Top 90 Stuart Gibbs Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “I’m not playing! I really am stupid!”

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2. “Violence is never the answer.”

— Stuart Gibbs

3. “If Nina’s oxygen has run low, she might be in an unresponsive state.” “Like what?” Violet asked. “Texas?”

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4. “In fact koalas spend so little time thinking, their brains actually appear to have shrunk over the last few centuries; the koala is the only known animal whose brain only fills half of its skull.”

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5. “The kid might be smart, but he has the survival skills of a potato bug.”

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6. “In the entire world, sharks kill fewer than ten people a year, while coconuts falling from trees take out 150.”

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7. “I’m studying to be a spy, Ben. It’s my job to know things.”

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8. “Mickey Mouse is just a rat in suspenders.”

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9. “I’ll find you sooner or later!” Later still seemed like the better option to me.”

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10. “Because Erica Hale kissed me.”

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11. “It’s as though I went down to Disneyland and assassinated Mickey Mouse.”

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12. “It wasn’t a dream. It couldn’t be. It felt too real.”

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13. “UnicornsRule!!!”

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14. “There’s a bomb under the school.”

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15. “A capybara is the world’s biggest rodent. It looks more like a compacted Airedale than a giant rat, but I’d still never heard anyone refer to one as a “sweetheart” before.”

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16. “Yes, we drink our own urine in space. They left that out of Star Trek too. The.”

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17. “We have gathered here today to honor Benjamin Ripley for being the first person to ever regurgitate a wombat through a flugelhorn.”

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18. “President Donald Trump informed the world that the United States would no longer be part of the Paris Accords, effectively abdicating.”

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19. “Even though they are designed to be indestructible, they can still break.”

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20. “There were rumors that at age three Erica had thwarted a trio of bank robbers with only a juice box and a Slinky.”

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21. “Yes, we drink our own urine in space.”

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22. “I could imagine her as a kindergartener, making a high-tech raid on the family cookie jar.”

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23. “Jessica smiled, then gave me a hug and a quick peck on the cheek. “Good luck,” she said. I could feel the blood rush to my face. Not far away, Mike gave me a thumbs-up and a wink. And Erica, who had finally stopped hugging her own parents, was glaring at me.”

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24. “To my surprise, the toilet began to play music. It was probably supposed to be comforting, some sort of melody to soothe you while you pooped, but the whole idea of a musical toilet just weirded me out.”

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25. “All right,” Zoe said. “I’ll turn you in.” “Thanks. You’re a good friend.”

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26. “At least he got to have some excitement. I never get to almost die.”

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27. “My stomach was well past doing backflips. Now it did a triple axel roundoff with a twist.”

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28. “Even though there are plenty of people out there who recognize the problem of climate change and are doing everything in their power to reverse it, the fact remains that we humans have done a crappy job of taking care of our planet. And that trend isn’t going to change unless you want it to. So get involved. Climate change might be a joke in this book, but it’s no joke in real life.”

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29. “I was regarded as sort of cool; preventing the destruction of your school and capturing the agent responsible does great things for your social life.”

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30. “I don’t like shooting people,” Catherine replied. “Violence never solved anything.” “I’ve noticed the bad guys never have that philosophy,” Mike said.”

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31. “Crocodiles?” Murray gasped, then turned his eyes to the heavens. “What did I ever do to deserve this?” “Attempted murder, for one,” Zoe answered, then ticked more things off on her fingers. “Plus terrorism, assassination, destruction of public property, and being an all-around jerk. The question is really, what haven’t you done to deserve this?”

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32. “And then, before either of us even realized what was happening, she kissed me. It.”

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33. “Her father had once showed me a baby picture of her playing with nunchucks.”

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34. “Kill them quickly?” Murray asked, without bothering to raise his hand. “Really? Isn’t it more fun to draw their death out a little? To make them suffer?” Joshua sighed. “No. We’re not James Bond villains here, kids. The more you draw out your enemy’s deaths, the more chance they have to escape. So no lowering them into pools full of crocodiles or trying to slice them in half with lasers or anything like that. Just shoot them and be done with it.” Ashley.”

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35. “Reprehensible,” Erica suggested. “Repugnant. Odious. Loathsome. Abhorrent. Subhuman.”

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36. “So he’s gonna want to get out of Dodge as fast as he can.” Sure enough, the caravan was racing down the.”

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37. “Our refrigerator ended up in the neighbor’s pool. They found the microwave three blocks away.”

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38. “You should come. It’ll be sooooo much fun. And afterward, maybe we can go smooch somewhere.”

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39. “Instead they made a high-pitched whine that was shrill enough to rattle my eardrums. Plus, there was a strange side effect where Zan would lose control of her projected self and her eyeballs would swell.”

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40. “Heat of passion?” Jawa suggested. “I might buy that for anyone else,” I said, “but not Erica.” “Ben has a point,” Zoe agreed. “This is the Ice Queen we’re talking about. I’ve seen rocks with more passion than her.”

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41. “Hey Ben! Just wanted you to know we’ll be coming for you soon. Your pals at SPYDER I.”

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42. “The principal turned as red as the bottom of a baboon. He stormed toward me, getting right in my face. “Am I to assume, Mr. Ripley, that you think you’re not already in enough trouble today? Are you asking for an even worse punishment?” “Whatever it is, it couldn’t be worse than your breath,” I said. “What’d you have for lunch, dog poo?”

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43. “1. The SACSA exam was probably designed to weed out people.”

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44. “Murray was still on the floor, praying to any god he could come up with, covering all his bases. In short order, I heard him run through the religions of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Shintoism, Zoroastrianism, and a few I’d never even heard of before.”

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45. “You can’t keep me here against my will!” he told Nina. “I am one of the most influential men on earth!” “I hate to break it to you,” Chang taunted, “but you’re not on earth anymore.” At.”

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46. “This city of stone,” Dante said. “It’s probably Paititi.” “What’s Paititi?” Charlie asked. Dante reacted with surprise. “You mean there’s something you don’t know?” “I’m only twelve,” Charlie said. “I haven’t had time to learn everything yet. Like, I still haven’t figured out why you haven’t asked Milana out even though you’re obviously crushing on her.”

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47. “On the other hand, I came from a long line of grocers.”

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48. “I’ve encountered worse,” Catherine said. “There was an agent at MI6 whose name was honestly Winnifred Von Tootlepants.”

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49. “I don’t care if she can fly,” Carter snapped. “I own pairs of shoes that are older than this kid.”

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50. “There was little room left on the bank alongside the stream, occasionally forcing us onto rocks that poked through the water. My heels were starting to blister in my ski boots. And to make matters worse, Warren insisted on singing “Ninety-Nine Bottles of Beer on the Wall.”

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