# Quote — Robert Cormier, Beyond the Chocolate War

> "The Vigils are more important than the school," Archie snapped. "You should have come to me, Carter. Told me your doubts. I'm not the enemy. Instead, you went to the enemy-" "I thought it was the right thing to do." "The right thing to do," Archie mocked. "You guys make me want to vomit. With your precious honor and pride. Football hero. Boxing champ. Strutting the campus with your chest out and your head high. Carter, the ace of aces..." Carter had never heard such rancor, such venom in Archie's voice, Archie, who was always so cool, so detached, like he had been a moment before.

- Author: [Robert Cormier](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-cormier.md)
- Book: [Beyond the Chocolate War](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-cormier/beyond-the-chocolate-war.md)
- Page: 207
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-cormier/beyond-the-chocolate-war/the-vigils-are

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> It hadn't been much of a rape, really.

p. 89 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-cormier/beyond-the-chocolate-war/it-hadnt-been.md)

> "Remember that, Carter. Nobody double-crosses Archie Costello and gets away with it. When you least expect it, revenge will come." Without a further word, Archie stepped across the driveway, in front of the car, under the spotlight, and up to his front door. Then he was gone into the house. He left Carter there, shaken, not only by the prospect of Archie's revenge sometime in the future but what he had almost done. He'd almost turned traitor against Obie. Which meant being a traitor a second time. Not once but twice. Christ, he thought, what have I become?

p. 209 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-cormier/beyond-the-chocolate-war/remember-that-carter.md)

> The Obie-Bunting showdown was only a screen for Archie's real purpose- searching for the traitor. He suspected that the traitor was a member of The Vigils. More than suspected. Few kids outside The Vigils knew that the day off from school was to have coincided with the Bishop's visit. And the letter to Leon had focused on the visit. Thus, the meeting was a place to begin his pursuit of the traitor, and instinct- instinct that had never failed him- dictated that he would find his betrayer there.

p. 95 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-cormier/beyond-the-chocolate-war/the-obie-bunting-showdown.md)