Richard Roberts Quotes & Sayings

And boy, the transformation. I had to feel bad for him, inheriting a power like this. He had all of the ugly. All of it. He hadn't left any ugly for anybody else. — Richard Roberts

it was twee. I was so eager to try this. — Richard Roberts

got a different table on the other side of the restaurant with her back facing us. She couldn't fool me. She was videotaping us with her phone. What she thought we would try in a restaurant, I have no idea. When I began to flip through the small, padded menu, Ray said, "Order anything you like. I'm paying." "You don't have to," I said automatically. He looked at me through his fake glasses, and his smile was weird. Too emotional to be Ray, but that kind of was Ray, so much thinking behind a mask of laughter, breaking out in bursts of caring beyond anything I could manage. He reached — Richard Roberts

It's much easier to be wise and patient and reasonable if it doesn't involve you. — Richard Roberts

Not an impossible task, just an outrageous challenge. — Richard Roberts

People make a lot of noise about not knowing anything. — Richard Roberts

really didn't know who her father was. Apparently there had been a lot of candidates, thanks to her mother's power of Clouding Men's Minds. If 'minds' was the right word. — Richard Roberts

piloting my own spaceship. HA HA HA HA HA! — Richard Roberts

Io Omega, this is the Fawkes Faux Fox. We're leaving on a harvesting run. Not going far and won't be but a few minutes. Open Tartarus Gate, would you? — Richard Roberts

Yes, cower! If you simpletons truly understood what you have just seen, you would be down on your knees worshipping me! HA! HA HA HA HA HA! — Richard Roberts

Scarecrow thin, but immaculate in black long sleeved shirt and slacks, with his big black hat and that grin just a little too wide to be sane... he did. He looked good. — Richard Roberts

was the time to ask him out, if there ever was one. "What time is it?" I said out loud. Penelope Akk, legendary supervillain and absolute romantic failure. — Richard Roberts

Heh heh heh heh heh. — Richard Roberts

in the woods, Miss," he explained, "THE woods. The ancient, the original. When you step under the trees and you don't know the name of the forest or how big it is or where you're going, that's where we are now. The woods used to surround Man on all sides. Now, they're hard to find. This is the breeding ground of fairy tales. — Richard Roberts

brass door handle off the nearest door and threw it — Richard Roberts

The others were worried about my body as I aged, but it was my soul I was worried about. — Richard Roberts

but the stories on the edge of civilization are horrible things. They're as cruel and violent as the nastiest fairy tales, but they don't have any hope or happily-ever-afters. They have victims, not heroes. The best you get is to escape and go home. — Richard Roberts

Perfection! HA HA HA HA HA!! — Richard Roberts

opponent was half pillbug, half octopus, and all butt ugly. I closed — Richard Roberts

Sure, we had no audience but each other, but what kind of supervillains would we be if we didn't keep up the drama? — Richard Roberts

brain, no love potions! What — Richard Roberts

the life of a supervillain. — Richard Roberts

breezed past me towards the cockpit. "I'll drive." "Why you?" Wait, shut up, Penny. You've got a goose-egg on your forehead and your heart aches. You don't want to drive! Fortunately, Claire had her answer ready. "Artificially enhanced super reflexes, I've been watching Remmy, and I play more flight simulators than you do." Relieved to be relieved of duty, I sank down in a chair and closed my eyes. The ship lurched, pulling me down for a second, but that meant we were airborne. Or spaceborne. I only felt a gentle tug to one side as we accelerated. Claire was getting the hang of the system. I peeked enough to see the wall towards the back of the ship brighten. Evidence for my theory that Remmy used the push of aetheric rotors to disguise the pull of engine thrust. "Any guesses how I find Europa station?" Claire called out. — Richard Roberts

the joy of having an omniscient superpower. It had no sympathy for anyone who didn't speak Ancient Egyptian, whale, or Alpha Centaurian. Mom — Richard Roberts

We all flinched as Ray flipped the breaker back on, but my laboratory again failed to erupt in flames. It must be a mad scientist record. — Richard Roberts

sighed, smirking and rolling her eyes in friendly, amused exasperation. Grabbing his shirt, she pulled him up to her. His hands caught her shoulders, pulling her even closer. They kissed. It was definitely not one-sided, or platonic. Wow. Um. When they let go, Will gave me a playful nod. "I've got a job to do." He ran off so fast that he almost disappeared. All he left was the little white fortune card, fluttering to the floor. Cassie crouched down to pick it up. With that same bland, cynical smirk she looked at it, then flipped it around in her fingers for me to read: 'In six minutes, you will kiss the girl standing next to you. — Richard Roberts

Destroying walls and stealing rare artifacts is one thing. People forgive. I'll make eternal enemies if I mess up people's hair and they have to cut some off. — Richard Roberts

I can swallow an "F" on the science fair project if that happens. I'm proud of my machine and it's more important to me to show what I can do than to get a good grade for it. — Richard Roberts