“I would hit you on the head with a rock and drag you away from this. But it would only shatter the rock.”

“I would not regret putting a hole in your arrogant chest, only it would be deflected when it hit that piece of rock you call a heart.”

“Max had to think about these new developments. He hadn't liked getting hit by a rock--his stomach still ached from then rock Judith had thrown--but then again, when his team had used rocks on Alexander, it had caused him to surrender. Now the Bad Guys only had three soldiers left, which would make victory for Max's team more likely. So now it made perfect sense. He was wrong to ban rocks, or even animals. The key was to use all the weapons at one's disposal, but to just make sure you won when you used them.”

“She was incapable of dragging herself away from him; Even though talking over the situation with him had shattered her, being without him would have been even worse,as if it were only his presence that was stopping the pieces flying away in all directions.”

“When you decide to hit rock bottom, humiliation is part of the deal.”

“I've always wanted the IQ of a rock. No, wait. That would be an insult to the rock.”