Quotes from R.L. Stine

That's a perfect Cory story. I guess you're starting to get the idea. He doesn't need a rabbit's foot for luck.

Grandpa Mo choked out. They...they...they are hungry. Very hungry.

KARRU MARRI ODONNA LOMA MOLONU KARRANO.

guess I could start my story by telling you about the school assembly on Monday morning. It will give you a good idea of what has been happening to me. I pushed into the third row of the auditorium

heard of the Loch Ness Monster?" Mrs. Hardesty asked. Several hands went up. "Here she goes again," I whispered to DeWayne. He sat beside me in class. DeWayne rolled his eyes. "Always monsters." "The other sixth-grade class is doing the Civil War," I said. "All we talk about is monsters. How weird is that?

My name is Sammy Baker. I'm twelve, and I never freak out or lose my cool or go berserk. I'm probably the quietest, nicest, most law-abiding, rule-following, do-good kid at Grover Cleveland Middle School. Ask anyone. Even Miss Flake, my teacher, says I am the least trouble of any of her students. She says that's her highest compliment. Miss Flake says she would give me a gold star for attitude

Have a haunted haunted Christmas, And a scary New Year's, too. Have a haunted haunted Christmas, And to one and all say, BOO.

Behind me, Mom busily cleaned out the refrigerator, making room for the groceries Dad was out buying. I was dying to tell her about the scary mask. I wanted to show it to her. Maybe put it on and make her scream. But I knew she'd ask too many questions about where I bought it, and how much it cost, and how much of my allowance I used up to pay for it. All questions I couldn't answer.

Nearly a whole year has gone by, and we haven't tried to scare Carly Beth once. I don't think Carly Beth can be scared. Not anymore. After last Halloween, I don't think anything scares her. She is totally fearless. I haven't heard her shriek or scream once the entire year.

HOUSE OF MIRRORS. REFLECT BEFORE YOU ENTER. NO ONE MAY EVER SEE YOU AGAIN!

I'd like to dive into an enormous pool of iced tea," Kris said, "like in the TV commercials. It always looks so cold and refreshing.

I don't think you're weird, Ari." Destiny dropped down on the edge of the bed and picked up the Anne Rice book. "I think it's cool that you're into…stuff.

dimmed completely.

they should invent a car that stays cool inside when it is parked

There's a trick to not crying when you peel an onion," Mr. Powell said, tears rolling down his cheeks. "Wish I knew it.

What a romantic idea…

So are you going ahead with your plan?" Danny demanded. "Yeah. Sure," Todd said. "I have to. They just took the weekend off. For sure. Tomorrow is school. That means more worms in my backpack, in my books, in my lunch." "Yuck," Danny murmured on the other end of the line.

One thing about me is that I have a really good sense of direction. Mom and Dad always say they don't need a map when I'm around. I almost always know when I'm heading the wrong way.

It's so dark, I thought, studying it from the street. The whole house was covered in darkness, as if it were hiding in the shadows of the gnarled, old trees that bent over it.

repeating its words aloud, again and again like a chant: "Dominatio per malum.

My first day back was a nonevent. I expected kids to make a big fuss and tell me how sorry they were about my dad and about the accident.

There are all kinds of worlds in the real world, she said softly. Most people don't know that. ~ (From The Nightmare Room #8, Shadow Girl)

Laughing together, the three of them headed downstairs to lunch.

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