Quotes from Louis Sachar

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A short while later, both boys fell asleep. Behind them, the sky had turned dark, and for the first time in over a hundred years, a drop of rain fell into the empty lake.

Three days after Sam's death, Miss Katherine shot the sheriff while he was sitting in his chair drinking a cup of coffee. Then she carefully applied a fresh coat of lipstick and gave him the kiss he had asked for. For the next twenty years, Kissin' Kate Barlow was one of the most feared outlaws in all the West.

Never laugh at a shoelace!

I once had a teacher who told me I'd be twice as smart if I was half as smart as I thought I was. I'm still trying to figure that one out.

die a slow and painful death. Always. If you get bitten by a yellow-spotted lizard, you might as well go into the shade of the oak trees and lie in the hammock. There is nothing anyone can do to you anymore.

Myron had named him "Oddly." Myron had named him oddly. "Is

Love is different from most things. [...] If I gave my piece of chalk to someone, then I wouldn't have it anymore. But when I give my love to someone, I end up with more love than I started with. The more love you give away, the more love you have left.

I used to think you were a good-for-nothing book reader.

There were dead rats living in the basement.

We don't laugh at people's dreams. Someone is going to have to train monkeys for the movies.

If only, if only, the moon speaks no reply; Reflecting the sun and all that's gone by. Be strong my weary wolf, turn around boldly. Fly high, my baby bird, My angel, my only.

Well, let me tell you something, Caveman. You are here on account of one person. If it wasn't for that person, you wouldn't be here digging holes in the hot sun. You know who that person is?" "My no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather.

someone special.

Trout often showed up at night school but never paid attention. He talked in class and was disrespectful

Miss Nogard?

Suck your toes. That's what I do," said Sharie. But Leslie's foot wouldn't reach her mouth. "Well, that's all toes are good for," said Sharie. She put her foot in her mouth and went to sleep. "No," thought Leslie. "They must be good for something.

pretty face, I mean vase.

tied to broken rubber

You need a reason to be sad. You don't need a reason to be happy.

Mr. Pendanski's face was so swollen, he could barely open his eyes. They were just slits.

Twitch had been arrested for stealing a car. He claimed he could break into a car, disconnect the alarm, and hot-wire the engine, all in less than a minute.

Zero wasnt worried, " When you spend your whole life living in a shole", he said, "the only way you can go is up.

I never think of an entire book at once. I always just start with a very small idea. In 'Holes,' I just began with the setting; a juvenile correctional facility located in the Texas desert. Then I slowly make up the story, and rewrite it several times, and each time I rewrite it, I get new ideas, and change the old ideas around.