Benjie Fawley Quotes

“Emergency Four- Crocodile Attack. When attacked by a crocodile, prop a stick in its mouth and the crocodile is helpless.”

“Marv Hammerman would look at them, sizing them up, the two of them, this duo his mother had created for strength. Then with a faint smile Hammerman would reach out, grab them up like cymbals and clang them together.”

″‘I know you did something. I can always tell. Now, what happened?’ ‘Nothing, Mom. I didn’t do anything.‘”

″‘If it makes you feel any better,’ his mother said, ‘Teddy Roosevelt had the same problem. I saw it on television. Boys used to pick on him and chase him.’ ‘No, it doesn’t,’ he said.”

“He was lonely. I, Mouse Fawley, do hereby swear that I feel lonely.”

″‘Some boys are going to kill me.’ ‘Not kill you, Benjie,’ she said. ‘No one is-’ He glanced quickly at her. ‘Well, how do I know what they’re going to do?‘”