"Pain is just a state of mind. You can think your way out of everything, even pain."
— Rodman Philbrick (Freak the Mighty)

"Remembering is a great invention of the mind."
— Rodman Philbrick (Freak the Mighty)

"Books are like truth serum-- if you don't read, you can't figure out what's real."
— Rodman Philbrick (Freak the Mighty)

"The only real treasure is in your head. Memories are better than diamonds and nobody can steal them from you"
— Rodman Philbrick (The Last Book In The Universe)

"remembering is a great invention of the mind, and if you try hard enough you can remember anything, whether it really happened or not."
— Rodman Philbrick (Freak the Mighty)

"Do not despair, my friend. Today is theirs, but the future is ours"
— Rodman Philbrick (The Last Book In The Universe)

"Good riddance to bad rubbish."
— Rodman Philbrick (Freak the Mighty)

"Matter of fact, I watch tons of tube, but I also read tons of books so I can figure out what's true and what's fake, which isn't always easy. Books are like truth serum - if you don't read, you can't figure out what's real."
— Rodman Philbrick (Freak the Mighty)

"Sure it will hurt. But so what? Pain is just a state of mind. You can think your way out of anything, even pain."
— Rodman Philbrick (Freak the Mighty)

"You ever notice how long it takes for things to happen when you know they're supposed to happen? My fake Walkman has a built-in alarm, and I set it for two in the morning and wear the headphones to bed, but before you can wake up you have to fall asleep, and I never DO fall asleep because I keep waiting for the alarm to go off."
— Rodman Philbrick (Freak the Mighty)

"I never had a brian till freak came along..""
— Rodman Philbrick (Freak the Mighty)

""Will it hurt?" I ask. "Getting your parts replaced?"
Freak doesn't answer for a while and then he says in his stern, smart voice, "Sure it will hurt. But so what? Pain is just a state of mind. You can think your way out of anything, even pain."
I'm pretty worried about the whole deal, and I go, "But why do you want to be the first? Can't someone else be first? Isn't it dangerous?"
"Life is dangerous," Freak says."
— Rodman Philbrick

"I never had a brain until Freak came along and let me borrow his for awhile, and that's the truth, the whole truth. The unvanquished truth, is how Freak would say it, and for a long time it was him who did the talking."
— Rodman Philbrick

"I don't have any of the answers, son. Never did. All I can do is keep asking the questions. Keep trying to make sense of why people do what they do.""
— Rodman Philbrick (The Last Book In The Universe)

""Books are like truth serum--if you don't read, you can't figure out what's real." - Kevin, Freak the Mighty"
— Rodman Philbrick