“They attack against insane odds. They defend what can’t be defended. Outnumbered, outgunned, surrounded, hopeless, they will still fight, fight, fight till they are each and every one dead.”

- Edriss, Visser, pg. 103 (by K.A. Applegate)

“I have a question. If you already have a Hewlett Aldershot and a Hewlett Aldershot, Jr., what kind of parent is going to go and inflict that name on a third kid? He must have gotten beat up after school every single day of his life.”

- Marco, Book #18: The Decision, pg. 14 (by K.A. Applegate)

“<Tobias, it’s all different,> I said. <Visser Four changed it. All of it. No one is where they should be, doing what they did in our reality. We don’t even know if these guys are the bad guys or the good guys in this reality.>

<He’s still Hitler!> Tobias said.

<Is he? I don’t know. Jake, in that other reality, the reality that comes from all this, was Jake still Jake? Was Marco still Marco?>

<You’ve got to be kidding! You’re going to compare Jake to this walking piece of scum?>

<He’s not evil for who he is, no one is. You can’t be evil for being someone. It’s what you do. And this guy’s just a driver!>”

- Megamorphs #3: Elfangor’s Secret (Cassie), pg. 185 (by K.A. Applegate)

“Not on the past but on the future fix your range finder.”

- Ellimist, The Ellimist Chronicles, pg. 24 (by K.A. Applegate)

“You know, Ax, there’s just the two of us now. We could probably drop the whole ‘prince’ thing. You could just call me ‘The Jake formerly known as Prince.’”

- Jake, Book #18: The Decision, pg. 147 (by K.A. Applegate)

“Where are we going? Ing? Ing-ahng-ing. That is a very satisfying sound.”

- Ax, Book #8: The Alien, pg. 63 (by K.A. Applegate)

“<You know, that says something that you can bury one of these things in a tree for years and then just crank her up like this,> Marco said. <Two points for Yeerk technology.>

<‘Andalite technology,’> Ax and Aldrea said at the same instant.

'They stole it. That doesn’t make it theirs,’ Aldrea added.”

- Book #34: The Prophecy (Cassie), pg. 135 (by K.A. Applegate)

“'Can we shoot?’ Jake asked Menderash, making no attempt to conceal his words from the alien.

‘His Dracon cannon have longer range and greater power,’ Menderash reported grimly. 'And his defensive fields have been enhanced. I doubt our cannon can penetrate them.’

'Thought so,’ Jake said, still weirdly calm. 'But we’re faster.’

'Yes.’

'Okay.’ Jake took a deep breath. He looked around the bridge at each of us. At Tobias. At me. 'What was it, Marco? “Crazy, reckless, ruthless decisions”?’

I nodded, wishing I had kept my mouth shut.

There was a dangerous smile on Jake’s face.

Rachel’s smile.

'Full emergency power to the engines,’ Jake said. 'Ram the Blade ship.'”

- Book #54: The Beginning (Marco), pg. 155 (by K.A. Applegate)

Birthday Aniquotes

Time for a new post about the birthday quote initiative! I decided to make things easier for everyone (including myself) and create a form for birthday requests.

So, if you would like a quote picked for you to be posted on your birthday, just fill out the form linked below, and you'll be added to the list! Also, I've had at least one person request a quote for a friend's birthday, and I thought that was nice, so if you want to do that as well, go for it!

I’ll pin this post, and reblog it periodically as a reminder.

“'So, there we were, suddenly appearing in the middle of a bunch of tents full of guys wearing armor,’ I said conversationally. ‘Naturally we figured we’d better lie low. Not attract attention. Not cause any trouble.’

<Are you really mad?> Rachel asked.

I leaned over and grabbed the green knight’s arm. Marco grabbed the other and we yanked hard, trying to get him up out of the mud while he cursed us in French.

'I figured I’d try the subtle approach,’ I said. 'But, of course, that’s just me. It hadn’t occurred to me that what I should do is morph into elephant and STOMP PEOPLE INTO THE MUD!’

<You are mad.>

'Why would I be mad? Just because at the very moment I’m thinking 'Cool, we snuck past the guards,’ I suddenly hear an ELEPHANT?!’

Marco laughed. 'Half the guys back there in the tents are wetting themselves and babbling about dragons and devils.’

<Hey, they started this,> Rachel said.

I sighed and rubbed my forehead. 'Rachel?’

<Yes Jake.>

'Do you think you could put that guy down and demorph so we could get out of here without wiping out ten thousand future French people who might be descendants of these two guys?'”

- Megamorphs #3: Elfangor’s Secret (Jake), pg. 40 (by K.A. Applegate)

“<Okay, Tobias. You ready?> Jake asked.

<Can’t say I’m looking forward to it,> I said. <But yeah.>

<Rachel?>

<Me? Who do you think you’re talking to?> She feigned surprise at his question. <Bring on the ambush!>

But I heard the struggle in her voice. She was masking concern. Why? Rachel never worried. At least not about herself.

<Tobias?> she said softly in private thought-speak.

<What is it? Do you want out?>

<No, of course not. It’s not that.> She paused. <Listen. Um. You take care of yourself. I mean…be careful. Okay? Whatever happens? If it comes down to it, save yourself and forget the stupid mission.>

I smiled inwardly. She was concerned about me. If I had been human…looking into Rachel’s eyes, feeling her next to me, I might have… But she was a fly on my hawk body. Which was good. I could keep my cool. A hawk’s feelings aren’t exactly visible to others.

<I will,> I said simply. Then added, <I have a lot to lose.>”

- Book #33: The Illusion (Tobias), pg. 63 (by K.A. Applegate)

Happy birthday, @maturefruitboy!

“<I do not understand humans and their strange beliefs when it comes to clothing,> Ax said. He was in his own Andalite form. His four hooves sank deep in the sand. Tobias would let us know if anyone was coming close enough to see Ax.

<You wear artificial skin and artificial hooves. When it is cold that makes sense. But when it is warm it seems strange. And you get so concerned when some article of clothing is missing or worn in the wrong way.>

‘You mean like that time you wore socks on your hands?’ Marco asked him.

‘Or the time you wore underwear on the outside of your pants?’ Rachel added, still discreetly turned away.”

- Book #21: The Threat (Jake), pg. 9 (by K.A. Applegate)

“'Where are Jordan and Sara?’

‘They’re in the family room watching another one of those scary shows. Of course, tonight Jordan will be sleeping with her night-light on and Sara will end up in my bed, no doubt. I don’t know why they like things that frighten them. You were never that way.’

It almost made me laugh. I felt like saying, well, Mom, I don’t have to watch things that are scary, I am scary. Should have seen me a little while ago with tusks sticking out of my mouth and a three-foot-long nose.”

- Book #2: The Visitor (Rachel), pg. 39 (by K.A. Applegate)

“All we have to do is steal a Bug fighter, find the new tunnel, fly through it, land in the docking facility, evade security, make it to the main pool, kidnap Visser One, drag her back to the ship, and escape. It’s all so simple.”

- Jake, Book #45: The Revelation, pg. 79 (by K.A. Applegate)

“Fear is like a worm inside you. It eats you. It chews your guts. It bores holes in your heart. It makes you feel hollow. Empty. Alone.”

- Rachel, Book #2: The Visitor, pg. 149 (by K.A. Applegate)

“If I have to lose, I’d rather lose fighting than let him catch us one by one.”

- Jake, Book #4: The Message, pg. 137 (by K.A. Applegate)