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The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1) QUOTES

The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1) QUOTES

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

― Trenton Lee Stewart , The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1)

2 " 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. "

― Trenton Lee Stewart , The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1)

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

― Trenton Lee Stewart , The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1)

4 " Children are capable of such open rudeness. "

― Trenton Lee Stewart , The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1)

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

― Trenton Lee Stewart , The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1)

6 " One problem with being a leader, is that even among your friends you are alone, for it is you -- and you alone -- to whom the others look for final guidance. "

― Trenton Lee Stewart , The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1)

7 " Out from behind the desk where he’d been sitting, hidden by the piles of books, appeared a bespectacled, green-eyed man in a green plaid suit. His thick white hair was shaggy and mussed, his nose was rather large and lumpy like a vegetable, and although it was clear he had recently shaved, he appeared to have done so without benefit of a mirror, for here and there upon his neck and chin were nicks from a razor, and occasional white whiskers that he’d missed altogether. This was Mr. Benedict. "

― Trenton Lee Stewart , The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1)

8 " The missing aren't missing, they're only departed "

― Trenton Lee Stewart , The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1)

9 " Even if he did explain it, no one would believe him because no one would understand him. That's the downside to being a genius - just because you understand something doesn't mean anyone else will. "

― Trenton Lee Stewart , The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1)

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

― Trenton Lee Stewart , The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1)

11 " Anyway, Reynie thought, if nothing else comes of this, at least you're making friends. That's more than you had yesterday. "

― Trenton Lee Stewart , The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1)

12 " Every great thinker keeps a journal, you know. "

― Trenton Lee Stewart , The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1)

13 " Don't thank me,' Mr. Curtain called as the door slid closed. 'Impress me! "

― Trenton Lee Stewart , The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1)

14 " The missing aren't missing, they're only departed,
All minds keep all thoughts - so like gold - closely guarded, "

― Trenton Lee Stewart , The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1)

15 " Grow the lawn and mow the lawn
always keep the TV on,
brush your teeth and kill the germs,
poison apples, poison worms. "

― Trenton Lee Stewart , The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1)

16 " Milligan! Come and tell us why you're so dreadfully glum!" ~ Constance, The Mysterious Benedict Society "

― Trenton Lee Stewart , The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1)

17 " Something about this made Reynie uneasy. Had he done so badly? Was this meant to test his courage? He did as he was told, closing his eyes and bracing himself as best he could.
"Why are you flinching?" the pencil woman asked.
"I don't know. I thought maybe you were going to slap me."
"Don't be ridiculous. I could slap you perfectly well with your eyes open. I'm only going to blindfold you. "

― Trenton Lee Stewart , The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1)

18 " Milligan now acted as if he were the happiest man alive - and perhaps he was. Having so long ago exited his life as a father, he had now, at long last, entered it again. "

― Trenton Lee Stewart , The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1)

19 " Poor Kate,” said Constance, “she’s lost her marbles. "

― Trenton Lee Stewart , The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1)

20 " Why, then, do you think the white player might have done it?”

Reynie considered. He imagined himself moving out his knight only to bring it right back to where it started. Why would he ever do such a thing? At last he said, “Perhaps because he doubted himself. "

― Trenton Lee Stewart , The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1)