Maximum Ride Angel Quotes

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Because what’s worse than knowing you want something, besides knowing you can never have it?
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1))
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Man, you weigh a freaking ton," he told me. "What've you been eating, rocks?" "Why, is your head missing some?" I croaked. His mouth almost quirked in a smile, and that's when I knew how upset he'd been
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1))
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Popcorn for breakfast! Why not? It's a grain. It's like, like, grits, but with high self-esteem.
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1))
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Yes!” said Fang, punching the air. β€œFreaks rule.
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1))
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I can talk to fish!" Angel said happily, water dripping off her long, skinny body. "Ask one over for dinner," Fang said, joining us.
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James Patterson (School's Outβ€”Forever (Maximum Ride, #2))
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I feel like, like pudding," Iggy groaned. "Pudding with nerve endings. Pudding in great pain.
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1))
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The funny thing about facing imminent death is that it really snaps everything else into perspective.
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1))
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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.
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James Patterson (Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports (Maximum Ride, #3))
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Holy [Insert your choice of a swear word here]," said Fang stunned.
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1))
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Well, that's an evil smile...
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1))
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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!
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James Patterson (School's Outβ€”Forever (Maximum Ride, #2))
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Dr. Martinez: "I take it you don't want me to call your parent?" Max: "Uh, no." Hello, lab? May I speak to the test tube please?
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1))
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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.
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1))
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I took a bite of cookie and chewed. β€œHmmm,” I said, trying not to spit crumbs. β€œClear vanilla notes, too-sweet chocolate chips, distinct flavor of brown sugar. A decent cookie, not spectacular. Still, a good-hearted cookie, not pretentious.” I turned to Fang. β€œWhat say you?” β€œIt’s fine.” Some people just don’t have what it takes to appreciate a cookie.
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1))
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He could totally be your boyfriend," [Angel] went on with annoying persistance. "You guys could get married. I could be like a junior bridesmaid. Total could be your flower dog." "I'm only a kid!" I shrieked. "I can't get married!" "You could in New Hampshire." My mouth dropped open. How does she know this stuff? "Forget it! No one's getting married!" I hissed. "Not in New Hampshire or anywhere else! Not in a box, not with a fox! Now go to sleep, before I kill you!
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James Patterson (Max (Maximum Ride, #5))
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I didn't know a van could go up on two wheels like that, for so long." -Nudge
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1))
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Feeding a crowd?' the woman behind the counter asked. Yes, ma'am ,' Fang said sweetly. Yeah, him and all his split personalities, I thought.
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride #1))
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Gazzy: "What does that mean?" (points to metal plaque warning to stay off the third rail that said Stay off the third rail!) Fang: "It means the third rail has seven hundred volts of direct current running through it. Touch it and you're human popcorn.
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1))
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I muttered a swear word to myself. After I heard Angel cussing like a sailor when she stubbed her toe, my new resolution was to watch my language. All I needed was a six-year-old mutant with a potty mouth
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1))
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Nudge: You aren't dead. Iggy (irritably): No. You aren't dead either. How about just 'hello'?
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride #1))
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There's nothing more annoying than cold logic and reason when you've got a good fit going.
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1))
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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.
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James Patterson (Angel (Maximum Ride, #7))
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Excellent. They were flammable.
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1))
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Can you giggle while racing for your life and protecting a six-year-old? I can.
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride #1))
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Why was the blind guy playing with matches, you ask? Because he's good at it. Anything to do with fire, igniting things, exploding things, things with fuses, wicks, accelerants . . . Iggy's your man. It's one of those good/bad things.
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride #1))
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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.)
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James Patterson (Angel (Maximum Ride, #7))
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Do we have any chlorine? It seems to be kind of explosive when mixed with other stuff." "Like what, your socks? No, we don't have chlorine. No swimming pool.
