Pittacus Quotes & Sayings

Cultivate truth, good faith, experience, cleverness, sociability, and industry. — Pittacus Of Mytilene

All right, Adam", I say. "You're gonna help me win this war. — Pittacus Lore

he carried out these traits until the very end, even when he knew the war was unwinnable. And that's about all any of us can really hope for, to die with our dignity, to die with honor and valor. — Pittacus Lore

While Five lingers at the back of the group looking nervous to be meeting so many new people, John strides right towards me. A grin splits my face - it's more than just being united with my best friend, it's the feeling that we're going to be part of something great together. We're going to save the world. — Pittacus Lore

And that's when the rhinoceros drops from the sky. — Pittacus Lore

But now, after everything that's happened, after everything I've seen - I realize that I'm fighting for the future. Our future. — Pittacus Lore

The best kind of prisoner is one who doesn't even know he's in prison. — Pittacus Lore

And the Bible isn't a fairy tale? — Pittacus Lore

I'll come back to you," I say, "If it's the last thing I do, I'll come back to you. — Pittacus Lore

I have no idea where to take a girl on a date. Sandor cuts short a laugh. We sit in silence, both of us pondering. — Pittacus Lore

I survived my fall down the ravine. I survived the implosion of Ashwood Estates. I wasn't even conscious then, and Malcolm said something kept us from being crushed, that it was as if some force kept us safe as the world fell down around us. Third time's the charm. — Pittacus Lore

He offers a subtle wag and paws at my leg. I reach down and pull him up to my lap and scratch his tummy. "How about you, buddy? You ready to get out of this dump?" Bernie Kosar thumps his tail against the bed. — Pittacus Lore

I'm going to kill them all - Stanley aka Nine — Pittacus Lore

Do not reproach a man with his misfortunes, fearing lest Nemesis may overtake you. — Pittacus Of Mytilene

That state is best ordered when the wicked have no command, and the good have. — Pittacus Of Mytilene

She reaches up and pulls my face to her and kisses me, her soft lips on mine. I don't want her to stop kissing me. As long as she is, then everything is fine. Everything is right, I would stay in this room forever if I could. The world can pass by without me, without us. Just as long as we can stay here, together, in each other's arms. — Pittacus Lore

What about Ella's nightmares?"
It's Ella, who has been listening quietly, that responds. "I'll tough them out. The next time that big freak gets into my head, I'm going to punch him in the balls."
"Whoa!"
"All right," I say, grinning. "Meeting adjourned. — Pittacus Lore

I am an alien, I have extraordinary powers, with more to come, and I can do things that no human would dream of, but I still look like a fool. — Pittacus Lore

And even if we were hunting vampires, what the hell is the Silly Putty for? — Pittacus Lore

I might not be able to...identify half the objects in my Inheritance, or fight as well as the others. But at least I'm good at coaxing jerks into being more personable. I wonder if that's a Legacy. — Pittacus Lore

Pittacus Lore, the greatest of them, their leader, had assembled them before the attack. — Pittacus Lore

It's not the best plan ever, but it's the only one I've got. — Pittacus Lore

It was literally everything to me."
-Eight — Pittacus Lore

Only by leaving someone good can you meet someone better- Eight — Pittacus Lore

I mean, it's not the biggest thing to pilot it since it does most of the work on its own, but still. It's a big flying egg, what's not fun about that? — Pittacus Lore

You lie long enough and you start to get used to it. — Pittacus Lore

You can't escape who you are, but you also should know what you could be — Pittacus Lore

Look," Six snaps, "we can't just stand around gabbing. They could be co - "
Six is cut off by the sudden roar of a noise overhead. It's a sound made by no earthly machinery. We all look up just as the silver Mogadorian ship throws on its floodlights, momentarily blinding us. Five, shielding his eyes, turns to look at me.
"Is that your ship?" he asks.
"Mogadorians!" I shout at him. Already, dark shapes are descending from the ship, the first wave of Mogadorian warriors on their way to attack.
"Oh," says Five, blinking confusedly at the ship. "So that's what they look like. — Pittacus Lore

