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1 " Dear Mom,I won't be home this weekend because I'm wanted for treason and I have to clear my name. Also, I took the last Sprite from the fridge.Love, Steve "
― Mac Barnett , The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity (Brixton Brothers, #1)
2 " This was so unfunny, Steve had to laugh. "
3 " Danger is the snack food of a true sleuth. "
― Mac Barnett , The Ghostwriter Secret (Brixton Brothers #2)
4 " Inside, Miles was wild, sweaty, jittery. Outside, Miles was boring, normal, like a shoe box. "
― Mac Barnett , The Terrible Two (The Terrible Two, #1)
5 " He checked out his surrounding. More books. A drinking fountain. A poster showing a guy slam-dunking a basketball with one hand and holding a book in the other, urging kids to READ! Weird, thought Steve. How can he even see the hoop?...You see, Steven, Librarians are the most elite, best trained secret force in the United States of America. Probably in the world.""No way.""Yes way.""What about the FBI?""Featherweights.""The CIA?"Mackintosh snorted. "Don't make me laugh. Those guys can't even dunk a basketball andd read a book at the same time. "
6 " Welcome to the resistance,” said Holly. “Here, have some fruit snacks.” Miles wanted to remind her that the fruit snacks were already his, but he figured she knew that. "
7 " A clue! From M!""Who's M?""Maybe M is for Mackintosh! Maybe Grabes ans Mackintosh are in cahoots!""Or maybe M is for Mom. Also, who says 'cahoots'? "
― Mac Barnett
8 " Principal Barkin had a list of suspects that was exactly one kid long. "
9 " Every Librarian is a highly trained agent. An expert in intelligence, counterintelligence, Boolean searching, and hand-to-hand combat. "
10 " I may have been swallowed, said the duck, but I have no intention of being eaten. "
― Mac Barnett , The Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse
11 " Dana was what Steve called a "silent partner" in the Brixton Brothers Detective Agency. Being a silent partner meant that Dana didn't carry a business card, that his name didn't appear on the company letterhead, and he wanted nothing to do with the Brixton Brothers Detective Agency. "
12 " Summertime is here again. School principals are free. The birds are singing in the trees And so are the school principals. Not in the trees, but on the ground. School principals cannot fly. "
― Mac Barnett , The Terrible Two Go Wild (The Terrible Two, #3)
13 " No no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no! "
14 " I live well! I may have been swallowed, but I have no intention of being eaten. "
15 " Leave it to Niles Sparks to prank his pranking partner in the middle of a prank. "
― Mac Barnett , The Terrible Two Get Worse (The Terrible Two, #2)
16 " WELCOME TO YAWNEE VALLEY, an idyllic place with rolling green hills that slope down to creeks, and cows as far as the eye can see. There’s one now. "
17 " He smelled like an animal. It was the first time Miles had touched a cow. "
18 " Is RECON another acronym?” asked Mudflap. (RECON is not an acronym. It’s short for reconnaissance, because reconnaissance is a tough word to spell correctly.) “Um,” said Josh. “Yes. Yes, RECON is an acronym. Now—” “What does it stand for?” asked Splinters. Josh sighed. “Well . . . it . . . stands for . . .” Josh stared at the ceiling of his barracks. He felt instinctively that this was an important test of his leadership. Josh firmly believed that good leaders never admit when they don’t know something. And the fact was, Josh didn’t know what this acronym stood for. (Again, it wasn’t an acronym.) He began to blush a pale plum color. This was a tough spot. What could he do? “RECON stands for . . . Really . . .” He was off to a good start! “Enormous . . . Counterstrike . . .” O. O. O. “On . . .” Aha! Josh was almost there. He screwed up his eyes and willed all his blood to his brain. Josh’s face darkened and became the shade of a turnip. Just one letter left! His eyes lit up. The word came to him like a gift from his ancestors, inscribed in his mind with the ballpoint pen of principals past. “NIMBUSES! "
19 " respectful. Sure, his hair might be a little mussed for Principal Barkin’s liking. And those T-shirts. Principal Barkin wasn’t sure about those T-shirts. "
20 " flowers had grown right in front of where the students normally stood for the all-school photograph. "
