Shutup,Caine," Edilio said in a voice so soft it was almost a whisper. Anger, a dangerous anger, flared in Caine. "Who are you to talk to me that way?" "You've been the problem, Caine. From the start. You're the one who kept us from ever really being able to unite, to fight this thing, You and your stupid need to control everyone. Don't you come here now all sheepish, all head hanging down and tell me you're scared." Edilio stabbed a finger in Caine's chest. It was such a un-Edilio moment it surprised them both.

Michael Grant

Categorized in : Stupid Fighting Voice

And yes, we do have some food. Maybe you'd like to join us? Unless you want to stick with your sheep sushi.

Michael Grant

sushi sticks sheep

A man without pleasure is a man without any idea what life is about

Michael Grant

life-is men ideas

It's vital to keep a sense of humour when the world seems to have suddenly become a very strange place.

Michael Grant

strange-places humour world

The pain was her whole world now. Pain and fear.

Michael Grant

whole-world pain world

Ninth graders with machine guns: its hard to make that a happy story.

Michael Grant

machines gun stories

If God gives you a Quiznos, can I have a bite? No way. You have to pray for your own food.

Michael Grant

food giving way

He's one kind of person, you're another. When life is going along normally, you're sort of the same. But when life turns strange and scary, when there's a crisis, suddenly you're completely different people.

Michael Grant

scary different people

I had a hard childhood. Hard for my parents. Not that bad for me.

Michael Grant

hard childhood parent

In the land of the blind, a one eyed man is king

Michael Grant

land kings men

One minute the teacher was talking about the Civil War. And the next minute he was gone. There. Gone. No 'poof.' No flash of light. No explosion.

Michael Grant

talking teacher war

Anyway GONE. My goal in writing GONE To creep you out. To make you stay up all night reading then roll into school tired the next day so that you totally blow the big test and end up dropping out of school. GONE. Imagine a world where every adult vanishes in an instant.

Michael Grant

tired reading writing

Sometimes, if I really strain my brain, I can even do multiplication.

Michael Grant

multiplication brain sometimes

In the land of the blind the one eyed man is king. In the darkness the man with a candle is an easy target.

Michael Grant

land kings men

Superpowers, don't always make you a superhero. - Duck

Michael Grant

superpower superhero ducks

but I know you're the brightest shooting star in the sky - Astrid

Michael Grant

shooting stars sky

Oh, Snap," I say. "What?" "Sorry. I was flashing back to 2005.

Michael Grant

snaps sorry

Guilt was a fascinating thing: it seemed not to weaken over time. If anything it grew stronger as the circumstances faded from memory, as the fear and the necessity became abstract. And only her own actions stood out with crystal clarity.

Michael Grant

guilt fear memories

Because that, more than any monster, was what Sam had feared: that he was weak and cowardly. He had a terrible fear of being afraid.

Michael Grant

terrible weak monsters

You cant be trapped by other people you can only be trapped by your fear, defy and win!

Michael Grant

trapped winning people

They said a lot of things to each other that night, but nothing that involved words.

Michael Grant

they-said said night