The question I have is what alternative does either the county or the state have? ... Does anybody have a better plan for dealing with the 90,000 acres, given the property has to be sold?


Michael Grant

  Email Quote to Friends   Link to Quote   Create Short URL  Publish Text About This Quote   Share on Facebook, Twitter, and more
  See Recommended Quotes For You

Related

Not everyone has the time to be normal.
LJUPKA CVETANOVA
Words do not create change as much as example does. Be the example
BRENT M. JONES
I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES
You Have Seen the Cure for Cancer Many Times, Even Right Now! So the Problem is Not Finding a Cure, ...
THEHEALTHFOODGURU
I have a dream, I have a vision, I have a mission, I have to do something, I will do this at this ti...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH
She buys "mixed salad greens" for seven dollars a bag, triple-washed with who knows what. And to get...
RUDOLPH DELSON
We are not victims by nature...we are programmed to be victims...for good reason...if we truly embra...
GAIL MARIE MACLEAN
Remembering something from the past? you are creating it right now as evidence for who you are now.
FREDERICK DODSON
I think with the grant status, there is dissatisfaction with how grants are managed, and that's ongo...
DANE POLLEI
We knew that the property was too valuable for the township to buy and that the property owner does ...
STEVE SANTARSIERO
Wrong?
So you are saying, I'm wrong okay then... It's not possible every time to be right, one ...
DEYTH BANGER
The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have.
CRAIG GROESCHEL
The danger of civilization, of course, is that you will piss away your life on nonsense.
JIM HARRISON
Just because you haven't got a home, doesn't make you homeless.
and
Just because you don't...
ANTHONY T. HINCKS
This is the strangest life I have ever known.
JIM MORRISON
All day long you sit and sew,
Stitch life down for fear it grow,

Stitch life down fo...
EDITH SITWELL
Better a little with God than a whole lot without Him. Better to have fewer houses, cars, appliances...
CRAIG GROESCHEL
What matters is the one thing I do know for certain: God is with me.
CRAIG GROESCHEL
Don't worry about it, Mikey," Dee said comfortingly. "You'll probably be next, so you won't be here ...
L.J. SMITH
You can BE, DO, and HAVE ...absolutely ANYTHING you really, really want to BE, DO, and HAVE.
LORRIN L. LEE
I have the right to remain violente. Everything I say can and will be used against you.
EMINEM
The Nagging Question;If as a man you are diagnosed of sexual impotence & without cure,but with a vir...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN)
The biggest question in life is: 'what's for dinner tonight?'
AARON SANTOS
The Nagging Question; If your beloved spouse travels outside your base for a three month course & re...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN)
The nagging question;Is it the Higher being that gives a child or a simple process invented by natur...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN)
The nagging question; If you mistakenly impregnate your mother in-law or sister in-law,will you abor...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN)
The Nagging Question;if you discover that your spouse to be is HIV positive ,or has a terminal illne...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN)
The nagging question;Can you sacrifice one of your eyes or kidneys for the person you claim to love.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN)
The nagging question;If a terrorist kidnaps your beloved daughter for 3yrs & releases her after then...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN)
The Nagging Question;When your beloved wife delivers a baby for you,will you with her consent conduc...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN)
The Nagging Question;If you need a new kidney via a transplant & your wife's system matches yours,bu...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN)
The Nagging Question;" If you discovered that your spouse to be has a 20 inches manhood that is curv...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN)
The Nagging Question;If you discovered that your spouse to be has no vagina (a congenital abnormalit...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN)
Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you...
C. JOYBELL C.
You’re not the only one,” he says through gritted teeth. “My twelve-year-old sister died in my...
RICK YANCEY
Everyone has a gift.
It's up to you to decide what you do with it.
ANTHONY T. HINCKS
Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through yo...
GERMANY KENT
Progress has not happened as quickly as Senator Marcellino would have wanted, but a great deal has b...
KATHY WILSON
Next generations will not know what is to have childhood.
DANIEL MELGAçO
His life seemed like a deck of cards, and in the midst of all those two’s and three’s someone ha...
