Middle Grade Quotes

It was going to be our job to annoy someone?” “I know—it’s a dream come true!

You’re not mending anything, remember, Sand? The hedge.” He paused and shook his head at himself. “And Perrotte’s away for a few minutes, and you’re talking to yourself again.

Saint Melor’s father was Saint Meliau.”“Was everyone in Bertaèyn a saint, back in the day?”“Everyone who didn’t murder anyone, maybe, ” Perrotte said.

And turnips - endless ruptured turnips.

I’m alive, ” he groaned. “But I’m not doing a very good job of it.

Next to the day when I was almost shot by that arrow, the worst day of my life was when I was almost eaten.

You can always tell the heart of man by what he do, and by what he don't do...

Turns out, most girls would rather put on lip gloss than play with sand toads.

Words are a weapon, and rotten kids like Tyler Jones get a free pass when it comes to using them because the marks they leave are invisible. Why don't more adults realize that?

P.S. Please don't call me Isabella. That name belongs to a really pretty girl who never wrecks her clothes and who never gets dirt under her fingernails. That's definitely not me. My name is Izzy.

Are you okay?” “Yeah.” “Good, ” she said, “because if you fall off a skyscraper, I’ll be so mad at you.

He felt weighted down by guilt and regret for what might have been his last words to all of them.

Winston and his sister walked for a time in silence, each in an invisible, vibrating pocket of excitement.

No one is only one thing, my dear.

Winston Breen was solving a puzzle, but then Winston Breen was always solving a puzzle.

Attending to your own words and ideas as well as those of others is an admirable trait in any person, but a necessity in a leader.

I'm not sure what he's saying, but by the way he's checking you out, it looks like you're gonna need a restraining order soon." ~ Treena Mui

To travel beyond our world is to change this present one forever.

Sometimes what we don't want is actually what we need.

It is hard to imagine the things you have never seen.

And, to be true, an enemy's lair is an enemy's lair, no matter how comfortable or fancy it might appear.

It is good practice to never fault someone for their birth name, being that it is always of far greater importance how men speak of you, than the name by which you are addressed.

Normally, she would never wish a head injury on anyone, but it might make her days in Archival Studies a bit easier.

Nearly all men have weak hearts, in one way or another.

Leaves lift trees.

A word is a small song.

Something warned me that what I might see would haunt me forever.

You have been gifted the Blood Diamond and are surrounded by all that is good. You will not fail as long as you believe.” Analea

If you do not get to her time...............He will cut out her heart & feed it to the fishes...." Alice

Hurry up, Hodgeyboy! You run like a fat badger after Sunday tea." Mibbitwiss

You’re such a little moron, aren’t you? They will hunt you down to the ends of the earth. It’s nothing personal, just business. It’s all about survival, dear boy." Drusilla Blackwood

Max, you cannot stay in the background forever. It is time to stand out in front. You have all that you need.” Analea

If a wish turns to hope, it’s worth chasing. (Lucas Warbuck: Darkotika - Book 2)

Sorcerers believe that an action taken for the right reasons has an unreasonable chance of success.

And it is a strange thing about love... it is that it can take a strength that would seem otherwise insignificant and transform it into a hardly quenchable power.

None of it mattered, because there was music.

Readers will be swept up by the drama and fast pace of this powerful debut novel.

So you’re a reader, ” My mom sighs, as if somehow this elevates Isabel to yet another realm of perfection.

When I rule the world, " screamed the Bogey, "all antiques will be destroyed! Antiques will be things of the past!

That was the moment when Alice knew for sure that she and Charlie Erdling would be friends for the rest of their lives.

As a rule, she didn’t like boys very much, but she had to admit, Charlie was actually pretty nice.

Small Acts of Kindness are Priceless

Torque was the greatest thing in the world, as far as Lina was concerned.

Keep moving!” “Bea’s arguing with the floor.

What are you doing?” I asked Loretta. “Stabbing a cushion, ” she told me.

Are you . . . lost?” “Not really, ” she told him. “We just don’t know where we’re going.