Quotes from Peter Lerangis

And die here at age fourteen?

What is that instrument?" Aly asked the head guard. When he returned a blank stare, she pantomimed playing the instrument. "A zither?" "Santur," he said.

Luckily, she allowed us to retrieve the antidote from our carry-on. That's kindness, Amy said. I made them agree to give me all their cash, Nellie explained. That's bribery, Natalie grumbled.

The way Dad's face changes. The darkness. The words. The news that tells me what has just happened in a place at the bottom of the world. What does "crevasse" mean? I am shouting now. Screaming. WHAT DOES "CREVASSE" MEAN? I wanted it to go away. Every part of me, every nerve in my brain, was trying to dull the image, to shove it away, make it disappear.

Rich doesn't guarantee smart.

Subway shut down, people on the tracks... I'm, like, ding! Amy and Dan, no-brainer! - Nellie

At the gaping, empty space.

Code is FLUFFY AND FIERCE.

Fight it, and the bad memories will consume you, like all diseases. I have seen it happen . .

Overconfidence is a curse

We were in a ninja fight, Dan said in amazement. For the first time in my nonvirtual life. And I hated it.

And why do we fall, Master Bruce? So that we might better learn to pick ourselves up.

But his evil brother Massarym—a dark young man, of course, because dark is the color of villains, yes?

Trust is a fragile thing — difficult to build, easy to break. It cannot be bargained for. Only if it is freely given can it be expected in return.

To break the chain of mistrust, someone has to go first. I am happy to make the move.

Legend has it he was killed in a place called Durban, which is in the KwaZulu-Natal province. Which is, uh, where? Nellie said. Past the Mpumalanga province, Dan replied. Thanks a lot.

What just happened?" Amy said. "We were in a ninja fight," Dan said in amazement. "For the first time in my nonvirtual life. And I hated it.

I hate being in my brain sometimes. I have to get out. - Dan

A problem is merely a solution waiting to be found.

dug itself into the

I may be dead by the time you return.

Like water, it slowed my descent. Like water, it gave me a feeling of buoyancy.

The old lady told us Do not wake Ruhan', Jake replied, but who knew Ruhan was a chimpanzee? Apparently I said something that sounded like 'I ate your bananas' in Estonian.

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