TEKOA MANNING
It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater ...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
I have to be seen to be believed.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughou...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana's loss, ...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
The British constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but t...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in th...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since ...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something e...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts an...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
Grief is the price we pay for love.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its ...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a nobl...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Chr...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses w...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your s...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are g...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the man...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
These wretched babies don't come until they are ready.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of ...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has t...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace ...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
No one who knew Diana will ever forget her. Millions of others who never met her, but felt they knew...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
I have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and o...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
Be encouraged. Hold your head up high and know God is in control and has a plan for you. Instead of ...
GERMANY KENT
Be the best of you. Don’t do what society, your surroundings, or circumstances expect you to do. D...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA
Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circ...
GERMANY KENT
(All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes...
JEAN SASSON
When we talk about what we want to do with this state, I think we have to be mindful of the fact tha...
JACK BILLION
Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be...
GARY F EVANS...
Don't you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you're not taking advantage of it?...
ERNEST HEMINGWAY
Great balls of fire. Don't bother me anymore, and don't call me sugar.
MARGARET MITCHELL
We'll sort of get over the marriage first and then maybe look at the kids. But obviously we want...
PRINCE WILLIAM
Family is the most important thing in the world.
PRINCESS DIANA
You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I ...
CATHERINE THE GREAT
With the right help, children have a good chance of overcoming their issues while they are still you...
KATE MIDDLETON
As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.
KING SOLOMON
I don't mind a big fascinator. I think there is more scope for artwork in a fascinator rather th...
ZARA PHILLIPS
I was always told from the hat-makers that you should have your hair up because it shows the hat mor...
ZARA PHILLIPS
I don't think I'll still be riding at 40. There are a couple of people who are still riding ...
ZARA PHILLIPS
My dad's not a big talker.
ZARA PHILLIPS
My dad can be pretty critical sometimes.
ZARA PHILLIPS
I'd love to have kids, but not at the moment.
ZARA PHILLIPS
You cannot make horses 'safe.'
ZARA PHILLIPS
Virtually everything that gets printed about me is wrong anyway, so it doesn't really matter wha...
ZARA PHILLIPS
It's stupid to say that I don't like being in the public eye, but I don't like doing stu...
ZARA PHILLIPS
I'm an affectionate person.
ZARA PHILLIPS
People still text me to say that there is something about me in the paper, and what really annoys me...
ZARA PHILLIPS
Sometimes people will come up in the street and say: 'My daughter loves you, will you sign an au...
ZARA PHILLIPS
Taking part in an Olympics on home ground is something you dream about.
ZARA PHILLIPS
My brother and I have been able to get on and have been very lucky to do things with our family that...
ZARA PHILLIPS
I don't think about the media.
ZARA PHILLIPS

More Michael Grant

He’s a murdering chud,” Zil was yelling.
“What do you want to do? Lynch him?” Astrid de...
MICHAEL GRANT
Scared people did scary things sometimes,
MICHAEL GRANT
He didn't mind if she hated him. They were never going to be a cute romantic couple like Sam and Ast...
MICHAEL GRANT
Sam was slow getting up. To Quinn he looked like an old man standing up after slipping on the ice. B...
MICHAEL GRANT
Did you throw a rock at my brother?” Astrid yelled, fearless in her outrage. She dropped to her kn...
MICHAEL GRANT
[Caine]
"Interesting. Me, I've always wanted to know who my real parents were."
[Sam]
MICHAEL GRANT
Brianna dropped the skateboard in front of Sam. "Don't worry: I won't let you fall off."
"Yeah...
MICHAEL GRANT
Sam,” Astrid yelled. “Quick.”
Sam thought he was too far gone to respond, but he somehow ...
MICHAEL GRANT
Where was Sam?
It hit her full force then, the shocking realization. Was this how Sam felt? Was...
MICHAEL GRANT
Okay, look. I get it. You're one of those people who thinks they have to help screwed-up people. Or ...
MICHAEL GRANT
Sometimes I think He looks down and says, "Wow, look what those idiots are up to now. I guess I bett...
MICHAEL GRANT
So asking you to take a moonlit walk with me, that would totally not work?"
"What?" Again that ...
MICHAEL GRANT
No," Lana said, "I'm not going to heal your scratch."
"Good," Sanjit said.
"Good? Why good...
MICHAEL GRANT
You're staring," Lana said.
"Yes. I am. I'm a teenage boy. Beautiful girls in wet underwear hav...
MICHAEL GRANT
I like your boyfriend," Dahra said. "Not many guys volunteer to carry ten gallons of diarrhea and vo...
