Trenton Lee Stewart

I wanted to go to Sesame Street! I remember distinctly running through my neighborhood, thinking I knew how to get to Sesame…

— Trenton Lee Stewart

“Oh, here’s a clever one. Do you remember this question from the first test? It reads, ‘What’s wrong with this statement?’ And…

— Trenton Lee Stewart

“You can wear whatever you want, just so long as you have on trousers, shoes, and a shirt.”

— Trenton Lee Stewart

“If Nicholas Benedict truly had been able to see the future, his own would have startled him to sleep at once, for…

— Trenton Lee Stewart

Reynie's fce fell. 'It's not funny, Kate.' For a moment - a fleeting moment - Kate looked desperately sad. 'Well, of course…

— Trenton Lee Stewart

Rules and school are tools for fools! I don't give two mules for rules.

— Trenton Lee Stewart

I was always interested in the possibility maybe of finding my way into a big adventure.

— Trenton Lee Stewart

“Errand day was when all the adult houseguests went out to deal with shopping and business.”

— Trenton Lee Stewart

“You can go wherever you want around the Institute, so long as you keep to the paths and the yellow-tiled corridors.”

— Trenton Lee Stewart

“Nicholas lay with his hands on his chest, thinking how hollow it felt, like an empty gourd. He had never missed having…

— Trenton Lee Stewart

“Every unfamiliar trail is an invitation,”

— Trenton Lee Stewart

I tend to find characters who lack vulnerability dull.

— Trenton Lee Stewart

And please don't call me that." I didn't call you 'that', I called you George Washington.

— Trenton Lee Stewart

“…I see that something’s are hard to do, but that you can’t live with yourself if you don’t do them. I see…

— Trenton Lee Stewart

I'm an orphan!" Constance cried gleefully. "I'm an orphan!" ~ The Prisoner's Dilemma

— Trenton Lee Stewart

“Did the men steal the papers?" Reynie asked, fearing her response. No, because they are fools," Sophie said bitterly. "They demanded to…

— Trenton Lee Stewart

“For every exit, there is also an entrance.”

— Trenton Lee Stewart

“I prefer to remain mysterious.”

— Trenton Lee Stewart

Listen, just do what you think is right, and we'll support it." ~ Sticky Washington, The Prisoner's Dilemma

— Trenton Lee Stewart

“Sights, smells, temperature changes—all sorts of stuff. We notice it without consciously thinking about it. He says we may not be paying…

— Trenton Lee Stewart

“a lie stands on one foot but the truth stands on 2.”

— Trenton Lee Stewart

They stared out their window at night enough to know where the darkest shadows lay, and it was to the darkest shadows…

— Trenton Lee Stewart

'Is that really the best you can say? An average-looking boy? An awful lot of boys are average-looking, S.Q.!' And poor S.Q.,…

— Trenton Lee Stewart

“So began one of the fiercest and strangest battles ever fought, a battle that involved all manner of business supplies, elegant clothing…

— Trenton Lee Stewart

But you have said it too often, Mr. Benedict!" said Mrs. Perumal in an imperious tone that was quite out of character.…

— Trenton Lee Stewart