Цитаты из книг — Родман Филбрик

В этой жизни ни за что ручаться нельзя. Всё может пойти не так. Могут случаться ошибки, могут происходить несчастные случаи. Но человек не должен этого бояться . И он не должен сдаваться

His voice is sort of ragged, but you can't help but listen to him, you follow the words up and down like you're riding through mountains and you can't see to either side, all you can see is the road just ahead.

I never had a brain until Freak came along and let me borrow his for a while, 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. Except I had a way of saying things with my fists and my feet even before we became Freak the Mighty,…

На одном из курортных островков у побережья Флориды по пляжу бродят туристы в поисках красивых раковин. Но на этот раз море выносит на берег нечто ужасное: более сотни обрубков человеческих ног в одинаковых кроссовках. К расследованию спешно подключают специального агента ФБР Алоизия Пендергаста, и перед ним вырастает…

Then Gram opens her present from me, which is a bracelet made from shells from beaches around the world, and she right away puts it on and says it's just what she wanted. Which is so like Gram - if you gave her an old beer can she'd act pleased and say it was just what she wanted.

Finally Mrs. Donelli says, "You must be Kevin, is thtat right?" Freak has this look, he's still acting really fierce, and he goes, "Sometimes, I am." "Sometimes? What does that mean?" "It means sometimes I'm more than Kevin." "Oh," says Mrs. Domelli, and you can tell she has no idea what he's talking about, but she thinks…

Because later, when we're down by the pond and the first of the rockets is streaking up, up, up, Freak is making a fuss bacause he can't see. There are so many people crowded around, all he can see are feet and knees, and people are lifting their little kids up to see the fireworks explode like hot pink flowers in the…