MICHAEL GRANT
No one vinces me, baby
MICHAEL GRANT
Caine met Diana's disbelieving gaze and laughed aloud.
"Why so gloomy? Doesn't every little gir...
MICHAEL GRANT
If God gives you a Quiznos, can I have a bite? No way. You have to pray for your own food.
MICHAEL GRANT
It's Sanjit. It's a Hindu name. It means 'invincible.'"
"That's great," Lana said.
"Invinc...
MICHAEL GRANT
Sam, that's a great concept. And maybe you believe it. But I'm black and I'm a lesbian, so let me te...
MICHAEL GRANT
They said a lot of things to each other that night, but nothing that involved words.
MICHAEL GRANT
Astrid had gone to look at the burn zone. Doing the right thing.
Kids had yelled at her. Demand...
MICHAEL GRANT
Too bad we don't have marshmallows. This is an amazing fire." Howard emerged through the smoke behin...
MICHAEL GRANT
He didn’t mind Drake so much. Drake was a creep.
It was the girl who made Orc want to cry. MICHAEL GRANT
Fear was about possibilities. Not things that happened. Things that might.
MICHAEL GRANT
Guilt was a fascinating thing: it seemed not to weaken over time. If anything it grew stronger as th...
MICHAEL GRANT
Sam’s probably out there somewhere being his usual heroic self,” Caine said. “I can’t let th...
MICHAEL GRANT
No, no, no, so not getting the point of fear. Because fear wasn't about what made sense. Fear was ab...
MICHAEL GRANT
Hey, thanks for stopping by," Howard said. "I'd offer you some tea and cookies, but all we have is b...
MICHAEL GRANT
Superpowers, don't always make you a superhero. - Duck
MICHAEL GRANT
Yeah. A feeling. Like the whole point of my life from the alleys in Bangkok to the yachts and privat...
MICHAEL GRANT
There’ll be guys who were in wars hearing what we did and thinking, ‘Whoa.’ You and me, we can...
MICHAEL GRANT
Why are we sneaking out in the night?” Jack repeated.
“I already explained,” Sam snapped....
MICHAEL GRANT
You let her get away?” Caine demanded, forgetting Sam for the moment.
“I didn’t let her g...
MICHAEL GRANT
About time,” Brianna said.
“Hey, sorry, we were kind of busy,” Quinn snapped. “And I di...
MICHAEL GRANT
Why do we have to do this in the middle of the night?” Taylor asked.
“Because we don’t wa...
MICHAEL GRANT
Yeah, let’s get John here. That way we can stall for a while longer. We can keep on doing nothing ...
MICHAEL GRANT
He was still furious at Quinn, but they were—literally—all in the same boat now.
MICHAEL GRANT
People are idiots, Choo. Always remember that: people are faithless, backstabbing, weak, creepy, stu...
MICHAEL GRANT
Cabeza de turco.
MICHAEL GRANT
He's one kind of person, you're another. When life is going along normally, you're sort of the same....
MICHAEL GRANT
The pain was her whole world now. Pain and fear.
MICHAEL GRANT
She placed her palm over his wound, pressing as hard as she dared.
She would stop the blood. MICHAEL GRANT
What’s happened so far? Coyotes evolved limited powers of speech. Worms developed teeth and became...
MICHAEL GRANT
I came up with myself. FAYZ. Spelled F-A-Y-Z. It stands for Fallout Alley Youth Zone. Fallout Alley,...
MICHAEL GRANT
He found a set of encyclopedias—like Wikipedia, but paper and very bulky.
MICHAEL GRANT
Man, don't ever be sorry you don't want to kill someone.
MICHAEL GRANT
The point is,” Caine continued, “you and I share something in common, Sam. We were born just thr...
MICHAEL GRANT
but I know you're the brightest shooting star in the sky - Astrid
MICHAEL GRANT
So many things I'm not, and so few things I am.
MICHAEL GRANT
You'll never have complete control, Caine. This world is changing all the time. Animals. People. Who...
MICHAEL GRANT
Ninth graders with machine guns: its hard to make that a happy story.
MICHAEL GRANT
Let me guess: you're secretly a wizard who was raised by muggles.
MICHAEL GRANT
welcome to the FAYZ. Wherever, whenever or whyever that is
MICHAEL GRANT
One minute the teacher was talking about the Civil War. And the next minute he was gone. There. Gone...
MICHAEL GRANT
It's not about who's got powers, morons. It's about who's not afraid. And who's going to do what has...
MICHAEL GRANT
I had a polynomial once. My doctor removed it.
MICHAEL GRANT
It's vital to keep a sense of humour when the world seems to have suddenly become a very strange pla...
MICHAEL GRANT
It couldn’t last. Everyone was just killing time. But if all they did was kill time, time would en...
MICHAEL GRANT
That's your solution? Have a cookie?' Astrid asked. 'No, my solution is to run down to the beach and...
MICHAEL GRANT
We didn't Make this World we're just the Poor Fools who are living in it.
MICHAEL GRANT
Welcome to Perdido beach, where our motto is: Radiation, what radiation?
MICHAEL GRANT
Astrid found the hem of his T-shirt and pulled it up over his head. She unbuckled his belt and shove...
MICHAEL GRANT
The food is ready,” Zil announced to loud cheers.
“But we have something more important to ...
MICHAEL GRANT
We’ve searched all of the homes and carried the food to Ralph’s,” Sam continued. “The proble...
MICHAEL GRANT
Diana can read power levels,” Astrid said. “Did she ever…”
Sam nodded. “She said the ...
MICHAEL GRANT
I’m mean? That’s the worst you can throw at me?”
“Mean and self-pitying. Does that make...
MICHAEL GRANT
It’s time,” Jack said.
“Breeze? Count the kids,” Sam said.
Brianna was back in twe...
MICHAEL GRANT
I don’t guess you can outrun an explosion, right?” Sam asked doubtfully.
Jack rolled his ey...
MICHAEL GRANT
The door exploded inward and a tangle of bug legs appeared.
“I can hold them, but I can’t k...
MICHAEL GRANT
The only crime, if any, that may have been committed in these circumstances is the perpetration of a...
MICHAEL GRANT
Tino really battled inside. He battled against [Joe] Reitz, which was a really good battle all night...
MICHAEL GRANT
We can't afford to give away games by not executing and not knocking down our free throws.
MICHAEL GRANT
With five minutes left in the game and it's a seven point game, we had our chances to get back into ...
MICHAEL GRANT
We didn't take care of the basketball and we didn't concentrate on knocking down our free throws. I ...
MICHAEL GRANT
I think it's going to be fairly difficult.
MICHAEL GRANT
The Tao of Natural Breathing by Dennis Lewis is filled with drawings, insights and guidance from an ...
MICHAEL GRANT
An enormous failure of the system has clearly been exposed, but this system failure is associated wi...
MICHAEL GRANT
You look okay,” Sam said with a certain desperate edge in his voice. “I mean good. You look good...
MICHAEL GRANT
Where’s Sam?” Brianna asked.
“He’s out. So is Edilio,” Dekka said. “You going to te...
MICHAEL GRANT
He never should have left the island. He’d been there with Diana and Penny. He could have tossed P...
MICHAEL GRANT
Lunch had been at a McDonald’s in Santa Barbara. It had been so clean. It had smelled like food. I...
MICHAEL GRANT
Sam, I know you’re upset over what happened with you and Drake,” Astrid began.
“Upset?”...
MICHAEL GRANT
If you do bad stuff and don't repent, you go to hell," Orc said, like he was begging for a refutatio...
MICHAEL GRANT
What do you think that fish is?' Sam asked Astrid.
She peered closely at the alleged fish. 'I t...
MICHAEL GRANT
I want my mom,” a little boy cried out suddenly.
Every voice fell silent. The boy had said wh...
MICHAEL GRANT
Hi, Albert,” Quinn called back. He seemed distracted. And Albert was sure that he’d seen Quinn m...
MICHAEL GRANT
We’re here to execute a murderer,” Zil said, pointing at Hunter. “We are bringing justice in t...
MICHAEL GRANT
I’ll tell you all about it, but let’s eat first. I’ve had nothing to eat. Although I was offer...
MICHAEL GRANT
God knew our lives would be really bad sometimes. Like maybe we'd be turned into a monster and then ...
MICHAEL GRANT
More than two dozen kids lined a low railing around the gazebo. They were all tied to it by a rope l...
MICHAEL GRANT
We were disturbed the president moved too slowly, that FEMA looked too disorganized.
