Maximum Ride Quotes

• 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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• 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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• Max-I'm not going to die today.

  James Patterson

  Max, Today, Dies

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

  James Patterson

  Angel, Five, Ten

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

  James Patterson

  Littles, Diabolical

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• Oh great. Yoda captured us.

  James Patterson

  Captured

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• They call me, The Sharkalator

  James Patterson

  Call Me

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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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• Popcorn for breakfast! Why not? It's a grain. It's like grits, but with high self-esteem.

  James Patterson

  Self Esteem, Food, Popcorn

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

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• Don't ever leave me again." -Max I won't. I won't not ever." -Fang

  James Patterson

  Max, Leaving Me, Fangs

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• Let's just say that if these scientist had been using their brilliance for good instead of evil, cars would run off water vapor and leave fresh compost behind them; no one would be hungry; no one would be ill; all buildings would be earthquake-, bomb-, and flood-proof; and the world's entire economy would have collapsed and been replaced by one based on the value of chocolate.

  James Patterson

  Running, Earthquakes, Evil

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• They [Erasers] were bad fliers," Angel chimed in, "And in their minds, they weren't all kill the mutants, like they usually are. They were like, remember to flap!

  James Patterson

  Angel, Mind, Mutants

  James Patterson (2010). “Maximum Ride Boxed Set #1”, p.304, Hachette UK

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• I don't damsel well. Distress, I can do. Damseling? Not so much.

  James Patterson

  Wells, Distress, Can Do

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

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• You stand out like a fart in a church.

  James Patterson

  Church, Fart, Standing Out

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• In the dictionary, next to the word stress, there is a picture of a midsize mutant stuck inside a dog crate, wondering if her destiny is to be killed or to save the world. Okay, not really. But there should be.

  James Patterson

  Dog, Stress, Destiny

  James Patterson (2005). “The Angel Experiment: A Maximum Ride Novel”, p.63, Hachette UK

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• Yeah, and so Max and Dylan are supposed to, like, go to Germany and have kids together," I heard Gazzy say. My eyes popped open and I bolted upright. "What?" Fang said, his voice icy. "Gazzy!" I yelled. Wide blue eyes looked at me in surprise, then back at Fang's stoic face. "Oh. Was I not supposed to say anything?" Gazzy asked.

  James Patterson

  Kids, Eye, Blue

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• I feel like I'm going to HURL. Which, even if I wanted to do, I couldn't do, because I haven't eaten. I can't even drag myself out of my room. And while I'd be able to muster the strength to roundhouse Fang until he begged for MERCY, I'de be mush around an Eraser.

  James Patterson

  Able, Rooms, Mercy

  "Fang: A Maximum Ride Novel (Maximum Ride, Book 6)". Book by James Patterson, February 5, 2010.

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• And Flock Rule Number Two is, Don't argue with Max or you'll live to regret it." I spun and stomped out to the clearing, turning back for one last jab at Dylan. "And by the way, you clearly DON'T know me better than Fang does. Do you see Fang arguing with me? No, you do not." Fang rolled his eyes.

  James Patterson

  Regret, Eye, Two

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