Robin Klein > Quotes

“Diane Harper had been sneakily copying, and was making a nurse costume, too, but being Diane, it turned out looking more like a Playboy Bunny without the ears. Alison’s, however, was beautiful.”
― Robin Klein, Hating Alison Ashley: Australian Children's Classics

“I could take Lennie's surname, now that he was going to be my stepfather.
I thought about that. And yelped.
'What's the matter, Yuk?' Alison called from the next shower cubicle.
'Grubb!' I howled. 'Lennie's last name is Grubb!”
― Robin Klein, Hating Alison Ashley

“She seemed to have eyes like a fly, with multiple sections that could see sideways and backwards, and into things that hadn’t even happened yet. Such as into Barry Hollis’s desk where he had a packet of cigarettes and a copy of Playboy.”
― Robin Klein, Hating Alison Ashley: Australian Children's Classics

“IF YOU DON’T STOP KICKING THAT DESK THERE IS GOING TO BE A HOLE IN THE WINDOW PANE EXACTLY YOUR SIZE AND SHAPE IN THE NEXT THREE SECONDS!”
― Robin Klein, Hating Alison Ashley: Australian Children's Classics