The House on Hackman's Hill Quotes

“I wonder what’s in the boxes,” Debbie said. “There’s no telling what might be inside. All sorts of weird and creepy stuff, I bet.”
“I’m going to stuff you in one of them if you don’t quit that!” Jeff said.”
― Joan Lowery Nixon, The House on Hackman's Hill

“Anything could be hiding down here!”
“Don’t think like that. You’ll just scare yourself.”
“I’m already scared!”
“Well, don’t scare me then!”
― Joan Lowery Nixon, The House on Hackman's Hill

“We’re going to lure whoever was on the stairs into the library.”
“Oh, c’mon, Jeff,” she said, pulling away. “We lure him into the library? How do we do that? Promise to read to him?”
― Joan Lowery Nixon, The House on Hackman's Hill

“Jeff put his mouth close to Debbie’s ear, hoping he wouldn’t be overheard. “I think our answer is in the statue of Anubis.”
Debbie jumped.
“Don’t do that!” Jeff grumbled, pulling a strand of her hair from his mouth.”
― Joan Lowery Nixon, The House on Hackman's Hill

“I mean,” he said, “that we’re going to trap whoever or whatever it is.”
“Did your brains bounce out while you were falling down stairs?”
― Joan Lowery Nixon, The House on Hackman's Hill

“And while he worked he told her about the hand that had been holding his.
Debbie gasped. “How could you stand it? I’m glad it didn’t happen to me! I would have died, right there on the stairs, and you would have had to drag my body all the way down.”
― Joan Lowery Nixon, The House on Hackman's Hill

“If he didn’t go away from here, he’d still have to be here,” Debbie said. She gave a little screech. “Oh, no! Don’t say things like that, Jeff! You scared me!”
“You’re the one who said it, not me.”
“Well, you made me think it!”
― Joan Lowery Nixon, The House on Hackman's Hill

“What if the mummy’s hidden in here? What if we bump into it?”
“Don’t even think like that!” Jeff snapped.”
― Joan Lowery Nixon, The House on Hackman's Hill

“What do you want?” Debbie whispered.
And a voice whispered back, “Where are my eyes?”
Debbie let out a yelp and began shouting, “How should we know? We didn’t take your eyes! What do you think you’re doing anyway, going around scaring people? You rotten, mean, whatever-you-are!”
― Joan Lowery Nixon, The House on Hackman's Hill

“He peered up the stairs. “Want to go first? Or last?”
Debbie looked behind her. “Neither, but I suppose if I have to, I’ll be first. I don’t want something creeping up behind me.”
“I wish you wouldn’t say dumb things like that!” Jeff shouted. He let her climb the stairs first, but he edged up sideways, one eye on the stairs behind them.”
― Joan Lowery Nixon, The House on Hackman's Hill

“Debbie grabbed him around the neck and hung on so tightly that he nearly strangled before he was able to pry loose her arms.
“Don’t do that! I’ve got to breathe!” he yelled.
“Something’s in the house with us!” she answered. She lunged at him again, but he sidestepped her.
“Wait a minute. We can’t do anything if you’re going to keep jumping me like that.”
Debbie backed up against the shelves. “What was that noise?” she whispered.
“Probably the wind.”
“Sure it was the wind. The wind that opens and shuts doors and makes that awful crying sound. You’ve got to think up a better answer than that!”
― Joan Lowery Nixon, The House on Hackman's Hill

“While Jeff had been packing for this trip to his grandparents, his mother had tucked a flashlight and extra batteries into his suitcase over his protests.
“So if you have to get up in the night you can find the bathroom down the hall,” she had said.
“Mom, that’s crazy!”’
“No, it isn’t. I know from experience. There are lots of little tables and what-nots in that hall, and you could break a toe.”
― Joan Lowery Nixon, The House on Hackman's Hill