Top 97 Quotes & Sayings by Pittacus Lore

You can let your anger destroy you, or you can use it for something.

Those things that are the most obvious are the very things we've most likely to overlook.

I drop the other Chest to the ground in shock. "What number are you? I'm Four." He squints at me and then offers his hand. "I'm Nine. Good job staying alive, Number Four.

I don't know why I still feel this pit in my stomach whenever I get a moment to think. I know what the pit is, too; I feel lonely. But I'm not alone, I keep telling myself.

So I'm guessing you're Seven and Ten; What can you do?" I say as I find our rifles in the sand and hand each of them a gun. "You can call me Marina," the girl with the brown hair says. "And I can breathe under water and see in the dark and heal the sick and wounded. And I have telekinesis." Call me Ella, I hear ten say in my head. Aside from my telepathy, I can change ages. "Awesome. I'm four, that nut job with the long black hair is nine and the beast is my chimaera, Bernie Kosar.

The only limits for tomorrow are the doubts we have today.

That ugly freak has spent so much time in my head, I should be charging him rent." -Four

That’s the worst way to miss somebody. When they’re right beside you and you miss them anyway.

Where are you originally from?” “The planet Lorien, three hundred million miles away.” “Must have been a long trip, John Smith.” “Took almost a year. Next time I’m bringing a book.

There are rules for hiding in plain sight. The first rule, or at least the one that Sandor repeats most often, is “Don’t be stupid.” I’m about to break that rule by taking off my pants.

We break our huddle and Eight immediately transforms into one of his massive avatars. His handsome features melt away, replaced by the snarling face and golden mane of a lion. He grows to about twelve feet, ten arms sprouting out of his sides, each of them tipped with razor-sharp claws. Nine whistles through his teeth. 'Now we're talking,' Nine says. 'One of your parents must've been a chimæra. Probably your mom.

We will not conquer our obstacles by running away from them. Speed does not matter, just that we do not stop.

You can't escape what you are, but you also should know what you could be. Why you're fighting.

I've learned that some memories surprise you and reveal a sharp edge just when you least expect it.

I fell in love with painting. Painting allows me to see things as I want to and not necessarily as they are, it's an escape, a way to preserve thoughts and memories, a way to create hopes and dreams. - Marina

A wise man once told me that only by leaving someone good can you meet someone better.

I've been waiting a long to to meet you

There's no set futures, only the one we make." - Marina / Seven

Marina, as of the sea. You stick with Hector Ricardo. I'll take care of you;its in my name

Maybe the only good thing about death is that you never have to relive it. You never have to remember the pain.

Bad day?" "Every day is a bad day here." "Eh, this place isnt't so terrible." "How are you always cheerful?" "Alcohol," he says with a sideways grin.

And I'm certain one day, you'll make it back home. With love, Your friend and Cêpan, -H

Best way to deal with fear is to confront it.

Forcing an answer only guarantees that no answer will come out." - Six

He who doesn't understand history is doomed to repeat it.

Never lose faith in yourself, and never lose hope; remember, even when this world throws its worst and then turns its back, there is still always hope.

My experiences have taught me that things rarely improve with a simple change of scenery.

I am an alien, I have extraordinary powers, with more to come, and I can do things that no human would dream of, but I still look like a fool.

When you have lost hope, you have lost everything. And when you think all is lost, when all is dire and bleak, there is always hope.

I'm going to kill them all

And that’s about all any of us can really hope for, to die with our dignity, to die with honor and valor. To die knowing we did everything we could.

You know the saying: he who doesn't understand history is doomed to repeat it. And when it's repeated, the stakes are doubled.

No one, and nothing, will ever hurt you as long as I'm alive.

It might drive some people crazy, living like this, but the quiet keeps me company.

One of the gifts our planet gave us is to love completely. Without jealousy or insecurity or fear. Without pettiness. Without anger.

I don't know where you have to go or what you have to do, but I'll wait for you, John. Every bit of my heart belongs to you, whether you ask for it or not.

Why couldn't you turn into a fireball when we were on the same team!

Are you sure you want us to keep calling you 'Six'?" "You can say it's short for something." "For what? Sixty?

I'm so sorry, Henri," I whisper in his ear. I close my eyes. "I love you. I wouldn't have missed a second of it, either. Not for anything," I whisper. "I'm going to take you back yet. Somehow I am going to get you back to Lorien. We always joked about it but you were my father, the best father I could have ever asked for. I'll never forget you, not for a minute for as long as I live. I love you, Henri. I always did.

My breathing is controlled, but all the fear and anger within me. Fear is too simple a word. Terror. That's what I feel.

Images flicker, each one bringing its own sorrow or its own smile. Sometimes both. At the very worst, an impenetrable and sightless black and at best, a happiness so bright that it hurts the eyes to see, coming and going on some unseen projector perpetually turned by an invisible hand. One, then another. The hollow click of the shutter. Now stop. Freeze this frame. Pluck it down and hold it close and be damned by what you see. Henri always said: the price of a memory is the memory if the sorrow it brings.

She asks if I left a girlfriend behind when we moved. I say no, and she smiles, which just about ruins me.

I am not who you thik I am,' I say. 'Who are you?' 'I am number Four.

A place is only as good as the people in it.

If you ever know a man who tries to drown his sorrows, kindly inform him his sorrows know how to swim.

A normal life. Such a simple idea, but it's almost impossible for me to picture.

I know what I'm capable of; I am a soldier now, a warrior. I am someone to fear, not hunt.

Life is but a fine wine to be sipped and favored.

Being in love is a very strange thing. Your thoughts constantly drift towards this other person, no matter what you're doing.

Wow, Johnny. I send you out for reinforcements and you come back with an old man, a nerd and this little hobbit guy. Great job.

You lie long enough and you start to get used to it.

I’ve done what Lorien has intended me to do, and that’s to undo damage that’s been inflicted on those who don’t deserve it.

I guess I had this silly notion that things would be different now, since I was different.

I'll come back to you," I say, "If it's the last thing I do, I'll come back to you.

All I can think about is what she must be doing, and how I wish she were still here.

We don't have to be defined by the things we did or didn't do in our past. Some people allow themselves to be controlled by regret. Maybe it's a regret, maybe it's not. It's merely something that happened. Get over it.

The key to change is letting go of the fear.

If he had one true love, then he wanted you to have one, too.

I smile at her. "You're an angel." "Nah," she says. "I'm just a girl crazy in love.

It’s ironic. At last I have my freedom. But at a price. Now my destiny is mine to choose. - Stanley aka Nine