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1))
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Max!' Nudge cried, rushing over to hug me. Her thin arms gripped me tight, and I hugged her back, scratching her wings where they joined her shoulders, the way she liked. 'We were so worriedβ€”I didn’t know what had happened to you, and we didn’t know what to do, and Fang said we going to eat rats, andβ€”' 'Okay, okay. Everything’s okay,' I told her. I met Fang’s eyes over her shoulder and mouthed rats? silently. A flicker of a grin crossed his lips and then was gone.
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1))
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Frustration was my constant companion. I wanted to scream. "What the he-eck are we supposed to do now? I asked Fang. He looked at me, and I could tell he was mulling over the problem. He held out a small waxed-paper bag. Peanut?
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride #1))
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Is this a movie?' I heard someone ask. Naw- this is too original for Hollywood. They do sequels.
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride #1))
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No one looks like Fang-dark and still and dangerous, like he's daring you to set him off. But I'd seen him rocking Angel when she'd hurt herself; I'd seen him smile in his sleep; I'd seen the deep, darkl ight in his eyes as he leaned over me... ~Max; "Max"; page 24
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James Patterson (Max (Maximum Ride, #5))
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Jeb: I wish I could explain what I'd give just to see you smile again. Max (thinking): How about your head on a stick?
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride #1))
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Fang was going to kill me. And after I was dead, he would kill me again.
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1))
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Yes. I owed my life, Angel's life, and my mother's life to a mutant's ability to create industrial-strength snot.
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James Patterson (Max (Maximum Ride, #5))
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The weird, weird thing about devastating loss is that life actually goes on. When you're faced with a tragedy, a loss so huge that you have no idea how you can live through it, somehow, the world keeps turning, the seconds keep ticking.
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James Patterson (Angel (Maximum Ride, #7))
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Jeb: But I need to tell you something first. Max (thinking): That you are the devil incarnate?
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride #1))
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I want to be able to see stuff," Iggy said. "Like I used to, when I was little. And I want to be able to totally kick Jeb's butt.
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1))
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I have an idea. It’s risky, and Max will kill us when she finds out.” Iggy raised his head. β€œSounds like my kind of idea.
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1))
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Fang snorted in disbelief. "On one hand, we have a mythical nice family that wants to adopt me. On the other, we have a gang of insane scientists desperate to do genetic experiments on innocent children. Guess which hand I get dealt?
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride #1))
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I led the way toward the crowd, trying to look casual, like, Fly? Me? Nah.
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1))
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It was the building from the drawing in my brain. And if you don’t think that’s a weird sentence, maybe you should reread it.
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1))
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When are you going to trust me Max?" asked Fang. "When I go completely bonkers," I laughed.
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1))
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Don’t be afraid.” β€œI hear voices,” Iggy said. β€œBe very afraid.
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1))
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Sometimes he seems like a droid--or a drone. Fang of Nine. Fang2-D2.
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1))
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Did I want a dog? No. Did I need a dog? Also no. We were six kids running for our lives, not knowing where our next meal was coming from. Could we afford to feed a dog? Wait for itβ€”no.
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1))
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I shot him the bird. (Get it? I shot him theβ€”never mind.)
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1))
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Fang and I searched in every way we could think of and found a million institutes of one kind or another, in Manhattan and throughout New York state, but none of them seemed promising. My favorite? The Institute for Realizing Your Pet's Inner Potential. Anyone who can explain that to me, drop a line.
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride #1))
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Max?” said the Gasman. β€œAre those, um, rats?” Lovely. β€œYes, those do appear to be either rats or mice on steroids,” I said briskly, trying not to shriek and climb the walls like a girly-girl.
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1))
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We probably looked like starving orphan children. Hey! We were starving orphan children.
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1))
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Jeez, was that a lion? Please tell me it’s behind bars.” β€œIt’s a zoo, Iggy,” Nudge said, taking his arms and leading him. β€œEverything’s behind bars.
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1))
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Listen, street punk. You're a guy, and you're a couple inches taller, and maybe forty pounds heavier, and ooh, you're in a gang. But I've survived ten years of Catholic school, and I will cut you off at your knees without a blink. Do you understand?
