The Grinch Quotes

“He brought back their snoof and their tringlers and fuzzles, Brought back their pantookas, their dafflers and wuzzles.”

“Then he slithered and slunk, with a smile most unpleasant, Around the whole room, and he took every present!”

“He brought everything back, all the food for the feast! And he, he himself, the Grinch carved the roast beast!”

“Every Who down in Whoville liked Christmas a lot. But the Grinch who lived just North of Whoville did not!”

“Packed it up with their presents, their ribbons, their wrappings, Their snoof and their fuzzles, their tringlers and trappings! Ten thousand feet up, up the side of Mount Crumpet, He rode with his load to the tiptop to dump it!”

“He rode into Whoville. He brought back their toys. He brought back their floof to the Who girls and boys.”

“Then he slid down the chimney, a rather tight pinch. But if Santa could do it, then so could the Grinch.”

“For, tomorrow, I know all the Who girls and boys Will wake bright and early. They’ll rush for their toys!”

“With a smile to his soul, he descended Mount Crumpet Cheerily blowing “Who! Who!” on his trumpet.”

“I know just what to do!” The Grinch laughed in his throat. “I’ll make a quick Santy Claus hat and a coat.”

“But I think that the most likely reason of all May have been that his heart was two sizes too small.”

“And then! Oh, the noise! Oh, the noise! Noise! Noise! Noise! There’s one thing I hate! All the NOISE! NOISE! NOISE! NOISE!”

“‘Maybe Christmas,’ he thought, ‘doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas…perhaps…means a little bit more!’”

“Then he growled, with his Grinch fingers nervously drumming, ‘I must find some way to keep Christmas from coming!‘”

“They’re just waking up! I know just what they’ll do! Their mouths will hang open a minute or two Then the Whos down in Whoville will all cry boo-hoo!”

“And what happened then? Well, in Whoville they say That the Grinch’s small heart grew three sizes that day!”

“Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before! What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. What if Christmas... perhaps... means a little bit more!”

“She stared at the Grinch and said, ‘Santy Claus, why, why are you taking our Christmas tree? WHY?‘”

“Then he got an idea! An awful idea! The Grinch got a wonderful, awful idea!”