Book 8-The Alien

<My full name is Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill.  My human friends call me Ax.>

We have secrets, we Andalites.  And the greatest secret of all is our own guilt.
--Ax

(Morning ritual)
<From the water that gave birth to us, from the grass that feeds us, for the freedom that
unites us, we rise to the stars.  Freedom is my only cause.  Duty to the people, my only guide.
Obedience to my prince, my only glory.  The destruction of my enemies, my most solemn
vow.  I, Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill, Andalite warrior-cadet, offer my life.>

When I am in human morph, I must wear clothing.  All of my friends, even Tobias, agree on
this.  They agree very strongly on this one point.
--Ax

My other human friends tell me that Rachel is beautiful and Marco is cute.  When I am in
human morph, I begin to see that Rachel really is very beautiful.  But I never see that
Marco is cute.
--Ax

Humans have very odd tastes.  They think their music is beautiful.  They are wrong.  It is
awful.  All of it.  And they completely ignore their greatest accomplishments:  the
cinnamon bun, the Snickers bar, and the refreshing beverage called vinegar.
--Ax

Even here, among aliens, Elfangor was the hero.
--Ax

<What do you swear by, Tobias?  I have to be sure.  What promise would you never break?>
...<You asked what I'd swear by.  I'll swear by him.  By prince Elfangor.>
--Ax, Tobias

"Give me liberty or give me death."  A human named Patrick Henry said that.  I wonder
if the Yeerks knew before they came to conquer Earth that humans said things like that.  I
wonder if the Yeerks knew what they were getting into.
--Ax

<Ax-man?  Tell me:  what does an Andalite want most?  What is it you guys are fighting for?>
<For freedom, of course.>
<And what do humans want most?>
"Freedom."
--Tobias, Ax, everyone

"You aren't alone, Ax.  Maybe we aren't your people, but we are your friends."
--Cassie

"Your boy Seerow wasn't wrong.  He just hooked up with the wrong species.  We aren't the Yeerks.
We're Homo Sapiens, jack.  Humans.  The Andalites want someone to cruise the stars with them?
We're the ones.  You bring the spaceships, we'll bring the Raisinets and the cinnamon buns."
--Marco