Book of Quotes

The Gift

Witch & Wizard: The Gift by James Patterson

- "Welcome to your worst nightmare, or maybe one you can't even imagine. A world where everything has changed. There are no books, no movies, no music, no free speech. Everyone under eighteen is distrusted. You and your family could be taken away and imprisoned at any time. Your every being is expendable, even unwanted.

What world is this? Where could something like this have happened? That's hardly the point.

The point is that it DID happen. It's happening to us right now. And if you don't stop and pay attention, it could happen in your world next."

- "Imagine that all the things you love most in the world -- and probably take for granted -- are now banned. Your books, music, movies, art . . . all snatched away. Burned."

- "They've got an insatiable appetite for malicious gossip of any kind and, of course, an equal taste for senseless death and destruction."

- "That's my sister! Wisty's alive! She's just set herself on fire, and that, believe it or not, is a good thing."

- "I'm starting to think how ironic it is that a firegirl might die in a deep freeze when suddenly I'm smothered by warmth."

- "I swear she's the weirdest-looking creature I've ever seen in my life, and yet I know her from somewhere."

- "'Leave it to you to be launched into fame and fortune by a totalitarian thug.'"

- "'You failed to capture Wisteria Allgood, and failure isn't an option in this Brave New World.'"

- "'Guess we've sold our souls,' I say."

- "Maybe this is a ghost town. Literally."

- "You never, ever forget the voice of the one you love. Whether it's a whisper or a scream or a distant memory, I know when it's Celia. I guess Wisty doesn't understand that. She's never been in love."

- "'I have to go now, Whit. Turn yourselves in. Save us. You can do this, Whit.'"

- "I pull myself up. 'Wow,' I say, brushing the dust off. 'Got knocked back by charging testosterone, there.'"

- "The person I detest the most in the whole world has just entered the room.

Well, maybe not quite the most. But darn close."

- "THE PERSON EXECUTED HERE WAS NOT WISTERIA ALLGOOD BUT AN INNOCENT GIRL NAMED MARGO. THIS WAS A MURDER."

- "That's unfortunate, but I need this -- I need Celia. I have no free will in this matter."

- "Methought that joy and health alone could be

Where I was not -- and pain and sorrow here.

And is thus? -- it is as I foretold,

And shall be more so; for the mind recoils

Upon itself, and the wrecked heart lies cold . . . .

We feel benumbed, and wish to be nor more . . . ."

- "I guess you can take the kid out of the New Order, but you can't take the New Order out of the kid."

- "Have you ever tried to cut of all of somebody's hair with a pair of scissors?"

- "The entire roomful of bodies freezes and, almost in slow motion, every single kid collapses to the floor. No, no, no, no, no. What have I done?"

- "'Sydney, the boss has just taken the longest wizzer ever, and he's gonna be back in seconds.'"

- "They're just stupid teenagers."