, Ben Sowards (2008). “The Eyes of the Want”, p.189, Simon and Schuster

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• Winter looked at Leven. Leven looked right back at her. Winter's cheeks burned red and her green eyes outshone Leven's. The two of them stared at one another and then, as if they were destined to, thay began to lean into one another, Leven closed his eyes. "What are you doing?" Geth asked concerned. Winter closed his eyes too and leaned close. Both of them looked panicked and out of control, but it didn't stop them from moving closer and kissing each other. Clover's jaw dropped and he pulled something out of his void just so he could let go of it in shock.

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  Letting Go, Moving, Eye

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• What-ifs are for fools

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  Fool, Ifs

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• I vowed to never, ever talk or reason like an adult.

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  Adults, Reason

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• Apparently I wasn't in the mood to listen to myself.

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  Mood

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• What are you up to?" "I was trying to climb that tree. But I fell. Now I'm bored.

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  Bored, Tree, Trying

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• There is no dignity in a crying toothpick.

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  Dignity, Cry, Toothpicks

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• The car emitted on last gasp and rolled to a stop, in the middle of the Altlantic Ocean. "We're here," Leven tried to joke.

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  Ocean, Car, Lasts

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• Then, there are the places you would rather not go-a tax collectors' convention, a sewage treatment plant, or maybe the home of someone who keeps spiders as pets and insists on taking them out of their cages and making you hold them.

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  Home, Pet, Spiders

  Obert Skye, Ben Sowards (2007). “The Whispered Secret”, p.165, Simon and Schuster

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• Mercury dropped the purple car and shot up into the air, whistling like a shooting star. The woman in the car next to me looked up at me like I was a superhero. I smiled at her and jumped down, trying to be smooth. I landed wrong and went sliding on my face. I glanced back at her. She appeared less impressed than before.

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  Stars, Purple, Air

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