MICHAEL GRANT
How has he moved so quickly from childlike naïvité to existential panic?
MICHAEL GRANT
Drake's whip hand spun Diana like a top.
She cried out. That sound, her cry, pierced Caine like...
MICHAEL GRANT
Don’t want no more rock,” Orc repeated.
The bleeding stopped almost immediately.
“Do...
MICHAEL GRANT
Mr. Albert? Mr. Albert?” Harley said.
“Just Albert’s fine,” Albert said tersely.
�...
MICHAEL GRANT
The intruders spoke no words as they rushed in. Five boys carrying baseball bats and tire irons. The...
MICHAEL GRANT
Caine’s a guy who needs to win. He needs to win before he poofs. Or he needs to win before I poof....
MICHAEL GRANT
Lana leveled the gun at Penny. “Stop,” Lana said.
Penny’s reddened face grew pale. Whatev...
MICHAEL GRANT
You can't let him get away with this!" Penny shrieked.
Caine wasn’t having it. “You stupid...
MICHAEL GRANT
Penny rolled over, got to her feet, trying to get control of her scattered mind, but Quinn was behin...
MICHAEL GRANT
Hello, freak,” Drake said.
Lana backed away, but too late. Drake leveled his gun at her.
MICHAEL GRANT
Astrid and Taylor didn’t like each other much. But Taylor was an extremely valuable person to have...
MICHAEL GRANT
Sam, there comes a time when the world no longer needs heroes. And then the true hero knows to walk ...
MICHAEL GRANT
But when reality was hopeless, fantasy became more and more necessary.
MICHAEL GRANT
And yes, we do have some food. Maybe you'd like to join us? Unless you want to stick with your sheep...
MICHAEL GRANT
Hey, Sam,” Drake shouted. “I thought you’d like to know this isn’t my whole army.”
Sa...
MICHAEL GRANT
Why, so we can look for some little kid who probably doesn’t even know he’s missing?”
Aga...
MICHAEL GRANT
Sam, Edilio’s a good guy,” Albert said, breaking in on Sam’s gloomy thoughts. “But like I sa...
MICHAEL GRANT
You know what, Sam? We created the council to take pressure off of you. Because you were falling apa...
MICHAEL GRANT
Which was how Britteny ended up nestled next to Mickey, under the shelter of a painter's drop cloth....
MICHAEL GRANT
Sam sent me to give you a message, Edilio. He said, ‘Tell Edilio I couldn’t kill the bugs.’”...
MICHAEL GRANT
ot everyone liked Albert. Not everyone was happy that he had become the most important person around...
MICHAEL GRANT
Leslie-Ann set down her own bucket and watched, marveling, as a quarter of an inch of water covered ...
MICHAEL GRANT
Stay in your boats,” Dahra said. “We’re still going to need food. Throw your fish onto the doc...
MICHAEL GRANT
Brianna’s looking for Drake,” Edilio said, thinking out loud.
“You sent her out against D...
MICHAEL GRANT
Have either of you seen Sam? Brianna can’t find him.”
Albert sighed. “He’s out of town....
MICHAEL GRANT
Hey! One of Edilio’s soldiers just came staggering in from the gas station. He says someone attack...
MICHAEL GRANT
Albert, I don’t know how long we can keep Sam involved at all,” she said.
“You’re upset...
MICHAEL GRANT
Sam always felt like a fool in this room. He sat in a too-big chair at one end of the table. Astrid ...
MICHAEL GRANT
Albert had created a currency based on gold bullets and McDonald’s game pieces. He’d wanted to c...
MICHAEL GRANT
I’m trying to make a profit. I’m using batteries, toilet paper, and paper towels as currency. Ea...
MICHAEL GRANT
Hey, brah,” Quinn said.
“What is going on, do you know?” Sam asked.
“It’s a club...
MICHAEL GRANT
Sorry, folks, but the maximum occupancy is seventy-five,” Albert said. Then he spotted Jack. “Ja...
MICHAEL GRANT
I’m trying to help,” Albert said.
“By paying him with beer?”
“I paid him what he...
MICHAEL GRANT
What’s up, Albert?”
“Well, I’ve done inventory at Ralph’s, and I think if I had a lot...
MICHAEL GRANT
Um, people.”
It wasn’t hard to get their attention. They gathered around. Even the littlest...
MICHAEL GRANT
What happened?” Albert asked.
