Gregor and the Marks of Secret Quotes

“Upon this crown my pledge I give,
To my last breath,I hold this choice,
I will your unjust deaths avenge,
All here who died without a voice.”
― Suzanne Collins, Gregor and the Marks of Secret

“You want a piece of advice?" said Ripred.
"Don't bother. I know what you'll say. The whole thing's stupid," said Gregor.
"Quite the contrary. I was going to say that life is short. There are only a few good things in it, really. Don't pretend that one isn't happening." said Ripred.”
― Suzanne Collins, Gregor and the Marks of Secret

“I start to crack at four hundred to one.”
― Suzanne Collins, Gregor and the Marks of Secret

“She needs to wake up," said Boots. "Hazard is crying. When does she wake up?" Gregor could not find it within him to give his standard reply. To pretend that in a short time Thalia would be back with them, laughing and happy. And somehow it seemed wrong to try. Boots was getting older. Very soon, she would begin to realize the truth on her own, anyway. "She's not going wake up," he told her. "She's dead."
"She doesn't wake up?" said Boots.
"No, not this time," said Gregor. "This time, she had to go away."
Boots looked around at all their faces, at Hazard crying. "Where did she go?" No one had an answer. "Where is Thalia when she doesn't wake up?"
The question hung in the air for an eternity. Finally, it was Howard who spoke up. "Why, she's in your heart, Boots."
"My heart?" said Boots, putting both hands on her chest.
"Yes. That's where she lives now," said Howard.
"She can fly away?" asked Boots, pressing her palms tightly against her heart as if to keep Thalia from escaping.
"Oh, no, she will stay there forever," said Howard.”
― Suzanne Collins, Gregor and the Marks of Secret

“The only thing worse than fighting a giant scorpion was fighting a giant scorpion who was trying to protect her young.”
― Suzanne Collins, Gregor and the Marks of Secret

“What have the nibblers ever done for you?"
The breeze ruffled her hair, pushing it back from her face, giving him a clear shot of her eyes. They were asking for an answer. Needing to know if she could count on him.
"They saved your life," he said.
And for just a moment, Luxa's face softened and she smiled.”
― Suzanne Collins, Gregor and the Marks of Secret

“My heart is so crowded already,” whispered Hazard. “But I’m sure the others will make room for Thalia. She is not a very big bat.”
― Suzanne Collins, Gregor and the Marks of Secret

“Did you indeed?” said Ripred. “It seems like only yesterday you were a baby bouncing on your grandpa’s knee. And now you’re starting wars. They grow up so fast.”
― Suzanne Collins, Gregor and the Marks of Secret

“So this is how a war starts.... Not with two armies facing off, waiting for the signal to charge.... It begins much more quietly. In a room, on a field, in a remote tunnel when someone who has power decides the time has come.”
― Suzanne Collins, Gregor and the Marks of Secret

“leader is only as strong as the force that stands behind him.”
― Suzanne Collins, Gregor and the Marks of Secret

“...life is short. There are only a few good things in it, really. Don’t pretend that one isn’t happening.”
― Suzanne Collins, Gregor and the Marks of Secret

“It is widely believed that the snails did not even know they overthrew the shiners, so nonexistent was the resistance," said Howard.”
― Suzanne Collins, Gregor and the Marks of Secret

“And I don’t care if that makes you mad, Luxa. Get mad! Don’t talk to me! How will that be different from about ninety-five percent of the time, anyway? You’re always mad at me for something. Usually, I can’t even remember what! What’s it matter? I don’t live here. I’m just visiting. Anything that I’ve been doing to help you, that’s just a favor! Not something I owe you. And when we get back to Regalia, I’ll be sent home and we can forget we ever knew each other! Okay?”
― Suzanne Collins, Gregor and the Marks of Secret

“What does he mean, to drive them to a place that allows no return?”
― Suzanne Collins, Gregor and the Marks of Secret

“Twirltongue has been coaching him,” Gregor thought. “Putting ideas in his head. Teaching him how to say them. And now he believes it all.”
― Suzanne Collins, Gregor and the Marks of Secret

“ALL HERE WHO DIED WITHOUT A VOICE.”
― Suzanne Collins, Gregor and the Marks of Secret

“Multicolored lights flashed from the inhabitants’ butts”
― Suzanne Collins, Gregor and the Marks of Secret