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James Patterson (Angel (Maximum Ride, #7))
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Maybe it's information the whitecoats never wanted anyone to figure out.' Fang said in the hollow Twilight Zone-y voice he used sometimes when things got unusually weird- as opposed to regular weird.
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride #1))
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Call me crazy, but there's just something cheering about seeing huge raptors tear into Eraser flesh.
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1))
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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.
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James Patterson (Angel (Maximum Ride, #7))
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Max-Dogs, dogs, go away, let me live another day.
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1))
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I stared at her in amazement. "How do you even live with yourself?"..."You're willing to sell children to a foreign government so they can be used as weapons, possibly against other Americans. I don't get it. Were you hiding behind a door on morals and ethics day?...You couldn't mother someone if they shot five gallons of estrogen into your veins.
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment/School's Out Forever/Saving the World Set (Maximum Ride, #1-3))
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Iggy’s spine tightened, his face like ice. When he’d been at the School, they’d tried to surgically enhance his night vision. Now he was blind forever. Oops.
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1))
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Just for fun I flew in huge banking arcs, taking deep breaths, enjoying the feel of my newly weightless hair. The stylist had called it β€œwind tossed.” If only she knew.
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1))
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Yeah, you're sitting in a tree because you're fine. That's easy to see. I can't believe this is Maximum Ride, destroyer of despots, warrior hottie, leader of the flock! All you need now to make yourself more pathetic is a pint of Ben and Jerry's ice cream!
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James Patterson (Angel (Maximum Ride, #7))
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Is it important to be right or is it important to do what’s right? That’s one of the hardest lessons to learn.
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1))
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I couldn’t leave Total behind.” β€œTotal?” Iggy asked. β€œThat’s what his card said,” Angel explained. β€œTotally a mutant dog who will probably turn on us and kill us in our sleep,” Fang said.
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1))
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You really hurt me. I wouldn't hurt you. Not like this.
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1))
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Iggy: So what are we going to do? Yeah leader, lead.
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride #1))
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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.
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James Patterson
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The guys were totally skuzzy, grinning horribly, showing holes where teeth should be. β€œBoys, God doesn’t like you,” Fang intoned behind them. Whaaat? I thought, dumbfounded. β€œWha!” they said, whirling. At that moment, Fang snapped out his huge wings and shone the penlight under his chin so it raked his cheekbones and eyes. My mouth dropped open. He looked like the angel of death. His dark wings filled the hallway almost to the ceiling, and he moved them up and down. β€œGod doesn’t like bad people,” he said, using a really weird, deep voice. β€œWhat the heck?” one of the squatters murmured shallowly, his mouth slack, his eyes bugging out of his head. I whipped my own wings open. Fun, anyway. β€œThis was a test,” I said, using my best spooky voice. β€œAnd guess what? You both failed.” The bums stopped dead, looks of horror and amazement on their faces. Then Fang growled, β€œRowr!” He stepped forward, sweeping his wings up and down: the avenging demon. I almost cracked up. β€œRowr!” I said myself, shaking my wings out. β€œAhhhhh!” the guys yelled, backpedaling fast. Unfortunately, they were standing at the top of the staircase. They fell awkwardly, trying to grab each other, and rolled down two flights like lumpy bags of potatoes, shrieking the whole way. Fang and I slapped each other a quick high fiveβ€”and we were out of there, jack.
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James Patterson (School's Outβ€”Forever (Maximum Ride, #2))
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It’s, like, a safety bomb.” -Iggy
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1))
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The girls can have the bed," Gazzy said. "Iggy and I can sleep on the floor." Excuse me, sexist piglet?" I said, raising my eyebrows. "How about the two smallest people share the bed 'cause they'll fit. That would be you and Angel." Yeah," said Nudge "Like, I'm too much of a cream puff to sleep on the floor?
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James Patterson (School's Outβ€”Forever (Maximum Ride, #2))
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When did they start coming after you?” β€œWas itβ€”was it after the oil- slick Hummer crash?” the Gasman asked Iggy tentatively. My eyes widened. Oil-slick Hummer crash? Iggy rubbed his chin, thinking. β€œOr maybe it was more---after the bomb,” the Gasman said in a low voice, looking down. β€œI think it was the bomb,” Iggy agreed. β€œThat definitely seemed to tick them off.” β€œBomb?” I asked incredulously.