Taylor looked at Sam. Sam said nothing. He stared. First at his...
MICHAEL GRANT
Female say Pack Leader stop,” Pack Leader said angrily.
“What?” Caine could make no sense...
MICHAEL GRANT
The light of day showed you the limits of possibility. But walk through the dark, the absolute, tota...
MICHAEL GRANT
What’s Albert going to do?” a boy named Jim demanded. “Where’s Albert?”
Albert steppe...
MICHAEL GRANT
He pictured himself at the lake, on a houseboat. Dekka would be there, and Brianna and Jack. He woul...
MICHAEL GRANT
Hand me my pants,
MICHAEL GRANT
Hunter’s dead,” Taylor said without preamble. “It was these . . . these things. They came craw...
MICHAEL GRANT
She’s stronger than you are, Sam. It’s like fighting yourself and Caine and Jack and Dekka, all ...
MICHAEL GRANT
promise me, Sam: whatever it takes to win, whatever it takes to survive.”
“Astrid—”
MICHAEL GRANT
He overheard the director talking to one of the cameramen. The cameraman was explaining that he coul...
MICHAEL GRANT
There were dozens of theories about what it was, that dome. Every scientist in the world, it seemed,...
MICHAEL GRANT
He’s becoming useless. Worse than useless,” Sam said. Then, relenting, he said, “We’ll get p...
MICHAEL GRANT
Man, sometimes you are clueless. You don’t even see what’s happening.” He perched himself on t...
MICHAEL GRANT
Human Crew had been a group formed to defend the rights of normals against freaks. At least that was...
MICHAEL GRANT
You’re supposed to be the big boss.”
Sam said nothing. The crowd hushed, ready to watch thi...
MICHAEL GRANT
First there was Caine’s patently false “confession.” Then there was the fact that the FAYZ Leg...
MICHAEL GRANT
A man without pleasure is a man without any idea what life is about
MICHAEL GRANT
I’ve helped you when I could, Caine. I’ve done all of it. I kept you alive and changed your filt...
MICHAEL GRANT
Sam woke to a feeling of utter, profound, incredible relief.
He closed his eyes as soon as he o...
MICHAEL GRANT
We’re not going to give in. We’re going to fight.”
“Got that right,” a voice cried ou...
MICHAEL GRANT
Tell me something, Noah. Which is more important: freedom or happiness?'

What was this, a...
MICHAEL GRANT
And death is better because death is the end of fear, isnt it? -Dekka
MICHAEL GRANT
(...) But Gaia had absorbed the new information. "I won't need to kill billions, Diana. When Nemesis...
MICHAEL GRANT
Still Caine hesitated. A big, warm bed. A beautiful girl to share it with. Food. Water. Everything h...
MICHAEL GRANT
No, I'm not a jerk, Astrid. You know what I am? I'm the guy getting people killed," Sam said quietly...
MICHAEL GRANT
Brittney, it was wrong to murder even before Moses brought down the commandments. Right and wrong do...
MICHAEL GRANT
Beautiful songs could sometimes take a person out of themselves and carry them away to a place of ma...
MICHAEL GRANT
It's over, Sam. Finally."
"Yeah," he said. "I guess it is."
"Turn out the light, Sam."
MICHAEL GRANT
Hello, Darkness," Caine said.
Gaia's face fell. Her bloody, feral grin faded to be replaced by ...
MICHAEL GRANT
It takes me a while to figure things out, doesn't it?" Edilio grinned. "Do me a favor. When you find...
MICHAEL GRANT
Caine tried to roll to his feet, but something was jabbing him in the crouch. He shook off the stars...
MICHAEL GRANT
You're a big, lovable teddy bear.
MICHAEL GRANT
Come live with us, Diana. Don't argue. Just say yes."
Diana looked at the ground to hide her em...
MICHAEL GRANT
Say it. But..."
"But what?" he asked.
She whispered it, sounding too vulnerable. "But only...
MICHAEL GRANT
It took Caine a few beats to get it. “No. Go kill yourself. Eat your own gun. No. No no no.”
MICHAEL GRANT
Find Sam Temple. Tell him you escaped.”
Jack gulped and bobbed his head.
“Better yet, ...
MICHAEL GRANT
Has Orc shown up here?” But neither Caine nor Diana answered. Both were staring at Drake, who saun...
