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“Rules and school are tools for fools! I don't give two mules for rules.”
― Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society

“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

“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

“NO TALKING. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT TALKING IT WILL BE ASSUMED YOU ARE CHEATING.”
― Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society

“Don't just follow your heart. Your heart will betray you.”
― Andrew Peterson, North! or Be Eaten

“Here I sit in the presence of queens and heroes and magic. Yes, magic. It is only when we have grown too old that we fail to see that the Maker’s world is swollen with magic – it hides in plain sight in music and water and even bumblebees”
― Andrew Peterson, North! or Be Eaten

“When children say it’s time to leave, they mean, “It’s time to leave.” When grownups say so, they really mean, “It’s time to begin thinking about leaving sometime in the near future.”
― Andrew Peterson, North! or Be Eaten

“As the sky grew dark and the forest grew darker, Podo called a halt. There had been no sign of Stranders and no more toothy cows in the six hours since lunch.”
― Andrew Peterson, North! or Be Eaten

“There’s no reason to worry.”
― Shannon Messenger, Keeper of the Lost Cities

“I would rather be punished for making the right decision than live with the guilt of making the wrong one for the rest of my life.”
― Shannon Messenger, Keeper of the Lost Cities

“I have a feeling you can do whatever you put your mind to. Now go prove me right. You know, so I can brag about it.”
― Shannon Messenger, Keeper of the Lost Cities

“Fitz? What kind of name was Fitz?”
― Shannon Messenger, Keeper of the Lost Cities

“THAT NIGHT SOPHIE DREAMED THE Keebler elves were holding her hostage until she perfected all their cookie recipes. Then she told them she liked Oreos better, and they tried to drown her in a giant vat of fudge. She woke in a cold sweat and decided sleep was overrated.”
― Shannon Messenger, Keeper of the Lost Cities

“I’m Keefe.”
― Shannon Messenger, Keeper of the Lost Cities