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1))
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Angel raised her hand. "Excuse me. What does LTC stand for?" She blinked innocently. "Loving Tender Care?"Gazzy suggested.If our instructor had had lasers for eyes, he would have sliced Gazzy in half. "Lieutenant colonel," he sputtered.
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James Patterson (Max (Maximum Ride, #5))
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A vet! I started laughing weakly and had to sit on the edge of the tub. A vet. Wait till they found out how appropriate that was.
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1))
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The receptionist looked us over, then went back to typing something incredibly urgentβ€”like her rΓ©sumé́ for another job.
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1))
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Great, they give blind kids guns," I said, trying to lessen his horror. "I don't even let Iggy have a gun. Usually.
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James Patterson (Angel (Maximum Ride, #7))
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Angel wanted them all to burn in h-e- double toothpicks forever.
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1))
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Veins practically popping out of his neck, the jerk leaned out his window and yelled a bunch of swear words, including a new one I tucked away in my brain for future use, if necessary.
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1))
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In case you guys didn't catch last week's episode, I'm out of the flock," I informed them. "Angel has no allegiance to me. She's wanted me gone for a long time. And in case you didn't catch all the episodes from the past year, Angel is... unbalanced." "Untrustworthy," Fang seconded. "Unpredictable," Jeb added. "Dangerous," Dylan chimed in.
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James Patterson (Fang (Maximum Ride, #6))
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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.
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James Patterson (Angel (Maximum Ride, #7))
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The other Max looked at me, and her eyes narrowed. 'They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery,' she said snidely. 'So I guess you're really sucking up.' 'Who are you?' I gasped, my eyes wide. 'You're an impostor!' 'No she isn't.' The little creepy one, Angel, turned to look at me. Her arm was still bleeding where Ari had bitten it. 'You are.' I swallowed my anger. Who did she think she was, her and her stupid dog? I gave a concerned smile. 'But Angel,' I said, sincerity dripping from my voice, 'how can you say that? You know who I am.' 'I think I'm Angel,' she said. 'And my dog isn't stupid. You're the stupid one, to think that you could fool us. I can read minds, you idiot.
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James Patterson (School's Outβ€”Forever (Maximum Ride, #2))
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Angel: What's sauerkraut? Max: You don't want it. Trust me.
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride #1))
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Another day. Get up and face it.
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1))
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I love Nudge, Nudge is a great kid, but that motormouth of hers could have turned Mother Teresa into an ax murderer
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1))
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Im 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." - Maximum Ride.
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James Patterson (Angel (Maximum Ride, #7))
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Angel?" Yeah?" she looked up, all blue-eyed innocence. I felt stupid, but... "Can Total, um, talk?" Uh-huh," Angel said casually, squeezing water out of her hair. I stared at her. "He talks. Total talks, and you didn't tell me?" Well..." Angel looked for him, saw he was pretty far away, and lowered her voice. "Don't tell him I said this, but he's actually not that interesting.
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James Patterson (School's Outβ€”Forever (Maximum Ride, #2))
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It gets so tiring, this strong-picking-on-the-weak stuff. It was the story of my life -literally- and it seemed to be a big part of the outside world too. I was sick of it, sick of guys like these, stupid and bullying.
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1))
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The next morning-at least, I assumed it was morning, since we were all waking up- I felt like one of those twelve dancing princesses, who danced all night, wore holes in their shoes, and had to sleep it off the next day. Except, oh yeah: a)I'm not a princess; b)sleeping in a subway tunnel and having another brain attack aren't that much like dancing all night; and c) my combat boots were still in good shape. Other than that, it was exactly the same.
