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Trenton Lee Stewart is an American author best known for the Mysterious Benedict Society series. Stewart is a graduate of Hendrix College and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. He lives in Little Rock, Arkansas. Wikipedia  

✵ 27. May 1970

Works

The Mysterious Benedict Society
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma
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Famous Trenton Lee Stewart Quotes

“You must remember, family is often born of blood, but it doesn't depend on blood. Nor is it exclusive of friendship. Family members can be your best friends, you know. And best friends, whether or not they are related to you, can be your family.”

Trenton Lee Stewart The Mysterious Benedict Society

Source: The Mysterious Benedict Society

“The gym is always open, except when it's closed.”

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 Mysterious Benedict Society

Source: The Mysterious Benedict Society

“May your adventures bring you closer together, even as they take you far away from home.”

Trenton Lee Stewart The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey

Source: The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey

“She was a thin woman in a mustard-yellow suit, with a yellowish complexion, short-cropped rusty red hair, and a stiff posture. She reminded Reynie of a giant walking pencil.”

Trenton Lee Stewart

Trenton Lee Stewart Quotes

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

Trenton Lee Stewart The Mysterious Benedict Society

Source: The Mysterious Benedict Society

“Oh, here’s a clever one. Do you remember this question from the first test? It reads, ‘What’s wrong with this statement?’ And do you know what Constance wrote in reply? She wrote, ‘What’s wrong with you?”

Trenton Lee Stewart The Mysterious Benedict Society

Source: The Mysterious Benedict Society

“And please don't call me that."

I didn't call you 'that', I called you George Washington.”

Trenton Lee Stewart The Mysterious Benedict Society

Source: The Mysterious Benedict Society

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

Trenton Lee Stewart The Mysterious Benedict Society

Source: The Mysterious Benedict Society

“Now listen, we need to be quiet as mice. No, quieter than that. As quiet as… as…”
“Dead mice?” Reynie suggested.
“Perfect,” said Kate with an approving nod. “As quiet as dead mice.”

Trenton Lee Stewart book The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma

Source: The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma

“Poor Kate,” said Constance, “she’s lost her marbles.”

Trenton Lee Stewart The Mysterious Benedict Society

Source: The Mysterious Benedict Society

“One problem with being a leader, is that even among your friends you are alone, for it is you -- and you alone -- to whom the others look for final guidance.”

Trenton Lee Stewart The Mysterious Benedict Society

Source: The Mysterious Benedict Society

“Grow the lawn and mow the lawn
always keep the TV on,
brush your teeth and kill the germs,
poison apples, poison worms.”

Trenton Lee Stewart The Mysterious Benedict Society

Source: The Mysterious Benedict Society

“Reynie's fce fell. 'It's not funny, Kate.'
For a moment - a fleeting moment - Kate looked desperately sad. 'Well, of course it's not funny, Reynie Muldoon. But what do you want me to do? Cry?”

Trenton Lee Stewart The Mysterious Benedict Society

Source: The Mysterious Benedict Society

“What is life without laughter?”

Trenton Lee Stewart The Mysterious Benedict Society

Source: The Mysterious Benedict Society

“Remember the White Knight.”

Trenton Lee Stewart The Mysterious Benedict Society

Source: The Mysterious Benedict Society

“Was it worse for him, Reynie wondered, to have felt loved and then rejected? Or was it worse to have always felt alone?”

Trenton Lee Stewart The Mysterious Benedict Society

Source: The Mysterious Benedict Society

“She announced her age right away, for children consider their ages every bit as important as their names.”

Trenton Lee Stewart The Mysterious Benedict Society

Source: The Mysterious Benedict Society

“'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., he just kept arguing that 'this boy was especially average-looking.' " ~ Kate Wetherall, The Mysterious Benedict Society”

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“I hopehaven't given up on the S. Q.'s of the world, Reynie. As you see, there are a great many sheep in wolves' clothing. If not for S. Q.'s good nature, we'd never have escaped.”

Trenton Lee Stewart The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey

Source: The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey

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

Trenton Lee Stewart The Mysterious Benedict Society

Source: The Mysterious Benedict Society

“Everything is as it should be.”

Trenton Lee Stewart The Mysterious Benedict Society

Source: The Mysterious Benedict Society

“I can't say for sure, because I have no experience, but -- well, 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 Mysterious Benedict Society

Source: The Mysterious Benedict Society

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