Masterminds Quotes
"It’s a one-in-a-million shot, and we nail it. Just not in the way we planned."
"Every time something like this comes up, my dad just points to the newspaper clipping on our fridge: SERENITY VOTED #1 IN USA FOR STANDARD OF LIVING."
"Our parents constantly remind us how lucky we are, and we always roll our eyes. But you know what? They’re right."
"We’ve heard about the bigger towns and—even worse—cities. They stink of garbage and everything’s crumbling, and crime is so bad that nobody can trust anybody else."
"I’ve never been out of town. Not even where your dad took you hiking."
"When it comes to fun or comfort, we’ve got it all."
"We’re citizens of the larger world too—not just our own town."
"That’s how their relationship works. She’s constantly nagging; he’s constantly yelling, yet they’re closer than close."
"I shouldn’t care about Eli, but I do. What choice do I have? In Happy Valley, we’re all basically stuck with each other."
"You don’t get sick from being upset. Something has to be really wrong with you."
"Who can argue with a class where you do nothing, there are no assignments, and it’s impossible to prove you didn’t finish your homework?"
"I’m not even sure what’s in those pills except that they make me groggy and confused."
"Trust me, there is no feeling quite so lonely as learning you have no one who will always be on your side. It’s the ultimate loneliness because you are exactly that: alone."
"But no, there’s no pain or nausea. I’ll always remember those afternoons as the time that I leave Serenity for good."
"The reality sinks in for all three of us. They’ve got cameras everywhere! They’re spying on us!"
"Even if you slip, you’ll just fall back to where we are now."
"We won the lottery, Tori! Only a handful of us get to grow up in the most wonderful, peaceful, amazing town there’s ever been!"
"Who else would have cradle-to-present-day photo records on a bunch of kids? This information could only belong to the school!"
"Life is perfect here, but how long will that last when there’s anger, and lying, and secrets? What’s next, huh? Murder?"
"I don’t even know you anymore, Tori. Can’t you see this Randy thing is poisoning everyone?"
"We knew we were being watched, but we had no idea of the extent of it."
"All of us are between the ages of eleven and thirteen."
"The monitoring is even more intense at school, where hidden surveillance cameras record everything we do."
"They’re testing us, like when you get an extra-large horseshoe on Serenity Day, do you turn it in for a normal-sized one?"
"We’re talking about our lives here, and this could be a big part of it."
"The purpose of the Purple People Eaters? Not to protect a factory that isn’t a factory."
"Project Osiris was designed to explore the concept of criminality from the perspective of nature versus nurture."
"Our bodies have the same vital organs, blood, tissue, and bone as real people."
"Even here they don’t keep tabs on everybody—just eleven of us. The Osiris people. That must be what makes us special."
"We're only four of eleven clones," Tori moans. "How do we tell the others?"
"I have something to show you, Eli. I thought you might know who this belongs to."
"They lose on purpose—they always do to show what great sports they are."
"It's the first time I've ever drawn blood from another person."
"Can't this thing go any faster?" Tori asks anxiously.
"So far, so good," says Tori in a small voice.
"Stupid Hector!" Malik's chest begins to heave.
"I give our parents credit for one thing. They kept us pampered."
"The thought of being the only one aboard must be almost as scary as missing the train."
"We've got a story to tell, but we'd better be really careful who we tell it to."
"It's a destructive way to think, but now that the cat is out of the bag, we might as well get it out in the open."
"Has our Serenity upbringing left us so clueless that we're doomed to blunder from near miss to near miss?"
"I can't escape a deep foreboding that people will be looking at us for those other reasons soon enough."