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1 " Whoa, don't assume, dude," Marco said. "My mom always said, when you assume you make an ass of u and me-- "
― Peter Lerangis , Lost in Babylon (Seven Wonders, #2)
2 " A problem that seems unsolvable always looks different in the light of a new day. "
3 " To quote Alfred Einstein: ‘a follower tells, but a leader shows. "
4 " We’re not in Kansas anymore, Toto, "
5 " She’s hot and smart,” Marco said. “So, you think she’s hot, too?” Aly said. Daria turned to Marco with a smile. “Not hot. Is cool in the morning.” I looked at the ground to avoid cracking up. "
6 " Honestly, I think that girl reads minds as a hobby. "
7 " Dude, you remember how to do long division?” Marco said. “You never got a calculator? "
8 " Death. Toast. The story of our lives. "
9 " But don’t expect me at your funeral. "
10 " Cass, Aly, and Marco were trapped in an invisible cage. And I was on the outside. "
11 " Boys and girls,” Professor Bhegad said. “Meet Shelley.” CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN THE LETHARGIC LIZARD THE MACHINE BARKED a greeting halfway between a brack and a clonk. “You lost me, Professor Bhegad,” Marco said. "
12 " If we’re going to die either way, there’s no difference. At some point you have to trust somebody. "
13 " when you assume you make an ass of u and me— "
14 " You dragged me to safety,” Marco said. “Jack is the definition of awesomesauce. "
15 " They were actually going to keep all four of us together. Tinker, Tailor, Sailor, Traitor. "
16 " Someday, I knew, I would have to forget. But I would never forgive. "
17 " We were family,” Cass said softly. “We were all we had. And now we have nothing. "
18 " I DON’T THINK so.” I blinked upward into Cass’s face. His hair was haloed by a fluorescent ceiling light. I was in a glaringly bright room with puke-green walls and a tiled floor. My arm was attached to an IV stand, and by the wall was a wheeled table with beeping medical machines. “Huh?” I said. “You called me Mom. I said, ‘I don’t think so.’” “Sorry,” I said. “The Dream. "
19 " The head of the Massa,” I said, “is my mom. "
20 " I don’t mind,” I said. “My mom was a really good athlete. She liked to go on these exotic trips with her geologist friends. Dad didn’t like going so much. He’d stay home with me. That was before he had all these long business trips. Anyway, Mom spent months preparing for some hike in Antarctica. She was so excited. Dad and I were following her trek in the cold, through this awesome video feed, when a snowstorm hit . . . It was really bad. We could hear yelling. Then the yelling got drowned out by the wind. Dad says I started screaming, like I knew what was about to happen. The screen turned totally white . . . and then nothing . . . "