219 Quotes by Louis Sachar

Now you be careful in the real world" said Armpit " Not everyone is as nice as us.

I'm not saying it's going to be easy. Nothing in life is easy. But that's no reason to give up. You'll be surprised what you can accomplish if you set your mind to it. After all, you only have one life, so you should try to make the most of it.

The best morals kids get from any book is just the capacity to empathize with other people, to care about the characters and their feelings. So you don't have to write a preachy book to do that. You just have to make it a fun book with characters they care about, and they will become better people as a result.

In fact, they were much too cute to be children.

What amazes me is that most days feel useless. I don't seem to accomplish anything-just a few pages, most of which don't seem very good. Yet, when I put all those wasted days together, I somehow end up with a book of which I'm very proud.

The bark on the tree was just a little softer.

If amonster says hello to you, you should say hello to it. If youdon’t, then I have to wonder which one of you is really themonster.

If a monster says hello to you, you should say hello to it. If you don’t, then I have to wonder which one of you is really the monster.

He understood it when other kids were mean to him. It didn't bother him. He simply hated them. As long as he hated them, it didn't matter what they thought of him.