Quotes from Chris Grabenstein

And there's no place I'd rather be on my big day than inside a library, surrounded by books. Unless, of course, I could be on a bridge to Terabithia.

when Sierra Russell was into a book, she was totally into it. She practically crawled between the covers to live with the characters.

What gets wetter the more it dries?

If two witches were watching two watches, which witch would watch which watch?

That's what engineering is all about, folks. Turning dreams into reality!

Arturo Zamora. The Stars Beneath Our Feet.

My best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read'.

flabbergasted. "My gast has been flabbered.

Hey, Kyle—when you're playing a game like Sorry and you get bumped back three spaces, do you usually quit?" "No. If I get bumped, I play harder because I know I need to find a way to get back those three spaces and pull ahead of the pack.

Tonight, we light the symbolic flashlight of under-the-covers reading to celebrate those page-turners we can never put down, even on a school night. I am assured that our Olympic torch will never reach a temperature of Fahrenheit four fifty-one, something the Lorax, the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe were all quite happy to hear.

Using a library can make learning about anything (and everything) fun," he wrote. "When you're in a library, researching a topic, you're on a scavenger hunt, looking for clues and prizes in books instead of your attic or backyard.

Sorry, Tom," said Mr. Lemoncello. "At the Lemoncello Library, we value the truth more than myths." "What about all those Percy Jackson books you have?" fumed Edison. "Those are myths!" "And they are correctly shelved as fiction.

Or as Thomas Edison put it, "Many of life's failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

In the same way that it makes sense for the airport security screeners to give my father extra scrutiny every time he flies because his skin is brown and his first name is Muhammad?

Tried to assess the situation.

She won the four-horse chariot race in 396 BC and again in 392 BC in what we call the ancient Olympic Games.

Weakies, Breakfast of Chumps.)

Haley remembered another bit of Irish wisdom, something her dad said all the time: "Never bolt your door with a boiled carrot!" She

The past tense of "921 is

I am Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg," said the holographic image, who had ink stains all over his fingertips.

But take care, or I may cut those tongues from thy throats for thee." Ouch, thought Billy. That'll hurt.

Fer shure, dudette.

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for joining us on this grand and auspicious day.

My hand feels flatter than a pancake