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride #1))
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That's more than three questions, Max. And sometimes wheter someone is your friend or enemy is all in how you look at it. But if you must know, I consider myself your friend, a good friend who loves you very much. No one Loves you more than I do, Maximum. Now listen. I ask the questions here, not you. You're just here for the ride. For the incredible, indescribable Maximum Ride.
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1))
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I want to know about my mom. And other stuff. I want to know the whole story, good or bad.” β€œMe, too,” said Gazzy. β€œI want to find my parents so I can tell’m what total scuzzes they are. Like, β€˜Hi, mom and dad, you’re such scum!
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1))
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A Poem By Max White is the color of little bunnies with pink noses. White is the color of fluffy clouds fluffing their way across the sky. White is the color of angel's wings and Angel's wings. White is the color of brand-new ankle socks fresh out of the bag. White is the color of crisp sheets in schmancy hotels. White is the color of every last freaking, gol-danged thing you see for endless miles and miles if you happen to be in Antarctica trying to save the world, which now you aren't so sure you can do because you feel like if you see any more whiteness-Wonder Bread, someone's underwear, teeth-you will completely and totally lose your ever-lovin' mind and wind up pushing a grocery cart full of empty cans around New York City, muttering to yourself. That was my first poem ever. Okay, so it's not Shakespeare, but I liked it.
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James Patterson (The Final Warning (Maximum Ride, #4))
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You could have gotten a car with GPS," Total said helpfully. Yes," I said "Or we could have brought along a dog that doesn't talk." I gave Angel a pointed look, and she smiled, well, angelically, at me. Total huffed, offended at me and climbed into her lap...
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James Patterson (Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports (Maximum Ride, #3))
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Angel?" I said. "Baby penguins eat a regurgitated mixture of partially digested fish, krill, and an oily substance form their fathers' stomachs. Are you willing to eat a bunch of raw fish and krill, and then barf it back up into a baby penguin's cute, cheeping mouth? Like, every hour?" Sometimes my crushing logic astounds even me.
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James Patterson (The Final Warning (Maximum Ride, #4))
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So, Angel?" I said, looking over at her. She was gliding through the night, her eight-foot wings looking like a dove's. "Have you picked up anything from Anne, about anything? Anything off?" Not really." Angel thought. "From what I can tell, she does work for the FBI. She does care about us and wants us to be happy. She thinks the boys are slobs. I'm blind," Iggy said irritably. "How am I supposed to make everything all tidy?" Yeah, because you're so handicapped," I said sarcastically. "Like- you can't build bombs or cook or win at Monopoly. You can't tell us apart by the feel of our skin or feathers.
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James Patterson (School's Outβ€”Forever (Maximum Ride, #2))
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It's for upset stomachs,' Dylan said, trying to hide a smile. He pointed to the words in the box. 'It's to reduce gas in your digestive system, not to create more gas to make explosions.' Gazzy's face fell as Iggy said. 'Really? Gazzy take it! Take the whole box!' 'I second that emotion!' said Total.
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James Patterson (Angel (Maximum Ride, #7))
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I flipped down the visor so I could check myself in the mirror, and something small and heavy dropped into my lap. I froze, my breath stuck in my throat. Whatβ€”? Gingerly, I looked down. It wasn’t a grenade. It was a key ring. One key was for this van. I looked at it blankly. β€œWell, that’ll simplify things,” Fang said.
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1))
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As a maternal figure, I always try to keep the flock safe, of course. But I admit, it did my heart proud to see the instant blood-lust pop into Gazzy’s blue eyes and to see little Angel automatically tense up and get into fighting stance, ready to rip someone’s head off. They were just so β€” so dang adorable, sometimes.
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James Patterson (Max (Maximum Ride, #5))
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It sucked, but it was way cool at the same time," Gazzy said. "I felt like the Blue Angels!" "Yeah, except the blue Angels are an extremely well funded, well equipped, well trained, well fed, and no doubt squeaky-clean group of crack navy pilots," I said. "And we're a bunch of unfunded, unequipped, semitrained, not nearly well fed enough, and filthy mongrel avian-human hybrids. But other than that, it's exactly the same.
