Home / Quotes / Quote by Gordon Korman

Quote by Gordon Korman

“The phone rang in the comm. center. Ian consulted the monitor. "It's Dan." He pressed a button. "Kabra here." Dan's voice crackled through the attic. "Don't say it like that," he complained. "Your name still gives me heartburn.”

Quote by Gordon Korman

Book:The 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers Book 1: The Medusa Plot

Work

The 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers Book 1: The Medusa Plot

In the first book of the Cahills vs. Vespers series, 'The Medusa Plot' introduces readers to the world of The 39 Clues. The story revolves around a mysterious organization known as Vespers, which poses a threat to the Cahill family, a group of individuals with a rich history and a hidden inheritance. The siblings must navigate through a series of challenges and solve complex puzzles to uncover the truth behind the Medusa Plot and prevent a catastrophic event. more

Author

Gordon Korman, born on October 23, 1963, is a renowned Canadian author specializing in young adult literature. His works are highly appreciated for their humor and insightful exploration of various issues faced by teenagers. more

You May Also Like

“Where's Amy?" Ian put in. "Will you please get her to call that Evan character? He rings here twenty times a day. He's either the most mule-headed person who ever lived, or he really likes your sister. She has to have mercy on him–on all of us!”

Persons Character Please Mercy Twenties Rings Likes Amy Mules

Book:The Medusa Plot

Source: The Medusa Plot

“The key to the city of Florence was about two feet long, and painted a garish gold. Hamilton was fascinated by it. "Wow! How big is the lock?" Jonah laughed. "There is no lock, cuz. It's an honorary gig. Back in my crib in LA, I've got a whole shed full of keys from different cities. Want to know the kicker? I can't get at them. The gardener lost the key to the shed.”

Knows Want Long I Can Two Different Whole Bigs Lost Cities Feet Keys Gold Laughed Wow Fascinated Shed Locks Gigs Gardener Cuz Jonah Hamilton Florence Honorary Kickers

Author:Gordon Korman

“Those touchy mediocrities who sit trembling lest someone's work prove greater than their own - they have no inkling of the loneliness that comes when you reach the top. The loneliness for an equal - for a mind to respect and an achievement to admire.”

Mind Greater Loneliness Prove Equal Achievement Admire Mediocrity Trembling Touchy

Book:Atlas Shrugged

Source: Atlas Shrugged

“People don't want to think. And the deeper they get into trouble, the less they want to think. But by some sort of instinct, they feel that they ought to and it makes them feel guilty. So they'll bless and follow anyone who gives them a justification for not thinking. Anyone who makes a virtue - a highly intellectual virtue - out of what they know to be their sin, their weakness and their guilt.”

People Thinking Knows Want Giving Feels Sin Knowledge Knowing Virtue Trouble Ought Blessing Intellectual Weakness Guilt Instinct Following Deeper Intellect Guilty Bless Followers Justification

Author:Ayn Rand

“Ian sighed wanly. "I once had the means to be gaga over art–before I found myself in a country where the standard of beauty is toaster waffles shaped like cartoon characters.”

Mean Art Country Character Found Standards Cartoon Gaga Waffles Toasters Cartoon Character Standards Of Beauty

Book:The 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers Book 1: The Medusa Plot

Source: The 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers Book 1: The Medusa Plot

“A bronze plaque read: GAIUS PLINIUS CAECILIUS SECUNDUS Dan made a face. "Get a load of the guy with the funny name." "I think that's Pliny the younger, the famous Roman writer," Amy supplied. She bent down to read the English portion of the tablet. "Right. In A.D. 79, Pliny chronicled the destruction of Pompeii by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. It's one of the earliest eyewitness accounts of a major disaster." Dan yawned. "Doesn't this remind you of the clue hunt? You know–you telling me a bunch of boring stuff, and me not listening?”

Thinking Knows Made Faces Guy Names Stuff Listening Majors Destruction Accounts Boring Disaster Bunch Portions Load Bent Clue Hunts Amy Bronze Tablets Eruption Pompeii Eyewitnesses Funny Name

Book:The Medusa Plot

Source: The Medusa Plot

“Dan was suspicious. "How did he find out where we were staying?" Amy frowned. "I think that's the message inside the message. He wants us to know that he has a long reach–that's he's rich and powerful." "Like we'll see his giant mansion and assume he works at Burger King," scoffed Dan.”

Thinking Knows Want Long Powerful Rich Kings Messages Assuming Giants Staying Suspicious Mansions Amy Burgers Burger King

Book:The Medusa Plot

Source: The Medusa Plot

“A violet in the youth of primy nature, Forward, not permanent--sweet, not lasting; The perfume and suppliance of a minute; No more.”

Minutes Youth Sweet Permanent Lasting Perfume Violet Hamlet And Ophelia Polonius

Book:Hamlet

Source: Hamlet

“Dan moved forward and replaced Jonah at the helm. "I've got a plan!" "That's my man!" The famous grin disappeared as Jonah took in the grim determination in Dan's features. His expression was as flat and expressionless as a naked skull. Dan steered the hurtling boat directly toward the rocky shore. "Amy, hang onto that painting!" "That's not a plan!" Jonah shouted. "That's suicide!”

Men Plans Painting Expression Determination Suicide Moved Naked Boat Features Flats Shore Replaced Skulls Grim Amy Jonah Helm

Author:Gordon Korman

“Hamilton dabbed a tissue at the cut under his eye. "Except for the time I met the Great Khali, that was the coolest thing I've ever done!" The foursome, only slightly the worse for wear, stood on the tarmac of the small airfield outside Milan, transferring their luggage from the limo to Jonah's jet for the flight back to Florence. "You didn't do anything, yo," Jonah seethed. "It was done to all of us by the freak show with the nerve to complain that the family branches are too violent!”

Done Shows Eye Cutting Mets Complaining Violent Flight His Eyes Branches Nerves Freak Jet Tissues Jonah Hamilton Luggage Florence Milan Limos Foursomes

Book:The Medusa Plot

Source: The Medusa Plot