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Starclimber (Matt Cruse, #3) QUOTES

Starclimber (Matt Cruse, #3) QUOTES

1 " Let me get you all some punch,” I said.
“You're leaving us?” said Isabel, sounding panicky.
“I'll be right back,” I promised. “If anyone comes near you, just scream and run. "

― Kenneth Oppel , Starclimber (Matt Cruse, #3)

2 " Marry me." I said.
She lowered her teacup, shaking slightly, to the saucer. "Aren't you going to get down on one knee?"
I got down on one knee and took her hand.
"Will you marry me, Kate?"
You can't propose properly without a ring." She said.
I reached into my pocket and took out James Sanderson's ring, which I'd picked up off the floor of the Starclimber when we'd crash landed.
"That's a nice looking ring." said Kate with a grin.
"Cost a fortune." I said. "And now, for the third time. Kate de Vries, will you marry me?"
She leaned forward and took my face in her hands and kissed me.
"Yes," "Yes, and yes and yes. But it will probably be terrible."
"Probably," I agreed.
"Honestly," she sighed, "I don't know what kind of life we'll have together, with me always flying off in one direction and you in the other."
I smiled. "It's a good thing the world's round," I said. "

― Kenneth Oppel , Starclimber (Matt Cruse, #3)

3 " It's the way you look whenever she mentions her fiance. My cat looks like that before he hacks up a hairball. "

― Kenneth Oppel , Starclimber (Matt Cruse, #3)

4 " I poo poo the chit.'
The attendant looked stunned. 'You cannot poo-poo the chit!'
I do.' Kate said solemnly. 'I do poo-poo.'
We'll walk. "

― Kenneth Oppel , Starclimber (Matt Cruse, #3)

5 " I know you pretty well."
"Better than anyone I think."
I smiled. Her compliment was like a gift itself, only more precious than anything that could be bought. "

― Kenneth Oppel , Starclimber (Matt Cruse, #3)

6 " I glanced over at him warily. "Don't start getting any ideas about her. The last time someone took a fancy to Kate, things went very badly for him."
"What happened?"
"He got shot."
"You shot him?"
"Well, no, but he did get shot. "

― Kenneth Oppel , Starclimber (Matt Cruse, #3)

7 " We did it!" I said, feeling limp with relief. "It actually worked!"
Dr. Turgenev rubbed his forehead. "I had very big doubts."
"Big doubts?" I said weakly.
The Russian scientist shrugged. "I am pessimist," he said. "

― Kenneth Oppel , Starclimber (Matt Cruse, #3)

8 " Mr. Cruse, how high would you like to fly?"

A smile soared across my face.

"As high as I possibly can. "

― Kenneth Oppel , Starclimber (Matt Cruse, #3)

9 " The noise kept up and did not stop. My head rang. I saw Shepherd take the chewing gum from his mouth, break it into two, and stick it in both ears. He kept working. "

― Kenneth Oppel , Starclimber (Matt Cruse, #3)

10 " A masterpiece of vagueness. "

― Kenneth Oppel , Starclimber (Matt Cruse, #3)

11 " Madame, may I see your dog’s chit, please, "

― Kenneth Oppel , Starclimber (Matt Cruse, #3)

12 " They're having a liaison!' the woman in the big hat said to her friend. 'They've found love in a jail cell...'

'There's no liaison!' I said angrily. "

― Kenneth Oppel , Starclimber (Matt Cruse, #3)

13 " 'I really don't see what all the fuss is about, Sir Hugh,' said Kate with a polite smile. 'As a man of science you should know that urine is sterile. It's only when it's left to stand that it accumulates bacteria. So, if I were you, Sir Hugh, I'd eat my soup quickly.' "

― Kenneth Oppel , Starclimber (Matt Cruse, #3)

14 " 'What have you done?' I whispered.
She swallowed, and the guilt in her eyes was extinguished by a flare of defiance.
'This,' she said, 'is my ticket to outer space.' "

― Kenneth Oppel , Starclimber (Matt Cruse, #3)

15 " I don't know what kind of life we'll have together, with me always flying off in one direction and you in the other."
I smiled. "It's a good thing the world's round, "

― Kenneth Oppel , Starclimber (Matt Cruse, #3)

16 " The Starclimber seemed almost unbearably small and lonely, as Tobias and I made our way through space to the bow. No cable ran through the ship’s center, guiding her home. Below us turned the earth, but it moved slowly compared to us. Cut loose from Ground Station, we hurtled around the planet in our fatal orbit. Earlier on the voyage, I’d grown tired of seeing the same view of the Pacificus from our fixed spot. I’d wished we could swoop around earth like some cosmic bird. I was getting my wish now, at a terrible price. Asia was below us, Japan just coming into view over the eastern horizon. The music of the spheres "

― Kenneth Oppel , Starclimber (Matt Cruse, #3)

17 " Kate gave a disdainful wave of her hand. “I poo-poo the chit.” The attendant looked stunned. “You cannot poo-poo the chit!” “I do,” she said solemnly. “I do poo-poo. "

― Kenneth Oppel , Starclimber (Matt Cruse, #3)