Trenton Lee Stewart Quotes

May your adventures bring you closer together, even as they take you far away from home.

Rules and school are tools for fools! I don't give two mules for rules.

Remember the White Knight.

Now listen, we need to be quiet as mice. No, quieter than that. As quiet as . . . as . . .”
“Dead mice?” Reynie suggested.
“Perfect,” said Kate with an approving nod. “As quiet as dead mice.

You've read half the books in this house? This whole house?"
"Well, approximately half." Sticky said. "To be more accurate, I suppose I've read more like" - his eyes went up as he calculated - "three sevenths? Yes, three sevenths."
"Only three sevenths?" said Kate, pretending to look disappointed. "And here I was prepared to be impressed.

Sometimes, Reynie, trouble itself is the key. - Mr. Benedict

You must remember, family is often born of blood, but it doesn't depend on blood. Nor is it exclusive of friendship. Family members can be your best friends, you know. And best friends, whether or not they are related to you, can be your family.

Is this what family is like: the feeling that everyone’s connected, that with one piece missing, the whole thing’s broken?

There was a unique pleasure in knowing a friend so well, Reynie reflected, rather like sharing a secret code.

Children are capable of such open rudeness.

She announced her age right away, for children consider their ages every bit as important as their names.

It's not going to be over until we say so.