How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
The Gasman would die before he went back there. Angel would rather have died too, he knew—but she hadn't had a choice. (32.4)
If it comes to a choice between going back to the School and dying, the flock members will choose death, thank you very much. They're not about to put their fates into the hands of those psycho scientists again.
Quote #2
Fang's dark eyes widened in surprise. "What? Nudge, you're crazy. Come on, let's talk about it. Let's find a place, take a break."
"No!" said Nudge, tears coming to her eyes again. "I'm going down—and you can't stop me!" (38.21-22)
Given the chance to learn more about her "real" family, Nudge isn't going to back down. She doesn't care if it probably won't work out—she just wants to take her destiny into her own hands for once.
Quote #3
"Yeah, but what now? We're kinda all dressed up with no place to go," Iggy said. "There's no way we can go home—they're probably everywhere. What are we supposed to do with ourselves? And what if Max and the others come back just to fly into an ambush?" (39.4)
Are Iggy and the Gasman just going to resign themselves to dying at the hands of the Erasers? No way. They're going to build some bombs, set up some traps, and prepare to take them down Home Alone style.
Quote #4
You'd think I'd get used to the ongoing nightmare that was my life, but I was actually pathetically surprised that those demonoids from the School could continue to wreak havoc on me from so far away, so long ago. (42.6)
Finding the microchip in her arm is a kind of depressing revelation for Max. All this time, she thought that she had a fighting chance of escaping the School… but it turns out that they've been tracking her every movement this whole time.
Quote #5
"The thing is, Max," he said, tons of heart-wringing emotion in his eyes," you're even more special than I always told you. You see, you were created for a reason. Kept alive for a purpose, a special purpose." (61.16)
Jeb thinks that he's going to win Max over with this moving speech about her purpose in life, but she's not having any of it. How annoying is it to have some grown-up tell you exactly what you're supposed to do? Ugh.
Quote #6
"But I had to let you know the size of what we're dealing with, the enormity, the importance. You are more than special, Max. You're preordained. You have a destiny that you can't imagine." (62.2)
Wow, talk about laying it on thick. No wonder Max is overwhelmed and doesn't want to listen to what Jeb has to say—he's trying way too hard to convince her that she has this wild destiny.
Quote #7
"Max, everything you've done, everything you are, everything you can be, is tied into your destiny. Your life is worth the lives of thousands. The fact that you are alive is the most important thing anyone has ever accomplished." (62.4)
According to Jeb, the stakes are high when it comes to Max and her decisions in life. She, however, would just like to carry on doing whatever she wants instead of hearing what he has to say about the "important" things that she needs to do.
Quote #8
How about us? How long would we last? Well, as far as I knew, we were the oldest recombinant beings the School had ever produced.
And we could devolve and expire at any time. (69.16-17)
The flock members don't even get to assume that they're going to live long, healthy lives like other people. Because they're science experiments, they have no idea how long their lifespans are—they could conceivably "expire" any time now.
Quote #9
Angel nodded, smoothing her bear's fur down around its ears. "Yeah. I just asked her to buy it for me. You know, with my mind." (91.21)
Angel obviously isn't old enough to understand the ethics of influencing people's thoughts and forcing them to do things they otherwise wouldn't. It's a good thing that she's only using her powers to get free teddy bears so far.
Quote #10
I myself could be a beacon without knowing it, without being able to do a thing about it—except leave the flock and strike out on my own. The Erasers were tracking us but not killing us. (107.12)
Having Jeb insist that she's destined for greatness and hearing this voice inside of her head is starting to freak Max out. She's beginning to seriously wonder if she has a say in any of this at all—or if she's just being led down some set path.