Quotes from Louis Sachar

Dameon had hazel eyes with little black dots in the middle of each of them. The dots were called pupils.

Sam wasn't allowed to attend classes because he was a Negro

they would have made me a ward of the state.

offering you a hundred and eighty dollars, pure profit, and no worries.

Fly high, my baby bird, My angel, my only.

Mushroom Surprise

So remember," said Mr. Kidswatter. "And please be careful! Always check to see if a door is open before going through it. And if it's not open, open it.

How many onions do you think we've eaten?" he asked. Zero shrugged. "I don't even know how long we've been here." "I'd say about a week," said Stanley. "And we probably each eat about twenty onions a day, so that's…" "Two hundred and eighty onions," said Zero. Stanley smiled. "I bet we really stink.

But then a miracle happened. A new kid came to school. The new kid couldn't talk. She had no teeth. She was almost bald. She was beautiful. Her name was Mavis Jewls. She was only four days old. She really was a new kid.

Kids go splat as they hit the ground, hit the ground, hit the ground. Kids go splat as they hit the ground, my fair lady." D.J. was walking across the playground with his head down.

He gave it all to charity," said my father. "Diabetes research, I can understand that. But cancer research? He didn't even have cancer!

Because if you fidget or wriggle or squirm or sass me or get an answer wrong, I'll wiggle my ears— (Wiggles her ears: they vibrate dramatically. MYRON and BEBE duck under their desks) MYRON and BEBE: NO! MRS. GORF: --stick out my tongue and turn you into apples!

You know what? I'm not going to describe anybody else as elderly. Let's just say that if you take my age and double it, I would still have been the youngest person in the room, by a lot.

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 make the most of it.

Nothing in life is easy. But that's no reason to give up.

She was glad she really loved stories. Suddenly she made a face. "Oh, yuck!" she said. "What is it?" asked Mrs. Jewls. "What if I really love John, too?

Chalkers sat at his desk in the back of the room—last seat, last row. No one sat at the desk next to him or at the one in front of him. He was

Twenty-five Percent Slam

After all, you only have one life, so you should make the most of it.

When you spend your whole life living in a hole, the only way you can go is up.

The next time I get a cat, I'll kill him. Then he'll never run away," said Kathy.

All too soon Stanley was back out on the lake, sticking his shovel into the dirt. X-Ray was right: the third hole was the hardest.

It was a box of tissues.

No one ever says 'No' to Charles Walker!