Why aren't crazy people content to take over, like, one town? It always has to be the whole word. They can't just control maybe twenty people. The have to control everyone. The can't just be stinking rich. The can't just do genetic experiments on a couple unlucky few. They have to put something in the water. In the air. To get everyone. I was tired of all of it.

Gazzy: "Captain, like the captain of a ship. And then Terror, you know, T-E-R-O-R.

Where was the catch? 'Cause I knew one was coming.

That'd be just what I need: a rash of car thefts across America, committed by dedicated readers.

What happened to your tan?"--Fang "It was dirt." --Max

I have an idea. It’s risky, and Max will kill us when she finds out.” Iggy raised his head. “Sounds like my kind of idea.

You're children. Don't you want a home, a family?" "With, like, vitamin-fortified cereal and educational television?