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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• Well, it's not my fault that you can't manage your money.' You threw away my purse.' I thought it was an enemy.

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  Enemy, Purses, Faults

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• There would be little reason to lie down at night without the possibility of seeing things bigger and more amazing than the average day might bright about. Why pick up a pen or type on a keyboard if there's no imagination or wonder left to behold? I would hate to be in the position of hoping for nothing simply because my brain can no longer dream.

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  Dream, Hate, Lying

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• There is no relationship in life that comes with the promise of zero pain.

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  Zero, Pain, Promise

  Obert Skye, Ben Sowards (2008). “The Eyes of the Want”, p.174, Simon and Schuster

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• I'm man enough to know when to scream.

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  Fear, Men, Scream

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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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• I shouldn't have said it, but the word slipped out of my mouth as easy as air. it wasn't exactly the kind of work any well-behaved student would use, which sort of explained why I had just used it. And it certainly isn't the most elegant way to start off a story, but it honestly represents what I was feeling. Besides, I could have said something a lot stronger. But not everybody wants to read a story with those kinds of words and thoughts being expressed in the very first sentence. "Stop swearing," Jason screamed.

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  Air, Feelings, Stronger

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• What-ifs are for fools

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  Fool, Ifs

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

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  Mood

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