{"author":"Michael Grant","author_id":"Michael+Grant","total_quotes":208,"quotes":[{"text":"Look, people, I’m announcing a new rule. It’s going to seem harsh. But it’s necessary.”The word “harsh” got almost everyone’s attention.“We can’t have people sitting around all day playing Wii and watching DVDs. We need people to start working in the fields. So, here’s the thing: everyone age seven or older has to put in three days per week picking fruit or veggies. Then Albert’s going to work with the whole question of freezing stuff that can be frozen, or otherwise preserving stuff.”There was dead silence. And blank stares.“What I’m saying is, tomorrow we’ll have two school buses ready to go. They hold about fifty kids each and we need to have them mostly full because we’re going to pick some melons and it’s a lot of work.”More blank stares.“Okay, let me make this simple: get your brothers and sisters and friends and anyone over age seven and be in the square tomorrow morning at eight o’clock.”“But how about—?”“Just be there,” Sam said with less firmness than he’d intended. His frustration was draining away now, replaced by weariness and depression.“Just be there,” someone mimicked in a singsong voice.Sam closed his eyes, and for a moment he almost seemed to be asleep. Then he opened them again and managed a bleak smile. “Please. Be there,” he said quietly.He walked down the three steps and out of the church, knowing in his heart that few would answer his call.","author":"Michael Grant","tags":["announcement","joke","meeting","rule","sam-temple","speech","unserious","work"],"id":3899,"author_id":"Michael+Grant"},{"text":"Man, don't ever be sorry you don't want to kill someone.","author":"Michael Grant","tags":["gone-series","kill","regret"],"id":9031,"author_id":"Michael+Grant"},{"text":"Its the fate of all creators: They fall in love with their creations.","author":"Michael Grant","tags":["adam","eve","science","terra"],"id":11244,"author_id":"Michael+Grant"},{"text":"Now, who else speaks for Perdido Beach?”Bouncing Bette said, “Sam Temple here went into a burning building to rescue a little girl. He can speak for me, anyway.”There was a murmur of agreement.“Yeah, Sam is a hero for real,” a voice said.“He could have died,” another voice seconded.“Yeah, Sam’s the guy.”Caine’s smile came and disappeared so quickly, Sam wasn’t sure it had happened. For that millisecond it was a look of triumph. Caine walked straight up to Sam, open and forthright, hand extended.“There are probably better people than me,” Sam said, backing away.","author":"Michael Grant","tags":["caine","hero","leader","modest","perdido-beach","sam-temple","save"],"id":17321,"author_id":"Michael+Grant"},{"text":"I've never been able to grow an organ back,' Lana said. 'Last time I tried... Let's just hope you don't end up with whip eyes.","author":"Michael Grant","tags":["fear","gone","healing","humour","lana","michael-grant"],"id":17489,"author_id":"Michael+Grant"},{"text":"Edilio is in hiding,” Astrid snapped. “Edilio has to worry about being kicked out of the country. Our Edilio.”“He’s got a volunteer lawyer—”But Astrid wasn’t done. “They should be putting up statues to Edilio. They should be naming schools after that boy—no, no, I’m not going to call him a boy. If he’s not a man, then I’ll never meet one.”Lana nodded approvingly, obviously enjoying and sharing in Astrid’s outrage.","author":"Michael Grant","tags":["astrid-ellison","diana-ladris","edilio-escobar","hero","hiding","lana-arwen-larar"],"id":20016,"author_id":"Michael+Grant"},{"text":"No one vinces me, baby.","author":"Michael Grant","tags":["fear","gone","lana","michael-grant","sanjit"],"id":21577,"author_id":"Michael+Grant"},{"text":"Find Sam Temple. Tell him you escaped.”Jack gulped and bobbed his head.“Better yet, find that girl, Astrid.” Diana recovered some of her mocking attitude. “Astrid the Genius. She’ll be desperate to save Sam.”“Okay. Okay.” He steeled himself. “I better go.”Diana touched his arm. “Tell them about Andrew.”Jack froze with his hand on the key. “That’s what you want me to do?”“Jack, if Sam blinks out, Drake will turn on me, and Caine won’t be able to stop him. Drake is stronger than before. I need Sam alive. I need someone for Drake to hate. I need balance. Tell Sam about the temptation. Warn him that he’ll be tempted to surrender to the big jump, but maybe, maybe, if he says no…” She sighed. It was not a hopeful sound. “Now: go.","author":"Michael Grant","tags":["alive","andrew","astrid-the-genius","caine","diana","drake","favor","find","go","hate","jack","need","poof","sam-temple","tell","temptation","warn"],"id":22397,"author_id":"Michael+Grant"},{"text":"Fear was about possibilities. Not things that happened. Things that might.","author":"Michael Grant","tags":["fear","inspirational","possibilities"],"id":27595,"author_id":"Michael+Grant"},{"text":"He didn’t mind Drake so much. Drake was a creep.It was the girl who made Orc want to cry.She was a monster. Like Orc. Begging for death. Begging for someone to let her go to her Jesus.Kill me, kill me, kill me, she begged every day and every night.Orc took a deep swig.Tears seeped from his human eyes and fell into the rocky crevices of his face.","author":"Michael Grant","tags":["begging","brittany","charles-merriman","cry","death","drake","drinking","girl","kill-me","monster","orc","tears"],"id":29065,"author_id":"Michael+Grant"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":208,"pages":21,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}