THE EVENTS IN THIS BOOK ARE REAL.
NAMES ANS PLACES HAVE BEEN CHANGED TO PROTECT THE LORIEN, WHO REMAIN IN HIDING.
OTHER CIVILIZATIONS DO EXIST.
SOME OF THEM SEEK TO DESTROY YOU. — Pittacus Lore

You will be known as the One who protected the Eight. - Hilde to One — Pittacus Lore

I look over at the Garde. They're so used to being on the run, to physical threats that they can fight and destroy. But how are they supposed to escape or defeat, something that attacks them from within? — Pittacus Lore

You know, I've been reading. Maybe you've heard it already, but did you know that aliens are the reason we have thunderstorms? They create them in order to enter our planet unnoticed. The storm creates a diversion, and the lightning you see is really coming from the spaceships entering Earth's atmosphere. Sam — Pittacus Lore

I drop the other Chest to the ground in shock. "What number are you? I'm Four."
He squints at me and then offers his hand. "I'm Nine. Good job staying alive, Number Four. — Pittacus Lore

It's happened many times before. Usually it results in an exceptional and gifted human. Some of the greatest figures in Earth's history were actually the product of humans and the Loric, including Buddha, Aristotle, Julius Ceasar, Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, Leonardo da Vinci, Isaac Newton, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein ... Aprodite, Apollo, Hermes, and Zeus were all real, and had one Loric parent — Pittacus Lore

Can I kiss you?" Marina asks him [Eight].
"I really wish you would. — Pittacus Lore

In the beginning we were a group of nine.
Three are gone, dead.
There are six of us left.
They are hunting us, and they won't stop until they've killed us all.
I am Number Four.
I know that I am next. — Pittacus Lore

We were never perfect. There's no such thing as perfect. But it's not to late for us. We can still be good. — Pittacus Lore

I am someone to fear, not hunt. — Pittacus Lore

People tend to change when they find out aliens are real. — Pittacus Lore

They have him,' Marina hisses, pointing into the dark. 'They have his body and I'm not letting them keep it. — Pittacus Lore

I used to be really into these when I was a kid," Nine says. "Now I'm more into the real thing. You want to join us?"
Five raises an eyebrow. "The real thing? We're going to go kill some soldiers in um - ?" He squints at the open case for the video game. "World War Two. I guess my Earth history must be spotty because I thought that was all over."
"We're going to train," Nine replies, unamused. "From what I heard about Arkansas, it sounds like your game could use some work. — Pittacus Lore

Sam picks the stone up and clenches his entire body in deep concentration. Nothing happens. " Oh come on," he says to the stone. " I promise to use it for the power of good. No girls' locker rooms, I swear. — Pittacus Lore

The key to change is letting go of the fear. — Pittacus Lore

What thou intendest to do, speak not of before thou doest it. — Pittacus Of Mytilene

What an odd thing it must be to watch everything you've ever known be destroyed. The fire spreads with hostility, with disregard. — Pittacus Lore

I jerk around and see Sister Dora, a portly woman who's the head cook in the kitchen, staring daggers at me. This is nothing new. She stares daggers at everyone who walks through the lunch line holding a tray, as though our needing sustenance is a personal affront. — Pittacus Lore

Power is the only thing that anyone is really after. — Pittacus Lore

I am her tribute. Survival is my gift to her. — Pittacus Lore

All the hardship, in the end, was worth it. — Pittacus Lore

You are not responsible for the murderous rampage of an alien psycho, okay? — Pittacus Lore

Images flicker, each one bringing its own sorrow or its own smile. Sometimes both. At the very worst, an impenetrable and sightless black and at best, a happiness so bright that it hurts the eyes to see, coming and going on some unseen projector perpetually turned by an invisible hand. One, then another. The hollow click of the shutter. Now stop. Freeze this frame. Pluck it down and hold it close and be damned by what you see. Henri always said: the price of a memory is the memory if the sorrow it brings. — Pittacus Lore

Watching the two of you is almost enough to make me believe Henri's crap about Loric only falling in love once."

-Six.

