Maximum Ride Quotes

• I'm a girl who has been tamping down her emotions and keeping them tightly guarded her whole life. And that works really well for me. [...] And now I felt like my shell had a dangerous crack in it. Without much more effort on his part, it would split wide open and my enormous river of emotions would gush out - the bad and the good. It was pretty much the scariest thing I'd ever thought of.

  James Patterson

  Girl, Rivers, Effort

  "Maximum Ride: Angel". Book by James Patterson, March 3, 2011.

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• Some kids get called "bundles of joy" or "slices of heaven" or "dreams come true." We got "the fifty-fourth generation of DNA experiments." Doesn't have the same warm and fuzzy feel. But maybe I'm oversensitive.

  James Patterson

  Dream, Kids, Dna

  "Angel: A Maximum Ride Novel". Book by James Patterson, February 14, 2011.

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• I looked around. As flock leader, everyone was expecting me to make a decision. Jeb's presence here would bring uncertainty, chaos, probably danger. It would perk up my day.

  James Patterson

  Decision, Leader, Chaos

  "Angel: A Maximum Ride Novel". Book by James Patterson, February 14, 2011.

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• At that moment I had no mind to change, or not change, or throw against the nearest wall.

  James Patterson

  Wall, Mind, Moments

  "Maximum Ride: School's Out Forever". Book by James Patterson, May 23, 2006.

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• I had to give him props, but how annoying of him to be a hero when I was trying so hard to dislike him. It was downright selfish.

  James Patterson

  Selfish, Hero, Giving

  "Angel: A Maximum Ride Novel". Book by James Patterson, February 14, 2011.

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• Max-I'm not going to die today.

  James Patterson

  Max, Today, Dies

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• Ari felt like, Hellooo, I have wings! I turn into a wolf! Blending is out is out of the question!

  James Patterson

  Wings, Turns, Felt

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• Excuse me? I'm alive too.

  James Patterson

  Alive, Excuse, Excuse Me

  "Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports". Book by James Patterson, May 29, 2007.

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• Who, last time I'd checked, was still on our official archenemy list. (Yes, we have to keep a list. It's kind of sad.)

  James Patterson

  Lasts, Lists, Kind

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• Gazzy: "Just Ten?" Angel: "No." Gazzy: "Five?" Angel: "No.

  James Patterson

  Angel, Five, Ten

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• you're a diabolical little pyro, aren't you? He blushed modestly.

  James Patterson

  Littles, Diabolical

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• They call me, The Sharkalator

  James Patterson

  Call Me

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• Oh great. Yoda captured us.

  James Patterson

  Captured

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• Because what’s worse than knowing you want something, besides knowing you can never have it?

  James Patterson

  Life, Unrequited Love, Want Something

  James Patterson (2007). “The Angel Experiment”, Little, Brown and Company

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• Am I tough? Am I strong? Am I hard-core? Absolutely. Did I whimper with pathetic delight when I sank my teeth into my hot fried-chicken sandwich? You betcha.

  James Patterson

  Strong, Teeth, Hot

  James Patterson (2010). “Maximum Ride Boxed Set #1”, p.117, Hachette UK

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• You can help each other, Max, said the unwelcome voice. You're perfect complements to each other. "Shut up!" I hissed under my breath, and Dylan looked startled. "I didn't say anything." Gritting my teeth, I nodded. "No, I know. It's just-" I decided to take a risk and stare him down. "I hear voices, okay? If you're gonna be here, get used to it. Or else keep your distance.

  James Patterson

  Distance, Voice, Perfect

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• He could totally be your boyfriend," [Angel] went on with annoying persistence. "You guys could get married. I could be like a junior bridesmaid. Total could be your flower dog.

  James Patterson

  Relationship, Dog, Flower

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• Is dere anysing special about you? Anysing vorth saving?" Besides my fashion sense? I play a mean harmonica.

  James Patterson

  Fashion, Mean, Play

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• They turned to Angel. "We will call you Little One," the leader said, obviously deciding to dispense with the whole confusing name thing. "Okay," said Angel agreeably. "I'll call you Guy in a White Lab Coat." He frowned. "That can be his Indian name," I suggested.

  James Patterson

  Angel, Names, White

  "Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports". Book by James Patterson, May 29, 2007.

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• "You were designed to be very smart, Max," she told me. "We electrically stimulated your synaptic nerve endings while your brain was developing." "And yet I still can't program my DVD player," I said.

  James Patterson

  Smart, Player, Dvds

  "Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports". May 29, 2007, May 29, 2007.

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• Pick a tree. I'll carve our initials into it." -Fang

  James Patterson

  Tree, Initials, Picks

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• Holy [Insert your choice of a swear word here]," said Fang stunned.

  James Patterson

  Choices, Holy, Said

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• So there you have it, the extent of my charms: brown hair and eyes like unbarfed chocolate. I'm a lucky girl." -Max

  James Patterson

  Girl, Eye, Hair

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• "I feel like, like pudding," Iggy groaned. "Pudding with nerve endings. Pudding in great pain."

  James Patterson

  Pain, Humorous, Pudding

  "Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment". Book by James Patterson, April 11, 2005.

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• What I said yesterday didn't mean anything! I love everyone in the flock! Plus, it was the Valium talking!" "Uh-huh. You just keep telling yourself that. You looove me." Max: (tries to punch him) "Pick a tree. I'll go carve our initials in it." Max: (screams and runs into bathroom)

  James Patterson

  Running, Mean, Yesterday

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