MICHAEL GRANT
My little man,” she said.
“No.”
She stretched out her hand to him. “Come.”
...
MICHAEL GRANT
You saw the way everyone looked at him? And when I asked for nominations, his was the first name men...
MICHAEL GRANT
Now, who else speaks for Perdido Beach?”
Bouncing Bette said, “Sam Temple here went into a ...
MICHAEL GRANT
A white van drove slowly—as slowly as only an inexperienced and frightened driver could go—
MICHAEL GRANT
Delay of pain: that was the meaning of life, wasn’t it?
“I’ve made some bad decisions,”...
MICHAEL GRANT
But then had come the voice that said, "Come on, you little freak, wherever the hell you are,
w...
MICHAEL GRANT
It’s not about the powers, man; it’s that we aren’t kids anymore. Look what we’ve been throu...
MICHAEL GRANT
Endgame,” Sam muttered, not really expecting Caine to hear.
“Yep,” Caine said. “That’...
MICHAEL GRANT
But hey this was the FAYZ, where all you could really hope was to delay the pain.
MICHAEL GRANT
And now, at last, gaiaphage and Nemesis stood facing each other.
“Why didn’t you just . . ....
MICHAEL GRANT
I’m sorry for hurting you. I know I did. I’m most likely dead now, and I guess if there’s any ...
MICHAEL GRANT
You need to think about all that, Sam,” Dekka said. “You’re the leader, after all.”
“...
MICHAEL GRANT
Do you love me?” Diana asked.
Caine’s eyes widened. She could actually see him twitch. Like...
MICHAEL GRANT
Hunter woke suddenly. A noise.
It was a noise unlike anything he’d ever heard before. Close! ...
MICHAEL GRANT
He reached over and took Taylor’s hand. She did not pull her hand away.
He moved his hand up ...
MICHAEL GRANT
Little Pete. He’s not exactly just Astrid’s autistic brother.” He explained briefly while Toto...
MICHAEL GRANT
Quinn came forward and Sam pulled him aside. His old friend looked tortured and sad.
“What’...
MICHAEL GRANT
Have a seat with me,” Caine said, hopping down from the wall. “How have you been, Taylor?”
MICHAEL GRANT
And he thought of the two people who had held his job before him: Sam and Astrid. Both beaten into d...
MICHAEL GRANT
Today, each of you will make a decision,” Caine said. “To go with Sam, or to stay here. I won’...
MICHAEL GRANT
He’s not the first to say that.
MICHAEL GRANT
Like a bullet out of a gun. His big paws had caught the dog before the dog could even flinch.
MICHAEL GRANT
Sam was starting to feel anxious. Nutella and noodles were fine. Great in fact. Miraculous. But he'd...
MICHAEL GRANT
The gaiaphage. That's the other word they use. 'Gaia,' as in world. 'Phage,' as in a worm or somethi...
MICHAEL GRANT
Mother Mary wants to draft two more kids,” Astrid told Sam.
“Okay. Approved.”
“Dah...
MICHAEL GRANT
First off,” he said, “I want to say I’m sorry about E.Z. He was a good kid. He didn’t deserv...
MICHAEL GRANT
Its the fate of all creators: They fall in love with their creations.
MICHAEL GRANT
Have you seen Sam?” Mary asked.
“What do you want with Sam?”
“I can’t take care ...
MICHAEL GRANT
Sam Temple kept a lower profile. He stuck to jeans and understated T-shirts, nothing that drew atten...
MICHAEL GRANT
Sam walked cautiously around Pack Leader to see the other side. There were the insect jaws protrudin...
MICHAEL GRANT
Astrid felt a towering wave of disgust. She was furious with Sam. Furious with Little Pete. Mad at t...
MICHAEL GRANT
At night we cry sometimes, and if you think that just applies to the females then you have never bee...
MICHAEL GRANT
The Tao of Natural Breathing by Dennis Lewis is filled with drawings, insights and guidance from an ...
MICHAEL GRANT
Why are we doing this?" Caine asked him. "You know damned well why we're doing this. Because it's a ...
MICHAEL GRANT
I’m getting my stuff,” he said, and bolted for the steps.
“You don’t have to move out,�...
MICHAEL GRANT
The warrior who had gone out from the lake to save his people by slaying the evil one was now just a...
MICHAEL GRANT