^This is asdfghjkl. Honestly, Four and Six is my OTP. But oh well, hurrah for love. — Pittacus Lore

We are a team. That means something important. We take care of each other ... When one of us is weak, the rest of us need to be that much stronger. — Pittacus Lore

He says we need to live in the real world, where war and death are a reality, not pretend. — Pittacus Lore

I don't know; I still like the name Six. Maren
Elizabeth was when I was a different person, and right now Six just feels right. It can be short for something if someone asks."
Sam looks over. "For what? Sixty? — Pittacus Lore

What's stopping you then?"
"Apathy and a broken heart," I say. "Both of those will go away eventually, though, and that's when I'll just get up and leave. — Pittacus Lore

Whatever you're thinking, it's a bad idea. — Pittacus Lore

I hear Nine make an oohing noise off to the side and make a mental note to destroy him the next chance I get. — Pittacus Lore

I'll come back to you," I say. "I promise you, if it's the last thing I do, I'll come back to you."
Her face is buried in my neck. She nods.
"I'll count the minutes until you do." she says. — Pittacus Lore

-How are you always so cheerful?-
-Alcohol. I wouldn't recommend it to others. But it seems to work for me.- — Pittacus Lore

Forcing an answer only guarantees that no answer will come out. - Six — Pittacus Lore

Best way to deal with fear is to confront it. — Pittacus Lore

I will see you have a chance to practise your Legacies once your betrothed arrives.'
My what ? — Pittacus Lore

That's right! Run! Because if you don't, that fire is just waiting to finish the job off!" When the last one disappears from view, I turn and start walking back towards the hills. I need to find my friends. — Pittacus Lore

I wish you'd stay away from us. Go somewhere safe. When it's over, maybe things could be different ... "
I let loose with an incredulous laugh. "Ugh, seriously? That's, like, the kind of crap that Spider-Man tells Mary Jane when he's trying to break it off with her. Do you know how embarrassing it is to be talked to like I'm some superhero's girlfriend? — Pittacus Lore

If you ever see a man trying to drown his sorrows, kindly remind him that his sorrows can swim. — Pittacus Lore

This is not our home, Four. These humans are not our brothers and sisters. Everything we do here on Earth is for our real home, for our real brothers and sisters; for the Elders who sacrificed their lives to put us on that ship ...

If you don't have Lorien in your heart, then you should say so right now. I won't run around with a traitor. Our only goal is doing everything we can to be at full strength so we can defeat Setrakus Ra and his army. That's it. Got it?! — Pittacus Lore

Even when the world throws it worst and then turns in its back, there is still always hope — Pittacus Lore

Bad day?" "Every day is a bad day here." "Eh, this place isnt't so terrible." "How are you always cheerful?" "Alcohol," he says with a sideways grin. — Pittacus Lore

We break our huddle and Eight immediately transforms into one of his massive avatars. His handsome features melt away, replaced by the snarling face and golden mane of a lion. He grows to about twelve feet, ten arms sprouting out of his sides, each of them tipped with razor-sharp claws. Nine whistles through his teeth.
'Now we're talking,' Nine says. 'One of your parents must've been a chimaera. Probably your mom. — Pittacus Lore

But the solitude in Ohio is different from that of most other places. There is a certain silence to it, a certain loneliness. — Pittacus Lore

I smile at her. "You're an angel."
"Nah," she says.
"I'm just a girl crazy in love. — Pittacus Lore

And that's about all any of us can really hope for, to die with our dignity, to die with honor and valor. To die knowing we did everything we could. — Pittacus Lore

Being in love is a very strange thing. Your thoughts constantly drift towards this other person, no matter what you're doing. You could be reaching for a glass in the cupboard or brushing your teeth or listening to someone tell a story, and your mind will just start drifting towards their face, their hair, the way they smell, wondering what they'll wear, and what they'll say the next time they see you. And on top of the constant dream state you're in, your stomach feels like it's connected to a bungee cord, and it bounces and bounces around for hours until it finally lodges itself next to your heart. — Pittacus Lore

Never lose faith in yourself, and never lose hope; remember, even when this world throws its worst and then turns its back, there is still always hope. — Pittacus Lore

