Louis Sachar quotes

You need a reason to be angry. You don't need a reason to be happy. (Louis Sachar)
You're responsible for yourself. You messed up your life, and it's up to you to fix it. No one else is going to do it for you -- for any of you. View quote
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I'm not stupid. I know everybody thinks I am. I just don't like answering their questions. View quote
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Warning: Do not read this story right after eating. In fact, don't read it right before eating either. In fact, just to be safe, don't read this story if you're ever planning to eat again. View quote
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What amazes me is that most days feel useless. I don't seem to accomplish anything-just a few pages, most of which don't seem very good. Yet, when I put all those wasted days together, I somehow end up with a book of which I'm very proud. View quote
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It is better to take many small steps in the right direction than to make a great leap forward only to stumble backward. View quote
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The impossible is more believable than the highly improbable. View quote
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You have only one life, make the most of it. View quote
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Rattlesnakes would be a lot more dangerous if they didn't have the rattle. View quote
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In a way, it made him sad. He couldn't help but think that a hundred times zero was still nothing. View quote
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You make the decision: Whom did God punish? (Louis Sachar)
When you spend your whole life living in a hole, the only way you can go is up. (Zero/Hector Zeroni) View quote
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We may be surrounded by some greater reality, to which we are oblivious. And even if we could somehow perceive it in some entirely new way, it is extremely doubtful we would be able to comprehend what we perceived. View quote
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Life is like crossing a river. If you take a huge step-aim for too bigger dreams-then the current will knock you off your feet and carry you away. The way to do it is small steps, you will take hold of life. You will get there in the end. View quote
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I'm not saying it's going to be easy. Nothing in life is easy. But that's no reason to give up. You'll be surprised what you can accomplish if you set your mind to it. After all, you only have one life, so you should try to make the most of it. View quote
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If only, if only, the moon speaks no reply; Reflecting the sun and all that's gone by. Be strong my weary wolf, turn around boldly. Fly high, my baby bird, My angel, my only. View quote
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Okay, you were probably taught there are five senses," he said. "We see, hear, touch, smell and taste. But how do we know those are the only five? What are the senses that we don't have? What are we failing to perceive? View quote
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There is no lake at Camp Green Lake. View quote
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You can't let anybody else tell you what your choices are. Sometimes they won't give you the right choice. View quote
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The time you quit learning is the time to quit playing. View quote
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I never think of an entire book at once. I always just start with a very small idea. In 'Holes,' I just began with the setting; a juvenile correctional facility located in the Texas desert. Then I slowly make up the story, and rewrite it several times, and each time I rewrite it, I get new ideas, and change the old ideas around. (Louis Sachar)
I write in the mornings, two or three hours every day, and then at least four times a week I play in a duplicate game at a bridge club. I try to go to tournaments three, four, or five times a year. View quote
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When I write a novel, every word is mine. I welcome suggestions from my editor, but in the end, I make all the final decisions. View quote
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It was all because of his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing great-great-grandfather! View quote
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If only, if only," the woodpecker sighs, "The bark on the tree was as soft as the skies." While the wolf waits below, hungry and lonely, Crying to the moo-oo-oon, "If only, If only. View quote
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