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James Patterson (Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports (Maximum Ride, #3))
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Gazzy: "What does that mean?" (points to metal plaque warning to stay off the third rail that said Stay off the third rail!) Fang: "It means the third rail has seven hundred volts of direct current running through it. Touch it and you're human popcorn." β€œOkay,” I said. β€œGood tip. Everyone stay off the third rail. Then I shot Fang a look that said, Thank you for that lovely image. He almost grinned at me.
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James Patterson (The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1))
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You're gonna fall now,' I heard Angel say in a normal voice. I swung my head to see gravely watching an Eraser who looked confused, paralyzed. Angel shifted her gaze to the water below. Fear entered the Eraser's eyes, and his wings folded. He dropped like a rock. You're getting scary, you know that?'I said to Angel, not really kidding. I mean, making an Eraser drop right out of the sky just by telling him to - jeez.
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James Patterson (School's Outβ€”Forever (Maximum Ride, #2))
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Uh-oh,' said Gazzy, but Angel was so nauseated she didn't have time to leap to a safe distance, or grab a gas mask Bbbbbrrrrrrrttthhhhhhttttttt. 'Mother of God, no!' Total cried, doing a fast belly-crawl to the pool and throwing himself in. 'You said it wasn't your digestive system!' 'What was that?' Dylan asked. He winced and threw an arm oer his nose and mouth. ... 'Sorry,' Gazzy said miserably, but he couldn't help a tiny grin. Nudge was clawing at a stack of towels to cover her face. 'Nice one, Gaz,' said Iggy. ... 'Wait-that was Gazzy? Is that why you call him...Oh, crap,' Dylan said weakly.
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James Patterson (Fang (Maximum Ride, #6))
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Except fang. I glared at him. "Go on, try to stop me, I dare you." It was like the old days when we used to wrestle, each trying to get the better of the other. I was ready to take him down, my hands curled into fist. "I was just going to say be careful," Fang told me. He stepped closer and brushed some hair out of my eyes. "And I've got your back." He motioned with his head toward the torpedo chamber. Oh my God. It hit me like a tsunami then, how perfect he was for me, how no one else would ever, could ever, be so perfect for me, how he was everything I could possibly hope for, as a friend, boyfriend, maybe even more. He was it for me. There would be no more looking. I really, really loved him, with a whole new kind of love I'd never felt before, something that made every other kind of love I'd ever felt feel washed out and wimpy in comparison. I loved him with every cell in my body, every thought in my head, every feather in my wings, every breathe in my lungs. and air sacs. Too bad I was going out to face almost certain death. Right there in front of everyone, I threw my arms around his neck and smashed my mouth against his. He was startled for a second, then his strong arms wrapped around me so tightly I could hardly breathe. "ZOMG," I heard Nudge whisper, but still fang and I kissed slanting our heads this way and that to get closer. I could have stood there and kissed him happily for the next millennium, but Angel, or what was left of her was still out there in the could dark ocean. Reluctantly, I ended the kiss, took a step back. Fang's obsidian eyes were glittering brightly and his stoic face had a look of wonder on it."Gotta go," I said quietly. A half smile quirked his mouth. "Yeah. Hurry back." I nodded and he stepped out of the air lock chamber, keeping his eyes fixed on me, memorizing me as he hit the switch that sealed the chamber. The doors hissed shut with a kind of finality, and I realized that my heart was beating so hard it felt like it was going to start snapping ribs. I was scared. I was crazily, deeply, incredibly, joyously, terrifyingly in love. I was on a death mission. Before my head simply exploded from so much emotion, I hit the large button that pressurized the air lock enough for the doors to open to the ocean outside. I really, really hoped that I would prove somewhat uncrushable, like Angel did. The door cracked open below me and I saw the first dark glint of frigid water.
