Quotes from Louis Sachar

If you take a bad boy and make him dig a hole every day in the hot sun, it will turn him into a good boy.

liked his jokes and even laughed and everything, he didn't think about the pebble.

Kate Barlow died laughing.

Some hunters like to shoot ostriches that have their heads buried in the sand.

It was just like his beautiful hazel eyes with the black dots in the middle. They could see everything except themselves.

David shared his worktable with a girl.

across the blacktop

What's wrong with Louis?" asked Ron. "Is he sick or something?" "Yes," said Jenny. "He's got a real bad disease. And it's spelled L-O-V-E.

They were now in the Italian section of the city, which Kaira said was called North Beach, but he didn't see any sand or water. The streets were lined with Italian restaurants, cafés, bookstores, and other small shops. One shop sold nothing but old postcards. "It's not a beach," Kaira explained. "It's just called that." "Kind of like Camp Green Lake," said Armpit.

the longer everyone spent beneath the Cloud, the crabbier they got.

down . . . to the basement.

There are two elevators. One is blue. One is red. When you want to go up, you take the blue elevator. When you want to go down, you take the red elevator. It's that simple. It can't go wrong! The blue one only goes up. And the red one only goes down." And so, at last, Wayside School got elevators. A blue one and a red one. They each worked perfectly one time — and never could be used again.

Dameon. "You are the greatest!" He ate Joy's lunch, an old bologna sandwich and a dried-up carrot.

I'm satisfied," said the man with the bald head. "Okay, Jennifer," said the first man, "you may go now." Jenny got out of her seat. "Jenny," the bald man called. Jenny turned slowly around. "Yes?" she whispered. "Next time, don't come to school on a Saturday.

Friends stick by each other when one is down. That is a true test of friendship. But sometimes, it is harder to stick by a friend who is up.

this, Louis, but I don't have many friends." He put his hand on Louis's shoulder. "You're like a son to me," he said.

And you're a maggot-infested string bean," muttered Louis. "What?" asked Mr. K. "I said, you're a magnificent human being.

Everybody chewed.

A lot of people don't believe in curses. A lot of people don't believe in yellow-spotted lizards either. But if one bites you, it doesn't make a difference whether you believe in it or not.

Don't laugh, Rex," said Mr. Pendanski. "We don't laugh at people's dreams. Someone is going to have to train monkeys for the movies.

Lucy hugged my uncle as she gushed about how wonderful it was to see him playing bridge again. Then she got all flustered and apologetic because she had used the word see. "It's all right, Lucy," Trapp assured her. "I'm aware you have the ability to see me, even if I can't see you.

The hobo wore old black shoes that also looked like they were too big for him, but that might have been because he wasn't wearing any socks.

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.

For the record, I never described Lucy as overweight. I simply reported what she said. I have been very careful not to refer to any woman as old and fat.