Dexter Procter the 10-Year-Old Doctor Quotes

“Mr Tanner rolled his eyes and pushed past Dexter. ‘Oh yes, we’ve all heard about you. The so-called “genius” with sixty-four A levels.’D142 His voice was really dreary, like a can of brown paint had somehow learned how to speak. ‘We didn’t agree with you being in that school, I must say,’ joined in Mrs Tanner, whose voice sounded more like a car alarm than a human. ‘It was unfair on the other children. You’re not normal. You should have been in a lab instead, being investigated by scientists.’ Dexter suddenly felt winded. Like he’d been hit in the chest by a football. He was working out how to reply to such a horrible comment when Toby suddenly began to cry like a baby. ‘Mummy! Daddy! Thank goodness you’re here!’ he screamed. ‘This doctor was so cruel to me! He said I deserved to be in deathly, agonizing pain forever and ever and that he hoped that my foot would fall off. Waaah!”
― Adam Kay, Dexter Procter the 10-Year-Old Doctor