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James Patterson (Maximum Ride Five-Book Set)
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Dear Max - You looked so beautiful today. I'm going to remember what you looked like forever. ... And I hope you remember me the same way - clean, ha-ha. I'm glad our last time together was happy. But I'm leaving tonight, leaving the flock, and this time it's for good. I don't know if I'll ever see any of you again. The thing is, Max, that everyone is a little bit right. Added up all together, it makes this one big right. Dylan's a little bit right about how my being here might be putting the rest of you in danger. The threat might have been just about Dr. Hans, but we don't know that for sure. Angel is a little bit right about how splitting up the flock will help all of us survive. And the rest of the flock is a little bit right about how when you and I are together, we're focused on each other - we can't help it. The thing is, Maximum, I love you. I can't help but be focused on you when we're together. If you're in the room, I want to be next to you. If you're gone, I think about you. You're the one who I want to talk to. In a fight, I want you at my back. When we're together, the sun is shining. When we're apart, everything is in shades of gray. I hope you'll forgive me someday for turning our worlds into shades of gray - at least for a while. ... You're not at your best when you're focused on me. I mean, you're at your best Maxness, but not your best leaderness. I mostly need Maxness. The flock mostly needs leaderness. And Angel, if you're listening to this, it ain't you, sweetie. Not yet. ... At least for a couple more years, the flock needs a leader to survive, no matter how capable everyone thinks he or she is. The truth is that they do need a leader, and the truth is that you are the best leader. It's one of the things I love about you. But the more I thought about it, the more sure I got that this is the right thing to do. Maybe not for you, or for me, but for all of us together, our flock. Please don't try to find me. This is the hardest thing I've ever done in my life, besides wearing that suit today, and seeing you again will only make it harder. You'd ask me to come back, and I would, because I can't say no to you. But all the same problems would still be there, and I'd end up leaving again, and then we'd have to go through this all over again. Please make us only go through this once. ... I love you. I love your smile, your snarl, your grin, your face when you're sleeping. I love your hair streaming out behind you as we fly, with the sunlight making it shine, if it doesn't have too much mud or blood in it. I love seeing your wings spreading out, white and brown and tan and speckled, and the tiny, downy feathers right at the top of your shoulders. I love your eyes, whether they're cold or calculating or suspicious or laughing or warm, like when you look at me. ... You're the best warrior I know, the best leader. You're the most comforting mom we've ever had. You're the biggest goofball, the worst driver, and a truly lousy cook. You've kept us safe and provided for us, in good times and bad. You're my best friend, my first and only love, and the most beautiful girl I've ever seen, with wings or without. ... Tell you what, sweetie: If in twenty years we haven't expired yet, and the world is still more or less in one piece, I'll meet you at the top of that cliff where we first met the hawks and learned to fly with them. You know the one. Twenty years from today, if I'm alive, I'll be there, waiting for you. You can bet on it. Good-bye, my love. Fang P.S. Tell everyone I sure will miss them
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James Patterson
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From Jess: FANG. I've commented your blog with my questions for THREE YEARS. You answer other people's STUPID questions but not MINE. YOU REALLY ASKED FOR IT, BUDDY. I'm just gonna comment with this until you answer at least one of my questions. DO YOU HAVE A JAMAICAN ACCENT? No, Mon DO YOU MOLT? Gross. WHAT'S YOUR STAR SIGN? Dont know. "Angel what's my star sign?" She says Scorpio. HAVE YOU TOLD JEB I LOVE HIM YET? No. DOES NOT HAVING A POWER MAKE YOU ANGRY? Well, that's not really true... DO YOU KNOW HOW TO DO THE SOULJA BOY? Can you see me doing the Soulja Boy? DOES IGGY KNOW HOW TO DO THE SOULJA BOY? Gazzy does. DO YOU USE HAIR PRODUCTS? No. Again,no. DO YOU USE PRODUCTS ON YOUR FEATHERS? I don't know that they make bird kid feather products yet. WHAT'S YOU FAVORITE MOVIE? There are a bunch WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE SONG? I don't have favorites. They're too polarizing. WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE SMELL? Max, when she showers. DO THESE QUESTIONS MAKE YOU ANGRY? Not really. IF I CAME UP TO YOU IN A STREET AND HUGGED YOU, WOULD YOU KILL ME? You might get kicked. But I'm used to people wanting me dead, so. DO YOU SECRETLY WANT TO BE HUGGED? Doesn't everybody? ARE YOU GOING EMO 'CAUSE ANGEL IS STEALING EVERYONE'S POWERS (INCLUDING YOURS)? Not the emo thing again. WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE FOOD? Anything hot and delicious and brought to me by Iggy. WHAT DID YOU HAVE FOR BREAKFAST THIS MORNING? Three eggs, over easy. Bacon. More Bacon. Toast. DID YOU EVEN HAVE BREAKFAST THIS MORNING? See above. DID YOU DIE INSIDE WHEN MAX CHOSE ARI OVER YOU? Dudes don't die inside. DO YOU LIKE MAX? Duh. DO YOU LIKE ME? I think you're funny. DOES IGGY LIKE ME? Sure DO YOU WRITE DEPRESSING POETRY? No. IS IT ABOUT MAX? Ahh. No. IS IT ABOUT ARI? Why do you assume I write depressing poetry? IS IT ABOUT JEB? Ahh. ARE YOU GOING TO BLOCK THIS COMMENT? Clearly, no. WHAT ARE YOU WEARING? A Dirty Projectors T-shirt. Jeans. DO YOU WEAR BOXERS OR BRIEFS? No freaking comment. DO YOU FIND THIS COMMENT PERSONAL? Could I not find that comment personal? DO YOU WEAR SUNGLASSES? Yes, cheap ones. DO YOU WEAR YOUR SUNGLASSES AT NIGHT? That would make it hard to see. DO YOU SMOKE APPLES, LIKE US? Huh? DO YOU PREFER BLONDES OR BRUNETTES? Whatever. DO YOU LIKE VAMPIRES OR WEREWOLVES? Fanged creatures rock. ARE YOU GAY AND JUST PRETENDING TO BE STRAIGHT BY KISSING LISSA? Uhh... WERE YOU EXPERIMENING WITH YOUR SEXUALITY? Uhh... WOULD YOU TELL US IF YOU WERE GAY? Yes. DO YOU SECRETLY LIKE IT WHEN PEOPLE CALL YOU EMO? No. ARE YOU EMO? Whatever. DO YOU LIKE EGGS? Yes. I had them for breakfast. DO YOU LIKE EATING THINGS? I love eating. I list it as a hobby. DO YOU SECRETLY THINK YOU'RE THE SEXIEST PERSON IN THE WHOLE WORLD? Do you secretly think I'm the sexiest person in the whole world? DO YOU EVER HAVE DIRTY THOUGHTS ABOUT MAX? Eeek! HAS ENGEL EVER READ YOUR MIND WHEN YOU WERE HAVING DIRTY THOUGHT ABOUT MAX AND GONE "OMG" AND YOU WERE LIKE "D:"? hahahahahahahahahahah DO YOU LIKE SPONGEBOB? He's okay, I guess. DO YOU EVER HAVE DIRTY THOUGHT ABOUT SPONGEBOB? Definitely CAN YOU COOK? Iggy cooks. DO YOU LIKE TO COOK? I like to eat. ARE YOU, LIKE, A HOUSEWIFE? How on earth could I be like a housewife? DO YOU SECRETLY HAVE INNER TURMOIL? Isn't it obvious? DO YOU WANT TO BE UNDA DA SEA? I'm unda da stars. DO YOU THINK IT'S NOT TOO LATE, IT'S NEVER TOO LATE? Sure. WHERE DID YOU LEARN TO PLAY POKER? TV. DO YOU HAVE A GOOD POKER FACE? Totally. OF COURSE YOU HAVE A GOOD POKER FACE. DOES IGGY HAVE A GOOD POKER FACE? Yes. CAN HE EVEN PLAY POKER? Iggy beats me sometimes. DO YOU LIKE POKING PEOPLE HARD? Not really. ARE YOU FANGALICIOUS? I could never be as fangalicious as you'd want me to be. Fly on, Fang
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James Patterson (Fang (Maximum Ride, #6))