Trenton Lee Stewart

Remember the White Knight.

— Trenton Lee Stewart

“Majesty the Queen)”

— Trenton Lee Stewart

“I prefer to remain mysterious.”

— Trenton Lee Stewart

What is life without laughter?

— Trenton Lee Stewart

Everything is as it should be.

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“Sometimes, Reynie, trouble itself is the key. - Mr. Benedict”

— Trenton Lee Stewart

Children are capable of such open rudeness.

— Trenton Lee Stewart

Don't thank me,' Mr. Curtain called as the door slid closed. 'Impress me!

— Trenton Lee Stewart

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

— Trenton Lee Stewart

“Sorry it took me so long, Katie-Cat," said her father.”

— Trenton Lee Stewart

“The missing aren't missing, they're only departed”

— Trenton Lee Stewart

Every great thinker keeps a journal, you know.

— Trenton Lee Stewart

“Books had been her means of escape; now they would be her refuge.”

— Trenton Lee Stewart

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

— Trenton Lee Stewart

Milligan! Come and tell us why you're so dreadfully glum!" ~ Constance, The Mysterious Benedict Society

— Trenton Lee Stewart

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

— Trenton Lee Stewart

I've only just arrived, Kate. It may surprise you to learn that you were my top priority.

— 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

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

— Trenton Lee Stewart

Is this what family is like: the feeling that everyone’s connected, that with one piece missing, the whole thing’s broken?

— Trenton Lee Stewart

The missing aren't missing, they're only departed, All minds keep all thoughts - so like gold - closely guarded,

— Trenton Lee Stewart

“I can't say for sure, because I have no experience, but -- well, is this what family is like? The feeling that…

— Trenton Lee Stewart

At this, Constance sat down on a rock and covered her face. She seemed smaller than ever now - so small the…

— 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

I think when I started to write 'The Mysterious Benedict Society' that I had that kind of thing in mind - the…

— 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

“The power itself comes from the fact that you can do something and people can’t see you do it and what kind…

— 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

“…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

“began removing things from the bucket. First came a Swiss Army knife, a flashlight, a penlight, and a bottle of extra-strength glue,…

— Trenton Lee Stewart

Kate seemed to have doubled in size. She had drawn back her broad shoulders and set her jaw, and something in the…

— 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

“You must understand something, George. The world's leaders create catastrophes and resolve them-- all at their own whimsy-- every single day. It…

— Trenton Lee Stewart

Something about this made Reynie uneasy. Had he done so badly? Was this meant to test his courage? He did as he…

— Trenton Lee Stewart

The answer to this riddle has a hole in the middle, And some have been known to fall in it. In tennis…

— 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

“Out from behind the desk where he’d been sitting, hidden by the piles of books, appeared a bespectacled, green-eyed man in a…

— Trenton Lee Stewart

It just supports my personal opinion that he's a wacko

— Trenton Lee Stewart

“It's a journal, Reynard. Every great thinker keeps a journal, you know.”

— Trenton Lee Stewart

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

— Trenton Lee Stewart