Quotes From "I Am Number Four" By Pittacus Lore

My heart is breaking,
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My heart is breaking, " she says. "I want to be strong for you right now but the thought of you leaving is killing me inside. Pittacus Lore
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Images flicker, each one bringing its own sorrow or its own smile. Sometimes both. At the very worst, an impenetrable and sightless black and at best, a happiness so bright that it hurts the eyes to see, coming and going on some unseen projector perpetually turned by an invisible hand. One, then another. The hollow click of the shutter. Now stop. Freeze this frame. Pluck it down and hold it close and be damned by what you see. Henri always said: the price of a memory is the memory if the sorrow it brings. Pittacus Lore
No. Don't give up hope just yet. It's the last...
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No. Don't give up hope just yet. It's the last thing to go. 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. Pittacus Lore
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There is a crucifix, a few cloves of garlic, a wooden stake, a hammer, a blob of Silly Putty, and a pocketknife. “You do realize these people aren’t vampires, right?” I say when Sam walks back in. “Yeah, but you never know. They’re probably crazy, like you said.” “And even if we were hunting vampires, what the hell is the Silly Putty for?” He shrugs. “Just want to be prepared. Pittacus Lore
He who doesn't understand history is doomed to repeat it.
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He who doesn't understand history is doomed to repeat it. Pittacus Lore
When you have lost hope, you have lost everything. And...
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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. Pittacus Lore
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Hope?” he says. “There is always hope, John. New developments have yet to present themselves. Not all the information is in. No. Don’t give up hope just yet. It’s the last thing to go. 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. Pittacus Lore
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I'm so sorry, Henri, " I whisper in his ear. I close my eyes. "I love you. I wouldn't have missed a second of it, either. Not for anything, " I whisper. "I'm going to take you back yet. Somehow I am going to get you back to Lorien. We always joked about it but you were my father, the best father I could have ever asked for. I'll never forget you, not for a minute for as long as I live. I love you, Henri. I always did. Pittacus Lore
You know the saying: he who doesn't understand history is...
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You know the saying: he who doesn't understand history is doomed to repeat it. And when it's repeated, the stakes are doubled. Pittacus Lore
Best way to deal with fear is to confront it.
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Best way to deal with fear is to confront it. Pittacus Lore
He says we need to live in the real world,...
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He says we need to live in the real world, where war and death are a reality, not pretend. Pittacus Lore
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We don't have to be defined by the things we did or didn't do in our past. Some people allow themselves to be controlled by regret. Maybe it's a regret, maybe it's not. It's merely something that happened. Get over it. Pittacus Lore
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The price of a memory, is the memory of the sorrow it brings. Pittacus Lore
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The price of a memory is the memory of the sorrow it brings Pittacus Lore
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I'm acting like someone who is starting to realize who he is and what he can do. Pittacus Lore
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Take a chance and risk it all or play it safe and suffer defeat. Pittacus Lore
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She reaches up and pulls my face to her and kisses me, her soft lips on mine. I don't want her to stop kissing me. As long as she is, then everything is fine. Everything is right, I would stay in this room forever if I could. The world can pass by without me, without us. Just as long as we can stay here, together, in each other's arms. Pittacus Lore
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I'll come back to you, " I say. "I promise you, if it's the last thing I do, I'll come back to you." Her face is buried in my neck. She nods." I'll count the minutes until you do." she says. Pittacus Lore