Quotes from Louis Sachar

Instead, they called her a name. They called her "a genius." And even though it really didn't explain anything, everybody considered it a satisfactory explanation. And that way, nobody ever had to really try to understand.

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Some libraries have separate areas for fiction and nonfiction. Mrs. Surlaw didn't believe in that sort of thing. After all, who was she to decide what was true and what wasn't?

The bad stuff always rose to the top of the brain.

After all, if you're not scared, then there's nothing to be brave about, is there?

I'm not exactly the luckiest guy in the world.

Until he knows he isn't a monster, how is anybody else supposed to know?

Next to it was another sign which declared that it was a violation of the Texas Penal Code to bring guns, explosives, weapons, drugs, or alcohol onto the premises.

If a monster says hello to you, you should say hello to it. If you don't, then I have to wonder which one of you is really the monster.

I have been to the White House," Jeff admitted. "If you want, I'll tell you about it." Bradley thought a moment, then said, "Give me a dollar or I'll spit on you." 2.

There is no lake at Camp Green Lake." (p. 3) It immediately sets a mood of hardship and confusion and starts right in with the irony that permeates the novel.

right before a person freezes to death, he suddenly feels nice and warm.

I'm not saying it's going to be easy. Nothing in life is easy. But that's no reason to give up. 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.

These are the facts: The Walker boat smashed into Sam's boat. Sam was shot and killed in the water. Katherine Barlow was rescued against her wishes. When they returned to the shore, she saw Mary Lou's body lying on the ground. The donkey had been shot in the head. That all happened one hundred and ten years ago. Since then, not one drop of rain has fallen on Green Lake. You make the decision: Whom did God punish?

Dana raised her hand. I learned about exaggeration, she said. It was all my teacher ever talked about. We had like ten thousand tests on it, and the teacher would kill you if you didn't spell it right. That's very good, Dana! said Mrs. Jewls. You learned your lesson well.

Well, the first hole's the hardest," Magnet said.

Zero took the shovel. Then he swung it like a baseball bat. The metal blade smashed across Mr. Pendanski's face. His knees crumpled beneath him. He was unconscious before he hit the ground.

She said his life would be like walking upstream in a rushing river. The secret was to take small steps and just keep moving forward. If he tried to take too big a step, the current would knock him off his feet and carry him back downstream.

Stanley was still digging.

If Stanley and his father weren't always hopeful, then it wouldn't hurt so much every time their hopes were crushed

There is no Miss Zarves. There is no nineteenth story. Sorry.

If only, if only," the woodpecker sighs, "The bark on the tree was as soft as the skies." While the wolf waits below, hungry and lonely, Crying to the moo—oo—oon, "If only, if only." Stanley

The urge to communicate is even stronger than the sex drive," Trapp said. "Why do you think people gossip so much? Why can't we keep secrets? Why have we invented the printing press, the telephone, the Internet? It's so ideas can grow and reproduce. Our bodies, our brains, are just machines that ideas use for a while, then toss aside when they wear out.

So, you just told him all his cards?" East asked when we returned. "And he's going to remember them?" asked West. "You can ask me," my uncle said. "Despite my lack of eyesight, I can hear and speak.