Wesley Chu
Quotes
“I don’t know how many ways I can say no before it sinks into his concrete head.”
The rich rarely accept “no” as an answer.
p. 201
I tried to warn you about her.
“You’re not helping.”
But nope, teenage humans. The worst, most ill-conceived creatures in the universe.
“Other than turkeys, right?”
Yes, nothing beats those morons.
p. 424
He was also designated the tactical lead during this operation, simply because everyone else had an accent, which would give them away in a heartbeat. Well, everyone except for Chase, who was from Dallas, but that guy couldn’t lead children to an ice cream truck, let alone a last-minute multi-faceted ambush.
p. 357
She was at the same time extraordinarily sweet and completely vapid. She spent half of her time at school staring at her cell phone and the other half staring at herself.
p. 310
When there is no one else left to fight, then there will be nothing left but peace.
p. 136
“Tao, I don’t understand why I need to know this.”
Advanced mathematics opens doors to many fields of study. More importantly, it expands the way you think.
p. 112
Conquering a kingdom is always the easy part. It is keeping it that is difficult.
p. 192
Fate is created, not ordained.
p. 222
“Well, old boy, the world is in a bit of a jam. Seems aliens as a whole are just a step below taxes on the world popularity scale.”
Roen grunted. “At least the Quasing are still above politicians then.”
“I would put them about even,” said Marco.
p. 96
You, somehow, have the greatest potential of all my hosts, and are one of the dumbest, at the same time.
“Gee, thanks for the confidence booster.”
On the contrary, it is brave stupid people who change the world. The smart ones are usually too smart to even try.
p. 325
The level of dumb you humans can achieve is quite mind-boggling.
p. 49
He ducked when he could, blocked when he had to, and gave up ground faster than the French in World War II.
p. 419

