Home > Work > Spy School Secret Service (Spy School, #5)

Spy School Secret Service (Spy School, #5) QUOTES

Spy School Secret Service (Spy School, #5) QUOTES

141 " Now that Zoe’s crush was out in the open, a flood of memories came rushing back that I probably should have picked up on earlier: the time when Zoe had asked me to help her study for her History of Espionage exam when she turned out to know the subject better than I did; the time when she’d asked me to kill a spider in her room even though she could clobber a man twice her size; the time on Operation Snow Bunny when I’d made an offhanded comment that I would go to Disney World with her even though I wasn’t really into her and she’d suddenly become very annoyed at me. "

― Stuart Gibbs , Spy School Secret Service (Spy School, #5)

142 " Your father has excellent manners,” Zoe pointed out. “My father’s the worst spy on earth,” Erica countered. “Good point,” Zoe conceded. "

― Stuart Gibbs , Spy School Secret Service (Spy School, #5)

143 " You can’t park that here!” he barked. “It’s a red zone!” Courtney lowered her window and glared at him. “I’m not parked. I’m idling! That’s allowable.” “Not on my watch,” the meter man huffed. “According to District Code 46a, subsection D, there is to be no blocking of the red zone for any amount of time for any purpose at all. . . .” “How about national security?” David Stern asked, rolling down his window. “You see, I’m the president of the United States.” “And I’m the queen of Sweden,” the meter man declared sarcastically. Unaware that he was facing the actual president, he dramatically ripped off the ticket and handed it to Courtney. "

― Stuart Gibbs , Spy School Secret Service (Spy School, #5)

144 " Because SPYDER wants me dead. They tried to kill me on the Arlington Bridge yesterday.” Erica gave me a look that indicated I was the world’s biggest idiot. “That wasn’t SPYDER. That was me.” “You?” I gasped. “Why would you try to kill me?” Erica’s look hardened, now indicating that I might be the biggest idiot in the entire universe. “I wasn’t trying to kill you. I had to do something to get you free.” “So you opened fire on an entire convoy of Secret Service agents?” “It wasn’t like I had a whole lot of options.” Erica led me through the invertebrate zoo, where display cases were filled with an array of the world’s biggest, slimiest, and most revolting insects. “I had to act fast. If they’d gotten you to the Pentagon and locked you up there, it would have been almost impossible for me to free you.” “Almost impossible?” I echoed. “Nothing’s completely impossible. But some things are awfully close. So I improvised. Lucky for you, I was keeping an eye on you again at the White House yesterday when the bomb went off.” “Really? I didn’t see you.” “Because I didn’t want you to see me.” Erica cut through a demonstration where a museum employee was removing insects from Tupperware containers and showing them to a crowd of riveted children. “After the explosion, I saw the Secret Service drag you out and figured they were taking you to the Pentagon. So I grabbed my motorcycle and raced over to the construction site.” I thought back to the flash of movement I’d seen among the construction workers, moving toward the crane. I now realized it had been Erica. “So, you swung that hook at the car on purpose?” “Yeah. I realize that was a bit dicey, but I’d never operated a crane before. It’s harder than you’d think.” “A bit dicey? You realize if you’d been off by another inch or two, you would have killed me?” Erica considered this, then shrugged. “Well, we all make mistakes. I would have asked you to do the math, but you were tough to reach at the time. "

― Stuart Gibbs , Spy School Secret Service (Spy School, #5)

145 " President Stern graciously leaned forward to help me up. “Oopsie,” he said, somehow even making that word sound dignified. "

― Stuart Gibbs , Spy School Secret Service (Spy School, #5)

146 " You can’t park that here!” he barked. “It’s a red zone!” Courtney lowered her window and glared at him. “I’m not parked. I’m idling! That’s allowable.” “Not on my watch,” the meter man huffed. “According to District Code 46a, subsection D, there is to be no blocking of the red zone for any amount of time for any purpose at all. . . .” “How about national security?” David Stern asked, rolling down his window. “You see, I’m the president of the United States.” “And I’m the queen of Sweden,” the meter man declared sarcastically. "

― Stuart Gibbs , Spy School Secret Service (Spy School, #5)

147 " It was stamped FOR YOUR EYES ONLY: OPERATION PUNGENT MUSKRAT. It also had a thick wax seal embossed with the logo of the CIA. My heart pounded. It was always exciting to get an FYEO dossier. And yet . . . “Operation Pungent Muskrat?” I asked, failing to hide the disappointment in my voice. “I know, it’s a lousy name,” the president said. “But I assure you, this is an extremely important mission. From what I understand, the Agency used to give their all missions very exciting names like Operation Cobra Strike and Operation Lightning Blast, but by now all those have been used up and we’re kind of left with the dregs. Trust me, it could be worse. The last mission I was party to was called Operation Zesty Walrus. "

― Stuart Gibbs , Spy School Secret Service (Spy School, #5)

148 " I tried to crack open the secure seal on the file. Only, the seal turned out to be a lot more secure than I’d expected. I struggled with it for a few seconds but made no progress. “Oh, for Pete’s sake,” Cyrus muttered, then snatched the dossier back from me and tried to open it himself. It turned out he couldn’t do it either. President Stern put a hand over his mouth, trying to hide the fact that he was laughing. "

― Stuart Gibbs , Spy School Secret Service (Spy School, #5)

149 " It seemed insane that they had targeted the president merely to frame me for his assassination (although his death might have been a nice side benefit for them), "

― Stuart Gibbs , Spy School Secret Service (Spy School, #5)