The Midnight Gang Quotes

“That life is precious. Every moment is precious. We should be kind to each other. While there is still time.”
― David Walliams, The Midnight Gang

“Oh no! Now the form’s wet!” he exclaimed. He then began blowing on the form to try and dry it. This made the boy laugh. “Oh good!” said the man. “You are smiling! Now, look, I am sure we can find out your name. Does it begin with an A?” The boy was pretty sure it didn’t. “I don’t think so.” “B?” The boy shook his head. “C?” He shook his head again. “This could take some time,” muttered the doctor under his breath. “T!” exclaimed the boy. “You would like a cup of tea?” “No! My name. It begins with a T!” Doctor Luppers smiled as he wrote the first letter on the top of the form. “Let’s see if I can guess. Tim? Ted? Terry? Tony? Theo?”
― David Walliams, The Midnight Gang

“Never complain, even if you are in great pain.”
― David Walliams, The Midnight Gang

“life is precious. Every moment is precious”
― David Walliams, The Midnight Gang

“Oh, I love this one. It’s absolutely beautiful!” she cooed. “And you are beautiful for delivering it to me.” Tom looked to the porter. The boy imagined the man had never been called beautiful before. “Did”
― David Walliams, The Midnight Gang

“Amber took charge, and ordered Tom to wheel her towards Sally. Then she handed her friend the flowers”
― David Walliams, The Midnight Gang

“BONG! BONG! BONG! BONG! BONG! BONG! BONG! BONG! BONG! BONG! BONG! BONG!”
― David Walliams, The Midnight Gang

“The porter lowered his head, and the other children exchanged nervous looks. It was clear this lady intimidated them all too. With a flick of her hand, Matron brushed the porter aside, and he stumbled a little to steady himself. “Let me look at this bump,” she said as she peered over the boy. “Mmm, yes, that is a nasty bump. You should have an X-ray first thing in the morning.” The porter rolled his eyes at Tom, but once again the boy didn’t react.”
― David Walliams, The Midnight Gang

“man, but it was completely lopsided.”
― David Walliams, The Midnight Gang

“What a brilliant idea of mine!” said Amber. The girl obviously wanted to be back in charge again, and didn’t like this new boy stealing her thunder. “What?” protested Tom. “I was about to suggest balloons just before you did,” she fibbed. “Of course you were!” said Tom. “Come on, ladies! Let’s not fall out!” joked Robin. “I bet there are ’undreds of those balloons in this ’ospital,” said George in a rush of excitement. “There’s loads for sale in the gift shop on the ground floor. I often sneak down there to buy a chocolate bar or two. All we need to do is steal ’em!” “Borrow them!” said Tom.”
― David Walliams, The Midnight Gang

“The boy would be lavished with presents upon arrival – a new train set, a model plane or a knight’s suit of armour. But with nobody to play with Tom would get bored quickly. All he really wanted was to spend time with Mum and Dad, but time was the one thing they never ever gave him. “No. Mother and Father are abroad,”
― David Walliams, The Midnight Gang

“Do you have a surname?” “It begins with a C,” said the boy. “Well, at least we have the first letter. It’s like doing the crossword!” “Charper!” “Tom Charper!” said the man, scribbling it down on the form. “That’s question one done. Just a hundred and ninety-one to go.”
― David Walliams, The Midnight Gang

“Tom!” said Tom. “Tom!” exclaimed the doctor, as if he was about to have guessed it. He wrote down the next two letters. “So what do they call you? Thomas? Tommy? Big Tom? Little Tom? Tom Thumb?” “Tom,” replied Tom wearily. Tom had already said his name was Tom. “Do you have a surname?”
― David Walliams, The Midnight Gang

“Nec quererer, si etiam in tormentis”
― David Walliams, The Midnight Gang

“adventure. Tom felt guilty to be leaving her behind, but he felt he had no choice. “Maybe next time,” lied the boy. Sally smiled. “Look, Tom, I understand. The others have never invited me. You go. But I want you to promise me something.” “What?” he asked. “I want you to tell me all about the night’s adventure when you get back.” “I will,” he said.”
― David Walliams, The Midnight Gang

“he thought he was going to be slapped.”
― David Walliams, The Midnight Gang

“pain, though, was in his head. It was throbbing. Hot. If the feeling could be a colour, it would”
― David Walliams, The Midnight Gang

“How did it sound?” asked Tom. “Awful! But it didn’t matter how it sounded!” said Robin. “It was how it felt!”
― David Walliams, The Midnight Gang

“Nec quererer, si etiam in tormentis’. Translate that from the Latin, boy!”
― David Walliams, The Midnight Gang