Spy School British Invasion Quotes

“Murray nodded knowingly. “CRUSH and SKORPION have never liked SPYDER much, though I’d put my money on ITGA. They’re about as evil as people get.” “ITGA?” Alexander asked curiously. “Yes. The International Tulip Growers Association.”
― Stuart Gibbs, Spy School British Invasion

“I didn’t steal Zoe from you!” I yelled back. “You never had her! She wasn’t interested in you!” “That’s…not…true! She was…falling…for my…charms.” “You’d need to have some charms for that to be the case. Face it, Warren, she never liked you.”
― Stuart Gibbs, Spy School British Invasion

“Mummies?” Murray asked, paling a bit. “Mummies give me the creeps.” “I’m sure the mummies feel the same way about you,”
― Stuart Gibbs, Spy School British Invasion

“UnicornsRule!!!”
― Stuart Gibbs, Spy School British Invasion

“Don’t be ridiculous. It’s almost impossible to get your hands on live sharks. So I had to use grouper.”
― Stuart Gibbs, Spy School British Invasion

“Harlan Kelly,” Erica reported. “And Lydia Greenwald-Smith.” “Our professors?” Zoe exclaimed. “I loved Dr. Greenwald-Smith’s class.” “Not me,” Mike said. “I suspected she was evil. She gave me a D on my counterespionage exam last week.”
― Stuart Gibbs, Spy School British Invasion

“even Murray, who generally had the reflexes of a sloth in a coma.”
― Stuart Gibbs, Spy School British Invasion

“Mike stared out the window at the closest dumpster. Two rats the size of Chihuahuas were fighting to the death over a soggy pizza crust. “Doesn’t look that impressive,” Mike observed.”
― Stuart Gibbs, Spy School British Invasion

“We’re in France,” Mike said. “No one even uses deodorant here.”
― Stuart Gibbs, Spy School British Invasion

“[Redacted X X X”
― Stuart Gibbs, Spy School British Invasion

“French”
― Stuart Gibbs, Spy School British Invasion

“Alexander managed a weak smile. “The point is, I might have pulled the wool over my own eyes for years, but now I’ve pulled it back off. I know I’m the weak link on this mission. Even worse than those of you who have only been in school for a few months. But this isn’t a normal mission. In the past, if I screwed up, it didn’t really matter to me who got hurt. This time it does. Catherine and Erica are on this mission, and if I mess up, something bad could happen to them.” “Maybe not. They’re two of the most competent spies I’ve ever met.” “It’s also possible that something bad could happen to you. And though you’re not my son, Benjamin, I feel somewhat paternal where you’re concerned.” Alexander’s smile broadened. I smiled as well. My own feelings about Alexander had changed over the past year: I had at first been in awe of him, then disdainful, then downright disgusted, but I realized that I’d now”
― Stuart Gibbs, Spy School British Invasion

“Ow!” A well-aimed shoe nailed Murray in the head, and he dropped to the floor. “You think I can’t hear you mocking me?” Zoe asked angrily. Her other shoe was in her hand, ready to be thrown at the slightest provocation. “I’m only ten feet away, you idiot.” “I wasn’t mocking you,” Murray lied, staggering back to his feet. The tread from Zoe’s shoe was imprinted on his forehead, right between his eyes, making it look like someone had stepped on his head. “I was only practicing a fake voice, just in case.” “How stupid do you think I am?” Zoe asked. “Not stupid at all,” Murray said quickly, hoping to avoid another shoe to the face. “You’re the total opposite of stupid. Brilliant, even.” “That’s right.” Zoe stormed across the room, grabbed the shoe she’d thrown off the floor, then slipped it back on her foot while she glared at Murray. “And since I’m so darn brilliant, I don’t trust you one bit. I know you’re pretending to be on the same team as us for right now, but I’ve got my eye on you. If you keep stirring the pot, the next shoe goes where the sun doesn’t shine.”
― Stuart Gibbs, Spy School British Invasion

“Cyrus started singing “Yankee Doodle” in his sleep.”
― Stuart Gibbs, Spy School British Invasion

“All these men are itching for a fight, and since I’m the alpha male here, they’re going to come for me first.” “The alpha male?” Catherine asked, amused. “Yes. It won’t look good for them to attack women or children. So they’ll attack me.” “And me,” Murray seconded nervously. “I’m definitely the beta male here.”
― Stuart Gibbs, Spy School British Invasion

“If it hadn’t been for the clothes we’d just been given (or possibly stolen)”
― Stuart Gibbs, Spy School British Invasion

“Move along, children! If we don’t meet the rest of our class at the entrance soon, we’ll miss lunch!”
― Stuart Gibbs, Spy School British Invasion

“As far as I knew, that was the first time she had ever called him “Daddy.” Or “Dad.” Or anything that would have acknowledged he was her father.”
― Stuart Gibbs, Spy School British Invasion

“Thanks, Daddy. See you soon.”
― Stuart Gibbs, Spy School British Invasion

“Eiffel Tower,”
― Stuart Gibbs, Spy School British Invasion

“Louvre.”
― Stuart Gibbs, Spy School British Invasion

“grouper.”
― Stuart Gibbs, Spy School British Invasion

“Meanwhile, Murray was screaming enough for an entire crowd of people.”
― Stuart Gibbs, Spy School British Invasion

“police”
― Stuart Gibbs, Spy School British Invasion

“parents being threatened had really pissed me off. And I wasn’t about to let Ms. E give the order to kill them if I could help it.”
― Stuart Gibbs, Spy School British Invasion

“Mr. E.”
― Stuart Gibbs, Spy School British Invasion

“Cyrus Hale, the expert spy who was our mission leader, was standing guard over Joshua in the infirmary, ready to interrogate him the moment he woke up. “All right,” I said to Murray. “Let’s forget about what the key opens for now. This morning you said you would explain how to defeat SPYDER with it. So why don’t you do that?”
― Stuart Gibbs, Spy School British Invasion

“0800”
― Stuart Gibbs, Spy School British Invasion

“by”
― Stuart Gibbs, Spy School British Invasion

“SPYDER.”
― Stuart Gibbs, Spy School British Invasion