Chris > Chris's Quotes

“I figure when you come to a crossroads, you have a choice: right turn, left turn, straight ahead. Or you can just pull over to the side of the road and call it quits. But if you've got a good stretch of road up ahead and someone fun to travel it with, why stay stuck in the galdern ditch?”
― Chris Grabenstein

“We all make mistakes. That's why my pencil has an eraser.”
― Chris Grabenstein, Tilt-a-Whirl

“Books need to have their spines cracked, their covers opened, and their pages ruffled for them to come alive.”
― Chris Grabenstein, Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics

“Because, my dear friends, these twelve children have lived their entire lives without a public library. As a result, they have no idea how extraordinarily useful, helpful, and funful - a word I recently invented - a library can be. This is their chance to discover that a library is more than a collection of dusty old books. It is a place to learn, explore, and grow!" -Mr. Lemoncello”
― Chris Grabenstein, Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library

“An open book is an open mind" -Charles Chiltington”
― Chris Grabenstein, Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library

“Curses and foul language!”
― Chris Grabenstein, The Island of Dr. Libris

“And for the first time in his life, Kyle Keeley wanted to check out a library book more than anything in the world.”
― Chris Grabenstein, Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library

“But the player librarians all over the country were raving about most was Marjory Muldauer from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. A gangly seventh grader, a foot taller than any of her competitors, Marjory Muldauer had memorized the ten categories of the Dewey decimal system before she entered preschool.”
― Chris Grabenstein, Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library

“A library doesn't need windows, Andrew. We have books, which are windows into worlds we never even dreamed possible" -Dr. Zinchencko”
― Chris Grabenstein, Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library

“A library is an arsenal of liberty.”
― Chris Grabenstein, Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics

“Whoa,” said Akimi. “Check out the statues. They’re hardly wearing any clothes.”
― Chris Grabenstein, Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics

“And maybe,” said Marjory, “we can find a few 641.8653 to go with it.” “Ooh,” said Andrew. “I love doughnuts.”
― Chris Grabenstein, Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics

“KNOWLEDGE NOT SHARED REMAINS UNKNOWN. —LUIGI L. LEMONCELLO”
― Chris Grabenstein, Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library

“Because, like Sherlock says to Dr. Watson, ‘it is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.”
― Chris Grabenstein, Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library

“Mr. Lemoncello bounced across the stage like a happy grasshopper.”
― Chris Grabenstein, Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library

“Coming up from the basement, Kyle saw Andrew Peckleman in the middle of the Rotunda Reading Room, opening a long metal box sitting on top of the center desk. The holographic image of Mrs. Tobin was there, smiling patiently, as Peckleman pulled some kind of magazine out of the box. Miguel was also near”
― Chris Grabenstein, Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library

“every woman’s mind is her kingdom. Rule it wisely, lassie.”
― Chris Grabenstein, Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library

“Like I said, some guys have a code they live by, some guys don't.

John Ceepack? He has a code.
Me?
I'm working on it.”
― Chris Grabenstein, Tilt-a-Whirl

“Knowledge not shared remains unknown”
― Chris Grabenstein, Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library

“Billy’s dad. His mom shrugged. “Maybe, maybe not. Just relax, sweetheart. Lighten up. Go with the flow.”
― Chris Grabenstein, The Island of Dr. Libris

“Chiltington was a snake. Worse. A garden slug. Maybe a leech. Something oily and slimy that left a greasy trail and liked to mooch off other people’s ideas.”
― Chris Grabenstein, Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library

“Kyle still had a shot. A long shot, but, hey, sometimes the”
― Chris Grabenstein, Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library

“Open a Book and Open Your Mind.”
― Chris Grabenstein, Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics

“I’m categorizing them according to attraction type,” said Marjory. “Outdoor activities, historical sites, shopping opportunities—subcategorized, of course, into fashion, antiques, and souvenirs.” “Of course,” said Andrew. “And, over here, you’ll find dining options.” Andrew smiled. “Isn’t informational organization awesome?” “Yes,” said Marjory. “It’s certainly more intellectually stimulating than video games.”
― Chris Grabenstein, Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics

“Playing off the NCAA basketball tournament’s “March Madness” theme, Mr. Lemoncello declared the first Saturday in March “Library Lunacy Day.”
― Chris Grabenstein, Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics

“It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.”
― Chris Grabenstein, Mr. Lemoncello's Great Library Race

“Who knows, Walter? Maybe I can.”
― Chris Grabenstein, The Island of Dr. Libris

“They reminded Kyle of a Greek god and goddess straight out of the Percy Jackson books. “Wow,” said Miguel. “Do you think Rick Riordan’s going to be here? That would be so awesome!”
― Chris Grabenstein, Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics

“Everybody wants to be the man at the top. Not me. I'm happy in the middle. That's where the crowd is. And where there's a crowd, there's usually a party.”
― Chris Grabenstein, Mad Mouse

“I can accept failure; everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying!”
― Chris Grabenstein, Mr. Lemoncello's Great Library Race