Trenton Lee Stewart quotes

I tend to find characters who lack vulnerability dull. (Trenton Lee Stewart)
I was always interested in the possibility maybe of finding my way into a big adventure. View quote
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She announced her age right away, for children consider their ages every bit as important as their names. View quote
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She was a thin woman in a mustard-yellow suit, with a yellowish complexion, short-cropped rusty red hair, and a stiff posture. She reminded Reynie of a giant walking pencil. View quote
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'Is that really the best you can say? An average-looking boy? An awful lot of boys are average-looking, S. Q.!' And poor S. Q., he just kept arguing that 'this boy was especially average-looking.' " ~ Kate Wetherall, The Mysterious Benedict Society. View quote
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Milligan! Come and tell us why you're so dreadfully glum!" ~ Constance, The Mysterious Benedict Society. View quote
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Everything is as it should be. View quote
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You must remember, family is often born of blood, but it doesn't depend on blood. Nor is it exclusive of friendship. Family members can be your best friends, you know. And best friends, whether or not they are related to you, can be your family. View quote
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May your adventures bring you closer together, even as they take you far away from home. View quote
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Is this what family is like: the feeling that everyone's connected, that with one piece missing, the whole thing's broken? View quote
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Every great thinker keeps a journal, you know. (Trenton Lee Stewart)
Children are capable of such open rudeness. View quote
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The missing aren't missing, they're only departed, All minds keep all thoughts - so like gold - closely guarded. View quote
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Remember, children. For every exit, there is also an entrance. ~ Milligan, The Mysterious Benedict Society. View quote
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One problem with being a leader, is that even among your friends you are alone, for it is you -- and you alone -- to whom the others look for final guidance. View quote
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The gym is always open, except when it's closed. View quote
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Daddy, will you take me to the mill, again? View quote
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Reynie's fce fell. 'It's not funny, Kate.' For a moment - a fleeting moment - Kate looked desperately sad. 'Well, of course it's not funny, Reynie Muldoon. But what do you want me to do? Cry? View quote
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What is life without laughter? View quote
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Remember the White Knight. View quote
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Was it worse for him, Reynie wondered, to have felt loved and then rejected? Or was it worse to have always felt alone? (Trenton Lee Stewart)
Now listen, we need to be quiet as mice. No, quieter than that. As quiet as...as..." "Dead mice?" Reynie suggested. "Perfect," said Kate with an approving nod. "As quiet as dead mice. View quote
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Rules and school are tools for fools! I don't give two mules for rules. View quote
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I think when I started to write The Mysterious Benedict Society that I had that kind of thing in mind - the notion of having to be able to solve puzzles and riddles because enormous stakes rode upon your ability to do that. View quote
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And please don't call me that." I didn't call you 'that', I called you George Washington. View quote
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