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81 " Allo!" he shouted as he drifted away."there is no to fear! The Boov have stopped eating you people! "
― Adam Rex
82 " J.Lo gasped. When I looked to see why, he had one hand to his mouth and the other pointing at me."You . . ." he squealed, wagging his finger. ". . . your hand!"I raised my hand to my face, turning it over and back again."What? What's wrong with it?""You are bearing the mark! The mark that has been foretold! You are The One . . . The One who will bring peace onto the galaxy!""What, this? This is taco sauce," I said, wiping it clean.J.Lo stared at my palm for a moment, then turned back to the wall."Never mind," he said. "
― Adam Rex , The True Meaning of Smekday
83 " I scattered J.Lo's tools around the car, searching for some kind of rope, or something that could be used like a rope. I should have paid more attention to anything that looked like a pencil sharpener made of lemon Jell-O that, when cranked, would spit out superstrong yarn that smelled like ginger ale. I only mention this because J.Lo really did have such a thing. "
84 " miss someone is not just word it is more than word it is like when u want ur love to be with u every moment "
85 " Can I come into the out now? - Jlo "
86 " I meow now?" hissed J.Lo when she was gone. "What comes next? Do I juggle fire?""Look, I'm sorry, but it's good this happened. Mrs. Hoegaarden will probably tell people you meow, and we'll spread the word, too, and soon if anybody hears Pig they'll just think it's you.""Yes!" droned J.Lo, throwing his hand up. "A foolproof plan! Thank Mother Ocean that you do not use your genius for evil. "
87 " Look," I said halfheartedly. "Another one of those tumbleweeds made out of old hair weaves.""Tumbleweave," said J.Lo. "
88 " In lieu of Tasers, you'll have to hit me. Hard as you can. Then maybe some kind of fight-or-flight response will kick in and I'll turn into a bat to get away from you.""Fight or flight.""Yes.""Only half of that is flight. "
― Adam Rex , Fat Vampire: A Never Coming of Age Story
89 " By the time we stopped for the night, Billy Milsap was as big as an ocean liner. "
90 " The Boov frowned. 'Now you sound like sheep. "
91 " Told you," said Mick. "Things comin' together. We set off lookin' for the Utz kids an' find a tree full o' everybody. That's magic, too.""It's like a story.""Same thing. The universe don't like plot. Story is magic's way o' telling the universe to sod off.""That's good then, right?" said Scott. After this episode with Emily, he was ready for some optimism. "Magic wants us all to live happily ever after.""Not necessarily," Mick answered. "Magic likes a good tragedy, too. "
― Adam Rex , Cold Cereal (The Cold Cereal Saga, #1)
92 " I'm half white," I said, folding my arms."Hrrm. Which half?"I blinked. "Uh...dunno. Let's just say it's from the waist down." Chief Shouting Bear nodded. "Deal. I only hate your legs. "
93 " Regarding stickyfish teams, I favor the Bigfield Fighting Koobish. "
94 " Mark Twain said the difference between the right word and the almost right word is like the difference between lightning and the lightning bug, and people think he was good, right ? Didn't write any decent characters, as far as I can tell, but otherwise fine. "
95 " So why the pelican? Said Haskoll.The thief was giving Haskoll a look that said, Man, why NOT the pelican? "
― Adam Rex , Unlucky Charms
96 " You are singing to the preacher," said J.Lo."Preaching to the choir," I corrected him."Yes. This thing. "
― Adam Rex , Smek for President! (Smek, #2)
97 " Why did you attack some girl's boots?"J.Lo looked incredulous. "She is still mad about this?" he huffed. "I TOLD her-I THOUGHT they were ANKLEwolves.""Okay, whatever. I-""Why elsenow would a person wear fur with shortpants? It makes no sense! "
98 " The curse of immaturity,” he said, “is that the more immature you are the more desperate you are to impress others. An’ the less likely you are to do the right thing, the thing that’s gonna impress ’em. So you get the teen who likes to rev his engine, drive too fast, all to show what a capable and heroic adult he is. An’ all the adults he passes shake their heads an’ think, ‘What an idiot kid. "
99 " I began thinking that this was a guy who displayed his books the way another guy might display his animal trophies. "
100 " Ohh!" said J.Lo. "Oooooh! My tummy!"I set him down. "Are you okay? I thought they missed us.""It...must not work on humans. Feel like i could marf....Like I could marf right out my poomp," J.Lo insisted. "