Rodman Philbrick Quotes

• Books are like truth serum-- if you don't read, you can't figure out what's real.

  Rodman Philbrick

  Real, Book, Figures

  Rodman Philbrick (2015). “Freak the Mighty”, p.16, Usborne Publishing Ltd

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• The only real treasure is in your head. Memories are better than diamonds and nobody can steal them from you

  Rodman Philbrick

  Memories, Real, Treasure

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• It all boils down to this: A person has only two options in life, to do something or to do nothing.

  Rodman Philbrick

  Two, Two Options, Persons

  Rodman Philbrick (2012). “The Mostly True Adventures Of Homer P. Figg”, p.55, Scholastic Inc.

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• I believe that we have the ability to change our lives using our imaginations. Imagination is a muscle—the more you use it, the stronger it gets.

  Rodman Philbrick

  Believe, Imagination, Stronger

  Rodman Philbrick (2015). “Lobster Boy”, p.90, Usborne Publishing Ltd

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• Every word is part of a picture, Every sentence is a picture. All you have to do is link them together.

  Rodman Philbrick

  Together, Links, Sentences

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• I'm thinking maybe letting the latches burn is the right idea. Let everything burn until there's nothing left but ashes and cool rain.

  Rodman Philbrick

  Rain, Thinking, Ideas

  Rodman Philbrick (2013). “The Last Book in the Universe”, p.146, Scholastic Inc.

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• Good riddance to bad rubbish.

  Rodman Philbrick

  Good Riddance, Rubbish, Motto

  Rodman Philbrick (2015). “Freak the Mighty”, p.45, Usborne Publishing Ltd

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• I used to belong to a family unit, with a foster mom and dad and my little sister, Bean, but that's over and I don't want to talk about what happened , or how unfair it was. Not yet. The less said about that the better, because if there's one thing I learned from Ryter it's that you can't always be looking backward or something will hit you from the front.

  Rodman Philbrick

  Mom, Dad, Little Sister

  Rodman Philbrick (2013). “The Last Book in the Universe”, p.8, Scholastic Inc.

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• remembering is a great invention of the mind, and if you try hard enough you can remember anything, whether it really happened or not.

  Rodman Philbrick

  Mind, Trying, Great Inventions

  Rodman Philbrick (2015). “Freak the Mighty”, p.6, Usborne Publishing Ltd

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• His heart was simply to big for his body.

  Rodman Philbrick

  Heart, Body, Bigs

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• The future is like the moon. You never expect to go there, or think about what it might be like.

  Rodman Philbrick

  Moon, Thinking, Might

  Rodman Philbrick (2013). “The Last Book in the Universe”, p.15, Scholastic Inc.

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• I wrote Freak the Mighty because Max, the mighty half of Freak the Mighty, insisted and he's bigger than I am.

  Rodman Philbrick

  Max, Half, Freak

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• I could tell you all the medical terminology,' She says. 'But what finally happened is his heart got to big for his body'

  Rodman Philbrick

  Heart, Body, Medical

  Rodman Philbrick (2013). “Freak The Mighty”, p.149, Scholastic Inc.

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• I never had a brain until Freak came along and let me borrow his for awhile, and that's the truth, the whole truth. The unvanquished truth, is how Freak would say it, and for a long time it was him who did the talking.

  Rodman Philbrick

  Talking, Long, Brain

  Rodman Philbrick (2015). “Freak the Mighty”, p.6, Usborne Publishing Ltd

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• Keep marching boys and girls. Keep marching

  Rodman Philbrick

  Girl, Boys, Boy And Girl

  Rodman Philbrick (2012). “The Mostly True Adventures Of Homer P. Figg”, p.188, Scholastic Inc.

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• I don't have any of the answers, son. Never did. All I can do is keep asking the questions. Keep trying to make sense of why people do what they do.

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  Son, People, Trying

  Rodman Philbrick (2013). “The Last Book in the Universe”, p.211, Scholastic Inc.

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• I think in some way it's like that for all of us, living with the ghosts of things that used to be, or never were. We're all of us haunted by yesterday, and we got no choice but to keep marching into our tomorrows.

  Rodman Philbrick

  Thinking, Yesterday, Choices

  Rodman Philbrick (2012). “The Mostly True Adventures Of Homer P. Figg”, p.188, Scholastic Inc.

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• Bean finds the best apple in our tree and hands it up to me. "You know what this tastes like when you first bite into it?" she asks. "No, what?" "Blue sky." "You're zoomed." "You ever eat blue sky?" "No," I admit. "Try it sometime," she says. "It's apple-flavored.

  Rodman Philbrick

  Blue, Hands, Sky

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• Pain is just a state of mind. You can think your way out of everything, even pain.

  Rodman Philbrick

  Pain, Thinking, Mind

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• You don't need a time machine if you know how to remember.

  Rodman Philbrick

  Needs, Machines, Remember

  Rodman Philbrick (2015). “Freak the Mighty”, p.82, Usborne Publishing Ltd

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• Expel the object!" Freak shouts. "Regurgitate, you big moron!" and he gives me another thump and I cough up this yucky mess, but I'm still laughing so hard my nose is running.

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  Running, Laughing So Hard, Giving

  Rodman Philbrick (2015). “Freak the Mighty”, p.20, Usborne Publishing Ltd

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• It's fun to be amazing, to be the star of the show, to have everyone watching you-even if you have to act like a pig.

  Rodman Philbrick

  Stars, Fun, Pigs

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• Do not despair, my friend. Today is theirs, but the future is ours

  Rodman Philbrick

  Despair, Today, My Friends

  Rodman Philbrick (2013). “The Last Book in the Universe”, p.223, Scholastic Inc.

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• Matter of fact, I watch tons of tube, but I also read tons of books so I can figure out what's true and what's fake, which isn't always easy. Books are like truth serum--if you don't read, you can't figure out what's real.

  Rodman Philbrick

  Real, Book, Fake

  Rodman Philbrick (2015). “Freak the Mighty”, p.16, Usborne Publishing Ltd

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• You ever notice how long it takes for things to happen when you know they're supposed to happen? My fake Walkman has a built-in alarm, and I set it for two in the morning and wear the headphones to bed, but before you can wake up you have to fall asleep, and I never DO fall asleep because I keep waiting for the alarm to go off.

  Rodman Philbrick

  Morning, Fall, Two

  Rodman Philbrick (2015). “Freak the Mighty”, p.44, Usborne Publishing Ltd

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