Benedict Society Quotes

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

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

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#4. Au contraire..."
"What?" Constance demanded.
Curtain blinked.
~ The Perilous Journey

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#5. 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.

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#6. I think when I started to write 'The Mysterious Benedict Society' that I had that kind of thing in mind - the notion of having to be able to solve puzzles and riddles because enormous stakes rode upon your ability to do that.

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#7. In other words, you are our last possible hope. You are our only hope.

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#8. 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.

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#9. Listen, just do what you think is right, and we'll support it." ~ Sticky Washington, The Prisoner's Dilemma

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#10. The only rule is that there are no rules.

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#11. Remember, children. For every exit, there is also an entrance. ~ Milligan, The Mysterious Benedict Society

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