Sentences you'll never forget

[medomai]

"They truly sickened me with their self-indulgence and their childishness. But then, I reminded myself, they are children and so am I. If i were at home, I would still be a cadet in the Andalite Military Acadamy. I would spend most of my time in my parents' scoop. But I had been thrust into the midst of this raging war on Earth. I had seen more battles, death, and destruction than many seasoned soldiers in our Andalite fleet. I felt my throat tighten and constrict. My hearts ached with a pain I could not describe. I wondered if I were dying. I felt not sadness. I felt pity. For myself. For us all. we were children no longer. And we never would be again."

Ax in book #52 The Sacrifice

Man, I really hated that whole book, that specific section specifically. It disturbed and angered me how Ax was so judgmental when he's done things that the human kids saw as betrayals and they never went so far as to say they were sickened. It was the moment when I really saw the "Andalite arrogance" most clearly. Maybe I'm just hypocritical about other's hypocrisy, but seriously, I wanted to reach in there and tell Ax off.

(And did anyone realize that if Ax was in his Andalite form, he shouldn't have a throat to be tightened?)

[Chad32]

for some reason I never forgot a sentence in book 16. "No chime cleft!" Said by Jake when demorphing from Rhino, or morphing Tiger. One or the other. A good case of narm.

[Terenia]

(And did anyone realize that if Ax was in his Andalite form, he shouldn't have a throat to be tightened?)

Well he has a neck. And presumably he has nasal passageways that go to his lungs. So something could tighten. But yeah, not the throat in the way we perceive it....

[estrid]

there wouldn't be an esophogous. the throat is the cavity with ur airway and esophogus leading to the stomach. he would still need his airways tho, even if he didnt have an esophogus.


bio nerds FTW

[Unknown User]

There is one or two times in the series when Marco yells at Rachael for not saying "Lets do it!" For some reason, I never forgot that.

[Aluminator (Kit)]

Or in one of the early books... 4 or so... Marco jumps in and says "Let's do it!" before Rachel just because he wanted to beat her to it. That was hilarious to me.

[Chad32]

I think in the first book Marco is the first person to say Let's do it, and Rachel is the first to say This is insane.

[VisserZer0]

"Let's...go for it?" -Rachel
"Hey, she cheated!" -Marco

I think that was in book 13.

[roguebluejay]

hahahha, the lets go for it line was priceless.

[arzwlf]

Rachel was one of my favorite characters so just about any quote from the beginning of #54

[spoiler]
"Answer this, Ellimist: Did I . . . did I make a difference? My life, and my . . . my death . . .was I worth it? Did my life really matter?"

"Yes," he said. "You were brave. You were strong. You were good. You mattered."

"Yeah. Okay, then. Okay, then."

Very strong, especially since she had been battling with the internal good vs. bad thing for awhile. [/spoiler]

[BaronConall]

Not my place to say, but Rachael and her internal struggle was very reminiscent of 'Nam..

Mine is;
"Wanna see my Lobster?" When Marco let's his dad in on the secret

[Myitt]

I'll always like Tom's line in uh...I think #53?  Yeah.

"Little brother, you've got to know by now: Wars aren't won with clean hands."

It just kind of summarizes their tension and the morality of the whole series.  And it's spoken by a "bad guy".  Doubleplusgood?

[A ghost you know]

Rachel narrating: "I wondered if-"
[spoiler]Rachel's last words/thoughts. How can anyone forget that?[/spoiler]

Ugh. Makes me cry EVERY SINGLE TIME I read it.

Me too.
I had a hard time staying calm during that entire scene, from the time she started her last battle until she finally finished her last conversation with the Ellimist. I'd give a lot to know what she was going to say...

[Unknown User]

I love it in TEC when Cryack is like, "Lets play a game ellemist" and The Ellemist is like "Yes, the final game." One of the best lines of the series in my opinion.

[A ghost you know]

I went back through some of my favorite books today, and came up with a lot of good quotes. Nothing really funny here, just wisdom. If you want funny quotes, pick up a book where Ax or Marco is narrating.
Ax in human morph, or Marco vs. Rachel, are particularly hilarious.

Anyway, here's my list of faves:

<There's only one way to deal with fear: Be afraid. Be afraid, and then go ahead and do what you have to do, anyway.>

- Tobias, from Megamorphs #1

<Those who have been to war understand. Those who have not have no opinion worth hearing.>

- Alloran, from The Andalite Chronicles

Because without life there is no despair, but without life there can also never be hope.

- Elfangor, from The Andalite Chronicles

And I leave as my last legacy a single word for all the free peoples of the galaxy. <Hope...>

- Elfangor, from The Aldalite Chronicles

"what's the point of winning, if by winning you lose what you were fighting for."

- Loren, from The Andalite Chronicles

"Events are intertwined in ways we cannot always see, Cassie. Sometimes small things can make huge differences. You know, they say that a single butterfly beating its wings in China may make a tiny change that becomes a bigger change that becomes a tornado. The world isn't like math. It isn't just one plus one equals two. It's more complicated than that."

- Ms. Paloma, from #7, The Stranger

<But my brother Elfangor once told me, "It's a leader's job to be lucky." Sometimes, success is just luck.>

- Ax, from #11, The Forgotten

"The thing about fear is you can’t be afraid of it. I know that sounds confusing. I guess what I mean is, be afraid if you have to, right? Fear is like this vicious little worm that lives inside you and eats you alive. You have to fight it. You have to know it’s there. You have to accept that you’ll never get rid of it, but fight it just the same. Brave isn't about not being afraid. It's about being scared to death and still not giving in."

- Rachel, from #12, The Reaction

"I guess sometimes you have to choose between smart, sane, ruthlessness, and totally stupid, insane hope. You can't just pick one and stick with it, either. Each time it comes up, you have to try and make your best decision. Most of the time, I guess I have to go with being smart and sane. But I don't want to live in a world where people don't try the stupid, crazy, hopeful thing sometimes."

- Jake, from #19, The Departure

"A fool is strong so that others will see. A wise person is strong for himself."

- Toby, from #23, The Pretender

Rachel: (frozen in time by the Ellimist, the moment before death) You.
Ellimist: Yes.
Rachel: Who are you? Who are you to play games with us? You appear, you disappear, you use us, who are you, what are you?
Ellimist: (tells his story, The Ellimist Chronicles)
Rachel: Answer this, Ellimist: Did I . . . did I make a difference? My life, and my . . . my death . . . was I worth it? Did my life really matter?
Ellimist: Yes. You were brave. You were good. You mattered.
Rachel: Yeah. Okay, then. Okay, then.

- from #54, The Beginning

That last quote is particularly meaningful to me; I get emotional every single time I read or think about it.