Top 150 Pittacus Lore Quotes (2025 Update)
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101. “Santa Teresa is a convent that doubles as an orphanage for girls. I’m now the oldest out of thirty-seven, a distinction I’ve held for six months, after the last girl who turned eighteen left. At eighteen we must all make the choice to strike out on our own or to forge a life within the Church.”

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102. “Strength, confidence, humility and love. Hector Ricardo’s four tenets of life.”

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103. “In response, Nine punches him right in the face. Because of course he does.”

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104. “The key to change is letting go of fear.”

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105. “What an odd thing it must be to watch everything you’ve ever known be destroyed. The fire spreads with hostility, with disregard.”

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106. “Leave here. Never return. Maybe one day, you can find a way to heal what’s been damaged, here and inside you. Until that day comes... goodbye! – Pittacus Lore.”

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107. “Did you know Johnny thinks he’s Pittacus resurrected?”

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108. “It is practical, but that doesn’t mean it’s right.”

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109. “That’s another one of Sandor’s rules for hiding in plain sight: always appear to be weaker than I actually am. Never push it.”

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110. “If Mark really had managed to acquire some information about the Mogodorians, and if doing so had gotten him into some kind of trouble, then we needed to help him.”

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111. “I’m acting like someone who is starting to realize who he is and what he can do.”

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112. “Five swoops down, flames extinguished. Instead of going in for another strike, Five catches Nine by the wrist in midair. He lowers him gently to the ground. In response, Nine punches him right in the face. Because of course he does.”

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113. “If he had one true love, then he wanted you to have one, too.”

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114. “My breathing is controlled, but all the fear and anger within me. Fear is too simple a word. Terror. That’s what I feel.”

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115. “Power is the only thing that anyone is really after.”

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116. “The General – so proud of killing Garde. Killing children.”

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117. “I jerk around and see Sister Dora, a portly woman who’s the head cook in the kitchen, staring daggers at me. This is nothing new. She stares daggers at everyone who walks through the lunch line holding a tray, as though our needing sustenance is a personal affront.”

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118. “If Five’s speech – clearly for our benefit – has revealed anything, it’s that he’s pretty much lost his mind.”

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119. “People tend to change when they find out aliens are real.”

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120. “Twelve down, like a hundred thousand left to go.”

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121. “I imagine the future and I smile grimly. There’s only one way to make that happen. It’s time to fight.”

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122. “Whatever you’re thinking, it’s a bad idea.”

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123. “I work my hardest and she still kicks the crap out of me.”

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124. “We’re Garde,’ I say, correcting this billion-year-old godlike energy force, because what the hell, we’ve come this far. ‘We’re here for your help.”

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125. “I’m looking at it now,’ Sarah says, and her breath catches. ‘John, it’s – you’re amazing. But I’m a sucker for handsome aliens performing miracles.”

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126. “I’m going to write the last chapter in his precious history. Right now.”

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127. “Where’s your sense of adventure, Sarah Bleeding Heart?”

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128. “Trying to get with Six is like deciding to take up mountain climbing and choosing Everest as your first mountain.”

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129. “Nine lies on his back, groaning. His chest is shredded from where Eight slashed him, he’s got a fresh black eye, and I think I notice a trickle of blood from where I struck him with his staff. Suddenly, his groans turn to laughter. “That was awesome!” Nine hollers.”

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130. “Then, as if realizing we might be freaked out, the guy adds, ‘Hey. I’m Adam.”

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131. “While Five lingers at the back of the group looking nervous to be meeting so many new people, John strides right towards me. A grin splits my face – it’s more than just being united with my best friend, it’s the feeling that we’re going to be part of something great together. We’re going to save the world.”

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132. “I necessarily care about cooking, but because it was either that or choir. And while I have many strengths and powers that are considered exceptional on Earth, singing is not one of them. So I walk into home ec and take a seat. It is a small room, and just before the bell rings Sarah walks in and sits beside me.”

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133. “You are not responsible for the murderous rampage of an alien psycho, okay?”

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134. “Read obsessively. It will make you a better human and a better writer.”

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135. “I was the one who was discouraged, the day I asked how we could possibly expect to win this fight, alone and outnumbered, far from home – against the Mogadorians, who seem to take great joy in war and death. “It’s the last thing to go,” Henri says. “When you have lost hope, you have lost everything. And when you think all is lost, when all is dire and bleak, there is always hope.” “Exactly,” I say.”

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136. “We’ve probably run a mile, maybe two, and with each new corridor that turns up nothing, stress floods my veins.”

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137. “I frown, not stating the obvious, that Eight could be the one who was killed down in Florida.”

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138. “Would you let the fish in the ocean dictate who is fit to eat them, or allow the iron in the ground decide when to be forged?”

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139. “She presses her lips to mine and everything inside of me turns to rubber. It’s a soft kiss, lingering. My first. Then she pulls away and her eyes take me in.”

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140. “He raises the gun towards Nine’s face and laughs at what he thinks is just bravado. ‘Don’t tempt me, punk. Killing you would be the highlight of my day.’ ‘Well, then, shoot. No reason to put off the highlight of your day. You don’t look like you get a lot of them.’ Nine says. I sigh, knowing this is all going to end badly. And after, there will be attention we don’t need.”

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141. “Pittacus Lore, the greatest of them, their leader, had assembled them before the attack.”

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142. “And that’s when the rhinoceros drops from the sky.”

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143. “Though there are literally millions of geckos in south Florida, I swear this one follows me to school and seems to be everywhere I am.”

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144. “I roll my eyes as the guys walk towards the house, having their little bro moment.”

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145. “And on top of the constant dream state you’re in, your stomach feels like it’s connected to a bungee cord, and it bounces and bounces around for hours until it finally lodges itself next to your heart.”

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146. “This is one of those perfect moments, the kind I need to save up and remember for when things get bleak.”

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147. “Everyone looks so happy, and safe.”

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148. “You shouldn’t just be trying to scare people. They’ll be scared enough as it is. You’ve gotta give them some hope.”

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149. “Well, did you know that the dinosaurs really didn’t go extinct? Aliens were so fascinated by them that they decided to gather them all up and take them to their own planet.” Henri.”

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150. “Marina proved herself to be a strong ally with amazing Legacies on the battlefield yesterday. She can breathe underwater, see in the dark and heal the sick and wounded. Like all Garde, she also has telekinesis. And because we’re so close in order – I’m Number Six and she’s Number Seven – our bond is special.”

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