Kenneth Oppel Quotes

• But chance runs like a river through all our lives, and being prepared for surprise is the best we can do.

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  Running, Rivers, Chance

  Kenneth Oppel (2005). “Skybreaker”, HarperCollins

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• There is a passion in you that scares me.

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  Passion, Scare

  Kenneth Oppel (2011). “This Dark Endeavor: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein”, p.154, Simon and Schuster

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• It was as though, in one moment, he had become a stranger. And I a stranger to myself.

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  Stranger, Moments

  Kenneth Oppel (2011). “This Dark Endeavor: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein”, p.132, Simon and Schuster

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• ¿Por qué necesitas volar tanto?", preguntó ella. "Si no lo hago, me pasará factura". Las palabras le salieron solas. "¿Qué te pasará?" Me quité las manos de la cara, jadeante. Me quedé mirando la tormenta. "La infelicidad.

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  Hands, Storm, Needs

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• If my heart were a compass, you'd be North.

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  Heart, Compass, My Heart

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• Here's all I know: that the world is uncontrollable. Chaos reigns. That anything and everything might be possible. I won't subscribe to any rational system again. Nothing will bind me.

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  World, Anything And Everything, Might

  Kenneth Oppel (2012). “Such Wicked Intent: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein, Book Two”, p.24, Simon and Schuster

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• The world of 'The Hunger Games' is a paranoid survivalist's dream.

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  Dream, Games, World

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• Es tu mirada cada vez que menciona a su prometido. Mi gato tiene ese aspecto antes de vomitar una bola de pelo.

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  Cat, Looks, Way

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• You flatter me shamelessly. I like it. Good.

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  Kenneth Oppel (2009). “Skybreaker”, p.41, Harper Collins

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• You can't eat [literature], that's the problem," he said. "I've tried, it's very dry, and not at all nutritious.

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  Literature, Dry, Nutrition

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• Resulta un tanto inquietante que los mismos padres y educadores que se horrorizan ante la idea de los niños soldado hayan otorgado a "Los juegos del hambre" un doble manto de elogios de la crítica y de éxito de ventas mundial.

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  Children, Games, Parent

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• I raised my hands, trying to shush her. "Don't shush me," she said, eyes blazing. "I hate being shushed.

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  Hate, Eye, Hands

  Kenneth Oppel (2005). “Skybreaker”, HarperCollins

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• If you were closer, I'd slap you," she said. "Let me help," I replied, and stepped closer. She promptly slapped me, which surprised me only a little. We glared at each other in the near dark, and then she looked away. "I'm sorry I slapped you," she said. "That's all right. I quite enjoyed it.

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  Sorry, Dark, Littles

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• You two were in a cave together?’ said Miss Simpkins in horror. ‘Yes,’ said Kate, ‘and it was very, very dark.

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  Dark, Two, Missing

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• I believe there is something on this earth that you desire more than anything, and it isn't me.

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  Believe, Desire, Earth

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• Honestly," she sighed, "I don't know what kind of life we'll have together, with me always flying off in one direction and you in the other." I smiled. "It's a good thing the world's round," I said.

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  One Direction, Flying, Together

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• We did it!" I said, feeling limp with relief. "It actually worked!" Dr. Turgenev rubbed his forehead. "I had very big doubts." "Big doubts?" I said weakly. The Russian scientist shrugged. "I am pessimist," he said.

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  Feelings, Doubt, Relief

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• No pude evitar devolverles la mirada, pues contrastaban bastante: La piel pálida de Kate y su elegante traje morado, la piel morena de Nadira y su exótico sari de fuego. "¿Coincidimos?" dijo Nadira secamente. "Desde luego que sí", dijo Kate. "¿Quieres que me mueva?" "No te molestes.

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  Moving, Pale Skin, Purple

  Kenneth Oppel (2005). “Skybreaker”, HarperCollins

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• IMBECILE!" the chef shouted. "Next time why don't you just put your whole HAND in the food, hey? Yes, your whole hand, or maybe your FACE! I arrange the food on plates with care, are you understanding what I am telling you? It is part of the art form of cooking, yes? A lovely plate of food is a thing of beauty! And then you, NUMBSKULL, come along and put your fat greasy FINGERS all over my plate, and SHAKE the plate, and move my food all around the plate until it looks like pigs' vomit!" "Chef Vlad!" I cried out in delight.

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  Art, Moving, Pigs

  Kenneth Oppel (2009). “Skybreaker”, p.40, Harper Collins

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• You've no fear of heights," puffed the girl. "None," I said. "I've heard that about you.

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  Girl, Height, No Fear

  Kenneth Oppel (2005). “Skybreaker”, HarperCollins

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• Verás, cuando la medicina funciona, es ciencia bendita, y cuando falla, es brujería. - Polidori

  Kenneth Oppel

  Blessed, Medicine, Failing

  Kenneth Oppel (2012). “This Dark Endeavor: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein”, p.73, Simon and Schuster

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• Everyone watched, wondering if this could be the same lunatic who'd nearly berthed his ornithopter in the restaurant. I swallowed, for it seemed he was headed straight for my table. He pulled off his helmet and a mass of dark auburn hair spilled out. Off came the goggles, and I was looking at the beaming face of Kate de Vries.

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  Dark, Hair, Goggles

  Kenneth Oppel (2009). “Skybreaker”, p.47, Harper Collins

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• I'm cursed with this puritanical streak that makes me want everything to be about something. It's a terrible affliction.

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  Want, Affliction, Terrible

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• You're like something drawn with the sun's fire, and I can take only little glimpses of you.

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  Fire, Glimpse, Littles

  Kenneth Oppel (2012). “Such Wicked Intent: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein, Book Two”, p.67, Simon and Schuster

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• The preface? Why would he waste time with the preface? Skip the preface and move on to the meat of the thing!

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  Moving, Meat, Waste

  Kenneth Oppel (2012). “This Dark Endeavor: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein”, p.93, Simon and Schuster

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