Middlegrade Quotes & Sayings

Dogs do have feelings, I gather. — Kevin Kline

It would be horrible to be micro-managed! I don't think directors can really micro-manage people. It's just impossible. — Janusz Kaminski

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

Being a humble person, she gave her pie shop a humble name - PIE. — Sarah Weeks

God's grace is all we need. — Lailah Gifty Akita

So you're a reader," My mom sighs, as if somehow this elevates Isabel to yet another realm of perfection. — Denis Markell

To my faithful readers, because a book is like a pie - the only thing more satisfying than cooking up the story is knowing that somebody might be out there eating it up with a spoon. — Sarah Weeks

At this moment, I know that the answer has to be yes. I am defeated. By my own father. How Darth Vader. — Denis Markell

I turn back to the Archers, who don't look like the same species as us. Do they even sweat, these people? — Denis Markell

It seems like the best escape games come from Japan for some reason. It makes me proud. — Denis Markell

Whatever you do, don't make it worse by trying to come up with some flimsy excuse for why you were in the ventilation shaft, Lina told herself. — Jaleigh Johnson

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

An appearance of delicacy, and even fragility, is almost essential to beauty. — Edmund Burke

Wait. Is a real, live adult person actually asking me details about the games I play? This is unheard of. — Denis Markell

The cover of a book is akin to the door of a home; if it is welcoming and enticing, it beckons you and your visit will be all the more pleasurable and desirable. — J.E. Rogers

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

Dad has shamelessly played the Mom card. Against which there is no defense. — Denis Markell

Having experienced personally and through my family the tragedy of Chile is something always present in my memory. I do not want events of that nature ever to happen again, and I have dedicated an important part of my life to ensuring that and to the reunion of all Chileans. — Michelle Bachelet

We say the name of God, but that is only habit. — Nikita Khrushchev

The three now faced the moving wall. Trapped, like the last fries in a box with a hungry kid ready to pounce. They had no way to escape. — S.W. Lothian

Lardo was getting on in years, and his big belly tended to slow him down a bit. — Sarah Weeks

She wanted to make sure she studied all the manuals thoroughly, but she had to admit that part of her hesitation was the unsettling length of the list of things that could go wrong if she mishandled the pressure. — Jaleigh Johnson

It is far easier for us to accept the death of someone we love than to cope with the idea of losing him and discovering that he is able to carry on with his life, in all its intricacies, despite our absence. — Ahlam Mosteghanemi

Phelps, even at a young age, had a capacity for obsessiveness that made him an ideal athlete. Then again, all elite performers are obsessives. — Charles Duhigg

Polly had a gift for baking pies, and she poured her heart and soul into every one she made. — Sarah Weeks

No state, furthermore, unless it has aggressive military designs such as those which consumed Nazi leaders in the thirties, is likely to divert to defense any more of its resources and wealth and energy than seems necessary. — Lester B. Pearson

There was no one as good as he at using the ovens of logic to bake agreeable results. — William T. Vollmann

Alice wondered if her mother was aware that she wasn't the only one in town who'd come down with a bad case of Blueberry Fever. — Sarah Weeks

It was a feminist act, revealing secrets in order to free herself and the women of her clan from the silence and obscurity to which a misogyny thousands of years old would have relegated them. — Mary Karr