Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom Quotes

“Friends stick by each other when one is down. That is a true test of friendship. But sometimes, it is harder to stick by a friend who is up. That is the ultimate test of friendship.”
― Louis Sachar, Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom

“Someday, the Cloud of Doom will be gone, and the world will be a much better place, even better than before the Cloud. Colors will be more colorful. Music will be more musical. Even Miss Mush's food will taste good. The bigger the storm, the brighter the rainbow.”
― Louis Sachar, Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom

“Everybody”
― Louis Sachar, Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom

“Some libraries have separate areas for fiction and nonfiction. Mrs. Surlaw didn’t believe in that sort of thing. After all, who was she to decide what was true and what wasn’t?”
― Louis Sachar, Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom

“Who's Mary Bopkins?" asked Mrs. Jewls. "Was she famous?"
"Why?" asked Miss Zarves. "Does your class only study famous people? Do you think famous people are more important than people who aren't famous?”
― Louis Sachar, Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom

“Friends stick by each other when one is down. That is a true test of friendship. But sometimes, it is harder to stick by a friend who is up. That is the ultimate test of friendship.”
― Louis Sachar, Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom

“He stared at the clock. Sometimes, it seemed the hands didn’t move at all. Other times, he’d blink, and it would be half an hour later. Time didn’t always make sense at Wayside School.”
― Louis Sachar, Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom

“You need to learn your sixes and sevens.”
― Louis Sachar, Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom

“is very important that the children at Wayside School know the bell system. The”
― Louis Sachar, Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom

“walking. She tried to hurry, but it”
― Louis Sachar, Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom

“Not”
― Louis Sachar, Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom

“across the blacktop”
― Louis Sachar, Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom

“Friends stick by each other when one is down. That is a true test of friendship. But sometimes, it is harder to stick by a friend who is up.”
― Louis Sachar, Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom

“could”
― Louis Sachar, Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom

“Rondi”
― Louis Sachar, Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom

“Everybody chewed.”
― Louis Sachar, Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom

“Christopher Columbus’s favorite vegetable?” asked the lunch lady. Deedee knew that one. “Cabbage!”
― Louis Sachar, Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom

“severe”
― Louis Sachar, Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom

“oppositosis.”
― Louis Sachar, Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom

“Kachooga Boop”
― Louis Sachar, Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom

“fudge-squiggles”
― Louis Sachar, Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom

“The bigger the storm, the brighter the rainbow.”
― Louis Sachar, Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom

“That evening, however, something strange happened.

Jason was trying to get through page twenty-six, when suddenly he laughed. He read some more and laughed again.

It was as if he and the character had become friends. He read for an entire hour without realizing it.

When he reached page seventy, something sad happened, and he hoped his sister didn't notice his tears.

He stayed up all night. He read about exciting battles, and strange and goofy animals. No matter how tired he got, he kept needing to know what happened next.

The next day during recess, while everyone else played, Jason preferred to sit by himself with his book. He even liked the kissing parts, but had to keep glancing around, to make sure Allison and Rondi couldn't see what he was reading.

The two girls came toward him.

"He'll never finish it," said Allison.

"No way," Rondi agreed.

"Shh," said Jason. "I'm trying to read.”
― Louis Sachar, Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom

“Sadly, in these rush-rush, hurry-hurry days, not too many young people study the art of paper clip bending. There are only a handful of master benders left in the whole world. And who knows, in ten or twenty years there might not be any. Everyone will have to switch to staples.”
― Louis Sachar, Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom

“the longer everyone spent beneath the Cloud, the crabbier they got.”
― Louis Sachar, Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom