Quotes from Michael Buckley

On the chalkboard was another horrible but familiar sight. Someone had dipped his or her hand into a can of paint and pressed it on the wall. The handprint was bright red.

I can't believe the Three Little Pigs are working for the bad guy." Daphne sighed. "I can't believe anyone still calls them the three little pigs." Mirror tittered. "That trio has been tipping the scales for as long as I can remember.

To be continued ….

It's because we know that what the popular kids have to offer the world is so tiny and unimportant compared to what the nerds will do. The dorks, dweebs, goobers, and spazzes that you picked on are the ones who will grow up to discover the vaccines, write the great novels, push the boundaries of science and technology, and invent things that make people healthier and happier. Nerds

The day offers problems. The night provides solutions.

Uncle Jake rolled his eyes. Granny Relda opened the car door and pushed down on the horn. The cabbie jumped in his seat. "Sweet mother of pearl!" he shouted. "What? Is it over all ready?" "We're ready to go.

Once she was out of her clothes and into a warm robe, she headed back downstairs, passing the bathroom door, where she could hear Daphne begging Elvis to get into the tub with her. A tremendous splash told Sabrina that the little girl had gotten her wish.

Ladies, we're going on a stakeout.

looked as if he might hit Jack, but the giant killer just

You could never quite grasp that in order to solve a mystery there must be a mystery to solve.

Puck helped her out the door, wrapping his arm around her and guiding her through the snowdrifts.

I'm fine," she lied. "You are smelly, annoying, infuriating, and I'm sure your parents dropped you on your head when you were a baby, but you are not fine. In fact, if I didn't know better, I would suspect a Levorian Ear Toad had burrowed into your brain.

Hanging upside down above them was a fat, frog-faced creature. Its head and feet were amphibious, with slimy, bumpy skin and a puffed, bulbous pouch under its lower lip, but it had the arms, legs, and body of a human being. It was the creature's long sticky green tongue

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Hamstead had turned into a pig—an angry, determined pig in a policeman's uniform.

opened the cover and saw a crude drawing of a giant kitten chewing on several screaming farmers

sound as the parachute

Jackson's screams were drowned out

For one, he was worried he'd get killed, which was something he generally tried to avoid.

They spun the geeks around, grabbed the backs of their underpants, and yanked toward the heavens.

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cool scars on their faces. And they have nicknames like the Scorpion, or Le Tigre, or Black Widow. The next step down is a minion. In a nutshell

Once his head cleared, he turned to Matilda.

Even Puck, who could usually be counted on to fart during dinner, was oddly quiet.