Criminal Destiny Quotes

“You worry about the life," Amber shoots back. "I'll handle the revenge.”
― Gordon Korman, Criminal Destiny

“As a patient, he’s as cooperative as a panther with a thorn in its paw. Eli and Tori have to hold his head steady or I might cut his throat by mistake. Or maybe it wouldn’t be by mistake.”
― Gordon Korman, Masterminds: Criminal Destiny

“They did surgery on us, probably when we were babies! They cut us open and put some kind of chip inside!”
― Gordon Korman, Masterminds: Criminal Destiny

“And?” I prompt. “There’s a lot of discussion about a person called the Bachelor. I think he might be in the government. Also Starbucks—that’s a restaurant in Pueblo. It must be superfancy, because all the things you can order have these long foreign names. Oh—and zombies.” She shrugs. “We haven’t figured out what those are yet. Jewelry, maybe.”
― Gordon Korman, Masterminds: Criminal Destiny

“THINGS TO DO TODAY (UNPRIORITIZED) •​Fire industrial staple into neck (0.1 seconds)”
― Gordon Korman, Masterminds: Criminal Destiny

“Turns out C. J. Rackoff is allergic to peanut butter. Who knew? And I love peanut butter.”
― Gordon Korman, Masterminds: Criminal Destiny

“Eventually, the sound of me slapping myself in the face to stay alert disturbs Malik and we switch spots.”
― Gordon Korman, Masterminds: Criminal Destiny

“Once the power is hooked up, the instant I touch the frayed ends of the starter wires, the pool truck roars to life. It’s one of the most satisfying sounds I’ve ever heard.”
― Gordon Korman, Masterminds: Criminal Destiny

“Our whole lives we were stuck in a town the size of a postage stamp,”
― Gordon Korman, Masterminds: Criminal Destiny

“The sounds provide as much variety as the sights—sirens, honking horns, squealing brakes, blaring stereos, leaf blowers, jackhammers, excited shouts. It’s like a guy who’s been fed bread and water his whole life suddenly stumbling into a humongous feast with every kind of food and drink imaginable.”
― Gordon Korman, Masterminds: Criminal Destiny

“a neon sign that reads: MOTE, which is really MOTEL, but the L is burned out. Underneath it says Reasonable Rates, which sounds like us, since we’re running low on cash. It actually says Reasonable Rats, but that’s only because the E fell off and is lying on the grass. “I don’t want any rats, even reasonable ones,” grumbles Malik.”
― Gordon Korman, Masterminds: Criminal Destiny

“Watching her as the skid speeds up, blurring the world around us, it dawns on me that this girl has zero fear.”
― Gordon Korman, Masterminds: Criminal Destiny

“Zac Efron? Lady Gaga? Who are they and what do they have to do with a scientific theory about the origin of the universe? What is she talking about?”
― Gordon Korman, Masterminds: Criminal Destiny

“You have duplicated four of the worst people in human history, and unleashed them on the world!”
― Gordon Korman, Masterminds: Criminal Destiny

“That’s all your life is worth? Twenty bucks?”
― Gordon Korman, Masterminds: Criminal Destiny

“about a thousand different directions, bumping into each other, bouncing off, pushing, sidestepping, rushing, arguing, muttering, and”
― Gordon Korman, Masterminds: Criminal Destiny

“They did surgery on us, probably when we were babies! They cut us open and put some kind of chip inside”
― Gordon Korman, Masterminds: Criminal Destiny

“There’s a lot of discussion about a person called the Bachelor. I think he might be in the government. Also Starbucks—that’s a restaurant in Pueblo. It must be superfancy, because all the things you can order have these long foreign names. Oh—and zombies.” She shrugs. “We haven’t figured out what those are yet. Jewelry, maybe.”
― Gordon Korman, Masterminds: Criminal Destiny

“about an hour, Malik watching through the sunroof, following every move the chopper makes overhead. “It’s”
― Gordon Korman, Masterminds: Criminal Destiny