He sometimes daydreamed about sitting beside her in a beautiful meadow and just counting her freckles.
The time you quit learning is the time to quit playing.
Had had
No one’s ever brought me flowers before, said Mr. Kidswatter. You may not believe this, Louis, but I don’t have many friends. He put his hand on Louis’s shoulder. You’re like a son to me, he said.And...
Dana raised her hand. I learned about exaggeration, she said. It was all my teacher ever talked about. We had like ten thousand tests on it, and the teacher would kill you if you didn't spell it right...
Twenty-five Percent Slam
Wayside School is falling down, my
Back at the compound, they had dug in a systematic order, row upon row, allowing space for the water truck. But out here there was no system. It was as if every once in a while, in a fit of frustratio...
I remember my fourth grade teacher reading 'Charlotte's Web' and 'Stuart Little' to us - both, of course, by E. B. White. His stories were genuinely funny, thought provoking and full of irony and char...
Your Doppelgänger will regurgitate on your soul!
You're not completely worthless.
What scared Stanley the most about dying wasn't his actual death. He figured he could handle the pain. It wouldn't be much worse than what he felt now. In fact, maybe at the moment of his death he wou...
The Warden owns the shade.-Chapter 1.5
It's funny how you can go from hating a girl to maybe liking her, maybe liking her a lot, just because she shows a little interest in you.
In fact, they were much too cute to be children.
You need a reason to be sad. You don't need a reason to be happy.
I'm not stupid. I know everybody thinks I am. I just don't like answering their questions.
What amazes me is that most days feel useless. I don't seem to accomplish anything-just a few pages, most of which don't seem very good. Yet, when I put all those wasted days together, I somehow end u...
Когда всю жизнь живешь в яме, — сказал он, — вылезти можешь только вверх.
Holes BY LOUIS SACHAR