Obert Skye Quotes - Page 2

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• There is nothing quite as painful as a truly awkward silence.

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  Silence, Awkward, Painful

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• There is no dignity in a crying toothpick.

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  Dignity, Cry, Toothpicks

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• Stupid deer," I said, embarrassed about being startled. "We need a ladder." "I think they're easier to shoot with a rifle." "I'm not talking about the deer," I said, hitting Milo on the back of his shoulder. "We need a ladder to look over the wall." "Or a catapult," Milo said seriously.

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  Wall, Stupid, Thinking

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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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• 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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• 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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• Cats learned how to fly that evening.

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  Cat, Evening

  Margaret Peterson Haddix, Obert Skye, Alan Snow, Anne Ursu, Jane Johnson (2006). “Swashbuckling Fantasy: 10 Thrilling Tales of Magical Adventure”, p.56, Simon and Schuster

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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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• Not likely. Dreams are pretty and usually involve horses or rainbows or castles, or big-

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  Dream, Horse, Rainbow

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• Thrust the sword into the dark

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  Dark, Thrust

  Obert Skye, Ben Sowards (2008). “The Eyes of the Want”, p.394, Simon and Schuster

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• Believe, it is our best defense.

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  Believe, Defense

  Obert Skye (2009). “The Wrath of Ezra”, p.3, Simon and Schuster

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• You have food?" Winter scolded. "I thought you said you were hungry." I'm hungry for other things besides what I have," [Clover] argued.

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  Winter, Hungry, Clovers

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• What was that you gave me to eat?" Winter panicked. A Filler Crisp," Clover said, his eyes seventy percent concerned and thirty percent mischievous.

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  Eye, Winter, Hungry

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• [Clover] secretly hitched a ride with a nice German couple and their new baby...Clover appeared to the baby, so as to be a delightful, soothing surprise. Well, the child did like Clover. In fact, she held him and cooed. When the parents turned around to look at her and saw their child holding a furry, living creature, they needlessly panicked.

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  Baby, Children, Couple

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• You're kidding, right?" Ezra barked. "We're not just going to wait." "I suppose we could help people clean up a bit," "Girl!" Ezra called out. "Big eyes!" Winter turned from what she was looking at. "Are you talking to me?

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  Girl, Eye, Winter

  Obert Skye (2010). “Leven Thumps and the Ruins of Alder”, p.330, Simon and Schuster

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• What-ifs are for fools. We are here because are meant to be.

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  Fool, Ifs, Meant To Be

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• There are times in a person's life when he or she must make a choice to believe. I choose to believe the sun will rise tomorrow. I also choose to believe that if you go to bed hungry you will wake up ready to eat. I've met a group of men in a faraway country who choose to believe that if you stand on a tree stump for an hour you will gain sympathy for trees. I am already quite sympathetic to trees, so I choose to think they are bonkers.

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  Country, Believe, Men

  Obert Skye (2009). “The Wrath of Ezra”, p.65, Simon and Schuster

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