Obert Skye Quotes

#1. What-ifs are for fools

Obert Skye

#2. Thrust the sword into the dark

Obert Skye

#3. Believe, it is our best defense.

Obert Skye

#4. Clover missed his "me-time.

Obert Skye

#5. There are some things your mind has been hiding from you.

Obert Skye

#6. What-ifs are for fools. We are here because are meant to be.

Obert Skye

#7. Terry was beside himself. Not literally. This story would be that much more painful if there were two Terrys, able to stand next to each other and simultaneously curse Leven.

Obert Skye

#8. He came into the world like a delivery that no one knew what to do with, and nobody wanted to sign for.

Obert Skye

#9. You get some rest. We'll talk later."
"I'd rather not," I said nicely.
"Rest is important," he insisted.

Obert Skye

#10. I vowed to never, ever talk or reason like an adult.

Obert Skye

#11. You'll soon understand that the future belongs to those who believe in the beauty and power of their dreams.

Obert Skye

#12. Then, there are the places you would rather not go-a tax collectors' convention, a sewage treatment plant, or maybe the home of someone who keeps spiders as pets and insists on taking them out of their cages and making you hold them.

Obert Skye

#13. I'm man enough to know when to scream.

Obert Skye

#14. That said, I, Beck Phillips, take full responsibility for being stuck in m y school's pitch-black venting system with my friend Jason, behind me and a garbage bag full of angry bees in front of me.

Obert Skye

#15. There are people who believe in you. You might not always believe that yourself, but there are - parents, teachers, neighbors, relatives, me. I know that no matter what is thrown at you, you'll recover amazingly.

Obert Skye

#16. Not likely. Dreams are pretty and usually involve horses or rainbows or castles, or big-

Obert Skye

#17. Perhaps nothing is more magical then the book. Paper, glue and some words and you are taken away from where you sit, stand, dance, or lean.

Obert Skye

#18. The car emitted on last gasp and rolled to a stop, in the middle of the Altlantic Ocean. "We're here," Leven tried to joke.

Obert Skye

#19. I think anyone who builds a house without a pole sliding into a secret room is just plain crazy.

Obert Skye

#20. Apparently I wasn't in the mood to listen to myself.

Obert Skye

#21. Cats learned how to fly that evening,...

Obert Skye

#22. Enjoy Mr. Binkers," he added.
"As soon as you leave I'm going to hug him," I said.

Obert Skye

#23. Stupid deer," I said, embarrassed about being startled. "We need a ladder."
"I think they're easier to shoot with a rifle."
"I'm not talking about the deer," I said, hitting Milo on the back of his shoulder. "We need a ladder to look over the wall."
"Or a catapult," Milo said seriously.

Obert Skye

#24. You can be only what you give yourself the power to be.

Obert Skye

#25. impossible is not a word

Obert Skye

#26. There is no relationship in life that comes with the promise of zero pain.

Obert Skye

#27. Well, it's not my fault that you can't manage your money.'
You threw away my purse.'
I thought it was an enemy.

Obert Skye

#28. You have food?" Winter scolded. "I thought you said you were hungry."
I'm hungry for other things besides what I have," [Clover] argued.

Obert Skye

#29. Where did you get that candy again?" Leven asked, worried.
"The pile said 'flavored'," Clover answered back, his face a chocolatey mess.
"Flavored?" Leven said exasperated. "Are you sure?"
"Yes," Clover argued. "F-l-a-w-e-d
flavored.

Obert Skye

#30. What was that you gave me to eat?" Winter panicked.
A Filler Crisp," Clover said, his eyes seventy percent concerned and thirty percent mischievous.

Obert Skye

#31. Reality can wait.

Obert Skye

#32. We can only be what we give ourselves the power to be.

Obert Skye

#33. You're kidding, right?" Ezra barked. "We're not just going to wait." "I suppose we could help people clean up a bit," "Girl!" Ezra called out. "Big eyes!" Winter turned from what she was looking at. "Are you talking to me?

Obert Skye

#34. What are you up to?"
"I was trying to climb that tree. But I fell. Now I'm bored.

Obert Skye

#35. Sometimes we underestimate the impact we have on other people's lives. Everybody living, no matter how miserable his or her life may be or how glorious each day is, makes an impact on others.

Obert Skye

#36. I am what I am because I have made myself so.

Obert Skye

#37. There is no moment more precious than the exact moment you are living now

Obert Skye

#38. Desperate times call for desperate measures. That's a saying, or a bit of advice, or a catchprase, or a string of words used to confuse people less intelligent than you. In any case, it means: Life is tough, so you'd better fight hard-or something like that.

Obert Skye

#39. There is nothing quite as painful as a truly awkward silence.

Obert Skye

#40. I found a copy of Leven's birth certificate and was surprised to see his birth name listed as E. Leven Thumps. I assume the E. stands for Elton, and I have no idea why they didnt spell it out, but it's intresting to think that it took exactly eleven whacks or thumps to down the oldest tree.

Obert Skye

#41. Listen,' Clover said. 'Don't worry about not being able to come back, I've lived both places, and trust me, you won't be getting the short end of the stick if you end up in Foo. I mean, candy alone ...

Obert Skye

#42. You seem to be attracted to trouble," he said.
"Yeah, she's real pretty," I replied.
"Your tongue is sharper than mine ever was."
I stuck out my tongue and tried to look at the tip of it.

Obert Skye

#43. Don't predict disappointment while hope is an option

Obert Skye

#44. There is no dignity in a crying toothpick.

Obert Skye

#45. What's that darkness over there?" Leven asked.
"It's not good." Clover said.
"Then what is it?"
'Bad," Clover suggested, sounding as though he wasn't all that impressed with Leven's level of knowledge.
"I understand opposites," Leven said, frustrated.

Obert Skye