Sam shakes his head, still marveling at the hulking warship. "So they have a secret weakness right? Like how you can shoot that one spot on the Death Star and the whole thing blows up?"
Adam's brow furrows. "What's a Death Star?"
Sam throws up his hands. "We're screwed. — Pittacus Lore

Well, it turns out a hero's lot is not glory or reward, but sacrifice. — Pittacus Lore

The wind is knocked out of me; and when I look up, I see Nine spitting blood out. He's grinning.
"Are you crazy?" I ask. "You're enjoying this?"
"I've been locked up for over a year. This is the best day of my life! — Pittacus Lore

I'm going to write the last chapter in his precious history. Right now. — Pittacus Lore

Strength, confidence, humility and love. Hector Ricardo's four tenets of life. — Pittacus Lore

That's another one of Sandor's rules for hiding in plain sight: always appear to be weaker than I actually am. Never push it. — Pittacus Lore

She asks if I left a girlfriend behind when we moved. I say no, and she smiles, which just about ruins me. — Pittacus Lore

You kick ass Sam. And don't forget it — Pittacus Lore

My experiences have taught me that things rarely improve with a simple change of scenery. — Pittacus Lore

It was my fault, too," he continues. "I got him killed." "That's not true." "It is. Five kicked my ass and I couldn't help myself. Had to keep talking, had to show him. It should've been me. You know it; I know it; Marina damn sure knows it. — Pittacus Lore

I'll miss the gecko that watched from the wall each morning as I ate breakfast. Though there are literally millions of geckos in south Florida, I swear this one follows me to school and seems to be everywhere I am. I'll miss the thunderstorms that seem to come from out of nowhere, the way everything is still and quiet in the early-morning hours before the terns arrive. I'll miss the dolphins that sometimes feed when the sun sets. I'll even miss the smell of sulfur from the rotting seaweed at the base of the shore, the way that it fills the house and penetrates our dreams while we sleep. — Pittacus Lore

A place is only as good as the people in it. — Pittacus Lore

There are rules for hiding in plain sight. The first rule, or at least the one that Sandor repeats most often, is "Don't be stupid."
I'm about to break that rule by taking off my pants. — Pittacus Lore

We didn't have to be defined by the things we did or didn't do in the past. Some people allow themselves to be controlled by regret. Maybe it's regret, maybe it's not. It's merely something that happened. Get over it.
- John, I Am Number Four — Pittacus Lore

We're Garde,' I say, correcting this billion-year-old godlike energy force, because what the hell, we've come this far. 'We're here for your help. — Pittacus Lore

I don't know why I still feel this pit in my stomach whenever I get a moment to think. I know what the pit is, too; I feel lonely. But I'm not alone, I keep telling myself. — Pittacus Lore

IN THE BEGINNING THERE WERE NINE OF US. We left when we were young, almost too young to remember. Almost. I — Pittacus Lore

The worst way to miss somebody, is when they're right beside you and you miss them anyway - I am number 4 — Pittacus Lore

Measure a person by what they do with power. — Pittacus Of Mytilene

I'm acting like someone who is starting to realize who he is and what he can do. — Pittacus Lore

Give it some gas, Six, damn,' Nine complains. 'Drive it like we stole it. — Pittacus Lore

Did you know Johnny thinks he's Pittacus resurrected? — Pittacus Lore

Check this out," Nine says. He holds up a small purple stone and then places it on the back of his hand. The stone slides into his hand - through it. Nine turns his hand over just as the stone pops out in his palm. "Pretty cool, right?" he asks me, waggling his eyebrows.
"Uh, but what is it supposed to do?" Eight asks, looking up from his own Chest.
"I dunno. Impress girls?" Nine looks over at me. "Did it work?"
"Um ... " I hesitate, trying not to roll my eyes too hard. "Not really. But, I've seen guys teleport so I'm kind of hard to impress."
"Tough crowd. — Pittacus Lore

Smug, exhausted and dumb. He's just what I'd been hoping for. — Pittacus Lore

My heart is breaking," she says. "I want to be strong for you right now but the thought of you leaving is killing me inside. — Pittacus Lore