“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.” KnowsRememberBornFamilyBloodDependsMembersRelatedGood FriendFamily And FriendsExclusiveBest FriendFamily MembersYour Best FriendBe Your BestTrue Best FriendMysterious Benedict SocietySpecial Friend Author:Trenton Lee Stewart
“Every great thinker keeps a journal, you know.” KnowsThinkerJournalGreat ThinkersMysterious Benedict Society Author:Trenton Lee Stewart
“Oh, here's a clever one. Do you remember this question from the first test?It reads, 'What wrong with this statement?' And do you know what Constance wrote in reply? She wrote, 'What's wrong with you?” KnowsFirstsRememberTestsCleverStatementsDo You KnowMysterious Benedict Society Author: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 they kept.” KnowsEnoughNightShadowWindowLaysMysterious Benedict Society Author:Trenton Lee Stewart
“You are the smartest children i know. You just don't beleive it.” KnowsChildrenMysterious Benedict Society Author: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 was told, closing his eyes and bracing himself as best he could. "Why are you flinching?" the pencil woman asked. "I don't know. I thought maybe you were going to slap me." "Don't be ridiculous. I could slap you perfectly well with your eyes open. I'm only going to blindfold you.” KnowsWellsMadeDoneEyeTestsRidiculousHis EyesPencilsClosingSlapUneasyBlindfoldsMysterious Benedict Society Author:Trenton Lee Stewart
“Nicholas Benedict did have an exceptional gift for knowing things (more exceptional, in fact, than most adults would have thought possible), and yet not even he could know that this next chapter was to be the most unusual-and most important-of his entire childhood. Indeed, the strange days that lay ahead would change him forever, though for now they had less substance than the mist through which he ran.” KnowsImportantFactsNextForeverKnowingChildhoodStrangeAdultsLaysSubstanceRanUnusualChaptersExceptionalMistNext ChapterKnowing ThingsStrange Days Author:Trenton Lee Stewart
“No sooner had he thought this than he realized what was anchoring his happiness. It was purpose. He knew what he wanted to do. He knew the way he thought things should be, and Mr. Harinton was proving that other people--even adults--could feel the same way. Nicholas had something to aim for now. He might not know what he wanted to be when he grew up, but he knew with absolute certainty how he wanted to be.” PeopleKnowsWayFeelsShouldMightWantedPurposeGrewProveGrew UpAdultsAbsolutesAimCertaintyAbsolute Certainty Author:Trenton Lee Stewart
“Somhow those Ten Men -- at the time they were called Recruiters, of course -- discovered that Constance had been at the library. Most likely one of their informants saw her come out, because it was on that very day that the brutes showed up and threatened the librarians. Who told them nothing, incidentally.' 'The same thing happened in Holland,' Kate reflected. 'You'd think these guys would learn their lesson -- librarians know how to keep quiet.' 'It helps to ask politely,' said Mr. Benedict” ThinkingKnowsMenSaidHelpingGuyCoursesAsksKnow HowSawsHappenedLessonsQuietTenLibraryThreatenedLibrarianBrutesKateHollandInformants Author:Trenton Lee Stewart
