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If my life were a corny horror movie, and the heroine was lost and alone, trapped in an underwater cave, what would happen next? If you guessed, "She drops her flashlight, and it hits a rock and breaks, leaving her in utter darkness," you would be right. But I bet you didn't guess the part about an attack by a giant octopus."
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Beware the anger of a patient man.
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I never miss a good chance to shut up
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the next morning, fang and i broke up. now let me get this strait, i broke up with him. a split second after he broke up with me.
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I still felt like I might hurl, and I thought about how awful that would be in midair.
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Angel is right,"said Dr. G-H quickly. "This is my clumsy way of demonstrating." "Demonstrating what?" I was barely able to keep a snarl out of my voice. "How to get yourself beat up in one easy step?"
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max
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Knowledge is a terrible burden. It may help you, but it might also destroy you.
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Part 1- In search of Hot Chocolate-Chip Cookies
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Fang. I had to do some thinking about him. Me. I had some thinking to do about me too.
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Gazzy: "Just Ten?" Angel: "No." Gazzy: "Five?" Angel: "No."
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She had a lot of hugs to give, but not enough people to give them to.
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Max-I'm not going to die today.
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Well, it's like I have a GPS inside me," I told them. "One of the talking ones. I tell it where I want to go, and it tells me, Go twenty miles, turn left, take Exit Ninety-fourm and so one. It can be pretty bossy, frankly.
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I wasn't kidding about the flying-kids part. Or the talking-dog part. Anyone who's up to speed on the Adventures of Amazing Max and Her Flying, Fun-Loving Cohorts, you can skip this next page or so. Those of you who picked up this book cold, even thought it's clearly part of the series, well, get with the program, people! I can't take two days to get you caught up on everything! Here's the abbreviated version (which is pretty, I might add..
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When its true, when it's right, love can give you the kind of joy that you can't get from any other experience.
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NOOOO!" On the screen, a woman's eyes bugged almost out of her head, and I tried not to scream. Tried not to scream in exasperation, I mean. The serial killer was right in front of her, wide open! Clearly, instead of weeping like a moron, she could be lunging forward and administering a swift uppercut to the chin. Then this entire pointless ordeal would be over with, and I could go home."
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scream
movies
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I moved to leave, and Dylan actually grabbed me by my shoulders. I was so surprised that I forgot to karate-chop his elbows and break his arms.
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I gave him a kick and he stepped back onto the third rail. Exploding, flaming eraser! This is why moms tell you to stay away from the third rail, but it sure came in handy this time.
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What's so funny 'bout peace, love, and world destruction?
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maximum-ride
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What are you doing in there, waxing your mustache?" Iggy yelled, pounding on the bathroom door. I yanked the door open and pushed him backward hard, making him stagger. "I don't have a mustache, you idiot!" Iggy giggled and put his arms up to protect himself in case I punched him. "And you know what?" I added. "You don't have one either. Well, maybe in a couple years. You can always hope." I left him in the hallway, anxiously fingering his ..
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Iggy nodded. "I'm bummed we couldn't use Big Boy," he said. "But I don't want to waste it. We have to actually see them first. I mean, you do." "Maybe tomorrow," the Gasman said encouragingly. "We'll go see what havoc we've wreaked." "Wrought."
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We'll all go out together when we go. Yes, we'll all go out together when we go. Oh, how the world will die From great fire in the sky. Yes, we'll all go out together when we go." (Total) Call me old fashioned but I'll take 'She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain' any day."
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Fair isn't fair, Dean. Like I'm supposed to help you because fair is fair? Try I need you to help me so I wont rip out your spine and beat you with it. I might respond to that, maybe.
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Your mind creates your reality. If you expect nothing, you open up the universe to give you options. If you expect the worst, you usually get it.
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There you have it: our lives in a nutshell. Emphasis on . But if the above whipped your mind into a frenzy, here's something even more interesting: Fang started a blog. Not that he's self-absorbed or trendy or anything. Nope, not him.
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I won't lie to you--it was hilarious. Yes, we were in trouble, yes, this was a disaster, and so one and so forth, but I have to say, seeing those upturned faces, the looks, was bout the best thing that happened to us since we'd come to New York.
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guess they forgot to program us with any respect for authority." "well, I have a highly developed sense of irony."
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What are you guys doing? If you anted me to take a shower, all you had to do was pay me ten bucks, like you usually do
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An unbearable smug look came over his usually impassive face."Uh-huh. You just keep telling youself that. You looove me." I took a swing at him, but he jumped back nimbly, and all I did was jar my left arm, making it hurt. He laughed at me, then pointed at the woods ouside the window."Pick a tree. I'll go carve our initials in it."
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Then I went to bed and cried into my pillow. I wasn't sad, not at all. It was just so beautiful to have an intense feeling and the right words at the same time. What are we but our stories?
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Oh, look, the lights are so pretty," I said dreamily, having just noticed them. I smiled at the way the lights were dancing overhead, pink and yellow and blue. I felt some pressure on my arm and thought, I should look over and see what's going on, but then the thought was gone, sliding away like Jell-O off a hot car hood. "Fang?" "Yeah. I'm here." I struggled to focus on him. "I'm so glad you're here." "Yeah, I got that." "I don't know what..
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comfort
friends
friendship
love
dizziness
don-t-go
operation
saying-i-love-you
holding-hands
procedure
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You see, one of the best things about reading is that you'll always have something to think about when you're not reading.
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thoughts
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We want Max to... breed. To produce heirs. Who will govern the world after she dies." Dead silence for quite some time. We all stared at Dr. Hans, our jaws dropped to various levels. Our lives had reached a new low of inhumanity. My face flushed. Part of me had assumed, hoped, that if Fang and I lived long enough, we would get married. Maybe have a little flock of our own. But i really hadn't planned it all out. And he was gone now, anyway...
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mother
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Angel screeched with fury and despair to the empty walls around her. "I'm human, do you hear me? It hurts!"
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maximum-ride
maximum
nevermore
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There's always be a me and you.
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romance
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Plus her mom was so awesome. She was strict about some things--don't leave your socks lying around--but so not strict about other things, like calling the cops about my bullet wound.
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Sometimes being a leader isn't about winning. Sometimes it's about doing what's right, instead of what's powerful.
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How could you stop loving me?
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Congratulations. The fact that you're reading this means you've taken one giant step closer to surviving until your next birthday.
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warning
opening-lines
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She didn't flirt with him, but they hung out together a lot, and every time I saw their heads bent over a computer screen or map, it made my stomach clench. And my teeth. And my fists.
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I fell into a deep sleep tucked in that little cocoon, a deeper sleep than I might of had in years. Right up until someone kicked me and said "Gotcha!"
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maximum-ride
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Are you fangalicious? -Jess, a random blogger I could never be as fangalicious as you'd want me to be.-Fang
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Pain fades," I said slowly. "But being a nutcase seems to stick around. Guess who got the better deal here?" The last thing I remember is Mr. Chu's face blazing with fury."
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James Patterson |
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I wouldn't trust you if you were the last life raft leaving the Titanic."-max"
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