Quotes from Trenton Lee Stewart

It fluttered Nicholas's collar and made his eyes water, blurring the stars. And then the sensation of tears seemed to trigger a sort of emotional reflex, for the next thing he knew, Nicholas was truly crying, which surprised him.

You're a fresh one, Nick.' ~ John Cole

According to the rules of chess, is this position possible?' Constance writes in response, 'Rules and schools are tools for fools—I don't give two mules for rules!

The power itself comes from the fact that you can do something and people can't see you do it and what kind of responsibility do you have when you can do it. What kind of good things can you do or can you do good things from being invisible in this way?

Thank you, sir," Reynie said, stepping out into the corridor, where Jackson stood waiting for him. "Don't thank me," Mr. Curtain called as the door slid closed. "Impress me!

would this scrap of leather have been mortared into the wall where no one would ever see it? Was it some kind of secret sign?

began removing things from the bucket. First came a Swiss Army knife, a flashlight, a penlight, and a bottle of extra-strength glue, which Kate examined to be sure its lid was tightly closed. Then she produced a bag of marbles, a slingshot, a spool of clear fishing twine, one pencil and one eraser, a kaleidoscope, and a horseshoe magnet, which she yanked with some effort from the metal bucket. "I've been through

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In the meantime, there was nothing to do but exist and persist.

Oh, yes," said Kate with a laugh. "When I was seven I ran away from the orphanage to join the circus. They brought me back, but I just ran away again, and I kept running away every time they brought me back. Eventually it was agreed that I could join the circus and save everybody a lot of trouble. So that's what I've been doing the past few years. It's been great fun, too

Just picking her nose.

You can wear whatever you want, just so long as you have on trouser, shoes, and a shirt.

You can wear whatever you want, just so long as you have on trousers, shoes, and a shirt.

You can bathe as often as you like or not at all, provided you're clean every day in class.

raised no suspicions, for not a minute earlier he had spied Captain Plugg, the diligent

We've finally gotten rid of the other children, Reynard.

You can eat whatever and whenever you want, so long as it's during meal hours in the cafeteria.

You're allowed to keep the lights on in your rooms as late as you wish until ten o'clock each night.

You can go wherever you want around the Institute, so long as you keep to the paths and the yellow-tiled corridors.

NO TALKING. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT TALKING IT WILL BE ASSUMED YOU ARE CHEATING.

it was alarming even to look at his face.

earning without learning

confident assurances and promises of fortune, when whispered into the right ears, often serve as substitutes for thinking at all.

The night was black, the owl did call. I stood upon the silo tall, Never suspecting I would fall . . . Thanks to the boy who bumped me. Though frightened, I had stayed alert. No thoughtless slumberings did divert Me from my task, till I got hurt . . . Thanks to the boy who bumped me.