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1 " Once you're certain about something, you no longer question it. And if you don't question what you think you know, then you'll only ever see the big things and TOAST is worthless to you.""Let me get this straight," she replied. "You're saying that big things, like everybody believing something, block the important details from view. "
― James Ponti , Framed! (Framed #1)
2 " If you trust me with a secret, that means you trust my judgment with regard to the information. Not that you get to dictate that judgment for me. (Agent Marcus Rivers) "
3 " Mr. Campbell and I did so many high fives the palm of my hand turned red. "
4 " Nerds really do make the world go round. "
5 " Okay,” Rivers replied. “Maybe I wasn't supposed to say anything about that. Just act surprised when they tell you. "
6 " I couldjust imagine the funeral, with my FBI instructor saying, “I told him notto antagonize his captor.” And Margaret shaking her head andresponding, “And I told him not to go behind the Safeway. "
7 " TOAST’ stands for the Theory of All SmallThings. "
8 " a chain is only as strong as its weakest link "
9 " How did you know that?” she demanded. “Did you just TOAST meagain? "
10 " THERE ARE SOME THINGS, LIKE breathing and walking, that you doautomatically. And since you don’t really think about them, they’re hardto teach. For example, how would you teach somebody to breathe?Would you make up a list of step-by-step instructions?1. Suck air through nose2. Blow air back through nose3. Repeat twenty thousand times every day "
11 " Don’t feel bad. He does that to everyone. You just got TOASTed. "
12 " I’m incomplete. Like a book with the first chapter torn out. "
13 " When I landed on the mat, the image that ran through my head was that of my mother slamming dough against the counter when she makes homemade pizza. "
