Henry (Henry and Mudge) Quotes

″‘I want to have a dog,’ he told his parents. ‘Sorry,’ they almost said. But first they looked at their house with no brothers and sisters. Then they looked at their street with no children. Then they looked at Henry’s face. Then they looked at each other. ‘Okay,’ they said.”

″‘I want a brother,’ he told his parents. ‘Sorry,’ they said.”

″‘I want to hug you!’ Henry told his parents. And he did.”

“Mudge loved Henry’s room. He loved the dirty socks. He loved the stuffed bear.”

“Then they looked at their street with no children. Then they looked at Henry’s face.”

“In those dreams Mudge was alone and Henry was alone.”