Don't thank me,' Mr. Curtain called as the door slid closed. 'Impress me!

Trenton Lee Stewart

Stichwörter: impress



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Remember the White Knight.

Trenton Lee Stewart

Stichwörter: inspirational



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

Trenton Lee Stewart

Stichwörter: the-mysterious-benedict-society



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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

Stichwörter: friends leader leaders the-mysterious-benedict-society



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Kate seemed to have doubled in size. She had drawn back her broad shoulders and set her jaw, and something in the stance called to mind the contained ferocity of a lioness. But it was the fierceness in Kate's bright blue eyes that had the most striking effect. The sort of look that made you thankful she wasn't your enemy. "It's not going to be over," Kate said firmly "Until we say so.

Trenton Lee Stewart

Stichwörter: kate-wetherall mysterious-benedict-society perilous-journey



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It just supports my personal opinion that he's a wacko

Trenton Lee Stewart


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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.

Trenton Lee Stewart

Stichwörter: funny blindfold



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

Trenton Lee Stewart

Stichwörter: age children



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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.

Trenton Lee Stewart

Stichwörter: education extraordinary of nicholas lee stewart benedict trenton



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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.

Trenton Lee Stewart


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