The Soldiers of Halla Quotes

“Before I can face the future, I must first deal with the past.”
― D.J. MacHale, The Soldiers of Halla

“It wasn't that I didn't trust Mark's flying, it was just that, okay, I didn't trust Mark's flying.”
― D.J. MacHale, The Soldiers of Halla

“Oh yeah, and Spader was hanging out with a penguin"
-Bobby Pendragon”
― D.J. MacHale, The Soldiers of Halla

“Courtney came over to me and touched my cheek. I winced. It hurt.
You look like hell," Courtney said.
I shrugged.
She looked at Saint Dane, then back at me. "He looks worse." She smiled. "Awesome.”
― D.J. MacHale, The Soldiers of Halla

“There are no simple answers in life. There is a good and bad in everyone and everything. No decision is made without consequence. No road is taken that doesn't lead to another. What's important is that those roads always be kept open, for there's no telling what wonder they might lead to.”
― D.J. MacHale, The Soldiers of Halla

“And so we go.' It's my way of saying that I'm prepared for the next adventure. The next chapter. The next challenge. Whatever comes my way, I'm ready for it. Because that truly is the way it was meant to be...”
― D.J. MacHale, The Soldiers of Halla

“Do you know how hard it is to gather seventy thousand people? Especially people who are confused and scared that they might be eaten by hungry dinosaurs?”
― D.J MACHALE, The Soldiers of Halla

“We took the elevator back down from the first observation level of the Eiffel Tower and started walking in he direction of the Taj Mahal”
― D.J MACHALE, The Soldiers of Halla

“We may have been like needles in a hay stack, but they were like needles . . . in a stack of needles”
― D.J. MacHale, The Soldiers of Halla

“I knew what Saint Dane was sensing. I knew why he was confused. he thought I was done. He thought we were done. He was wrong, and that's what he was sensing. He felt our presence. I figured I might as well confirm things for him.
"Pendragon, don't--," Patrick warned.
I stepped out fron behind the pillar into the light.
"Man, that suit is just wicked cool!" I called out.”
― D.J. MacHale, Pendragon: The Soldiers of Halla

“I think the real damage he did was to draw a hard line between good and evil. He’s not allowing for the good in people to exist by only rewarding the darker side of human behavior. Look at Ravinia. What do they encourage? Pride. Aggression. Strength. Power. Those aren’t necessarily bad things, unless you eliminate the other side. You can’t have pride without humility. Aggression without tolerance. Strength without compassion. Power without restraint. That’s what Solara has been about, balancing it all. Saint Dane has thrown that balance off.”
― D.J. MacHale, The Soldiers of Halla

“My life has been defined by a series of failures.”
― D.J. MacHale, The Soldiers of Halla