Pillage Quotes

“I'm man enough to know when to scream.”
― Obert Skye, Pillage

“I vowed to never, ever talk or reason like an adult.”
― Obert Skye, Pillage

“I shouldn't have said it, but the word slipped out of my mouth as easy as air. it wasn't exactly the kind of work any well-behaved student would use, which sort of explained why I had just used it. And it certainly isn't the most elegant way to start off a story, but it honestly represents what I was feeling. Besides, I could have said something a lot stronger. But not everybody wants to read a story with those kinds of words and thoughts being expressed in the very first sentence.
"Stop swearing," Jason screamed. ”
― Obert Skye, Pillage

“That said, I, Beck Phillips, take full responsibility for being stuck in m y school's pitch-black venting system with my friend Jason, behind me and a garbage bag full of angry bees in front of me. ”
― Obert Skye, Pillage

“Stupid deer," I said, embarrassed about being startled. "We need a ladder."

"I think they're easier to shoot with a rifle."

"I'm not talking about the deer," I said, hitting Milo on the back of his shoulder. "We need a ladder to look over the wall."

"Or a catapult," Milo said seriously.”
― Obert Skye, Pillage

“Mercury dropped the purple car and shot up into the air, whistling like a shooting star. The woman in the car next to me looked up at me like I was a superhero. I smiled at her and jumped down, trying to be smooth. I landed wrong and went sliding on my face. I glanced back at her. She appeared less impressed than before.”
― Obert Skye, Pillage

“I had learned years ago that despite what so many adults always said, there really was such a thing as a stupid question. I had asked a number of them myself over the course of my life. But, I had also learned that life required asking stupid questions every now and then.”
― Obert Skye, Pillage

“Fortunately, for everyone everywhere, some promises are made to be broken.”
― Obert Skye, Pillage

“I figured if I could kill a dragon, I could kiss a girl.”
― Obert Skye, Pillage

“In the history of mothers there had certainly been better, but in fairness to history there had most certainly been worse.”
― Obert Skye, Pillage