Well, let me tell you something, Caveman. You are here on account of one person. If it wasn't for that person, you wouldn't be here digging holes in the hot sun. You know who that person is?" "My no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather.

Louis Sachar

Categorized in : Dirty Pigs Digging A Hole

It is better to take many small steps in the right direction than to make a great leap forward only to stumble backward.

Louis Sachar

small-steps leap persistence

I'm not saying it's going to be easy. Nothing in life is easy. But that's no reason to give up. You'll be surprised what you can accomplish if you set your mind to it.After all, you only have one life, so you should try to make the most of it.

Louis Sachar

life-and-love giving-up mind

But don't forget who you really are. And I'm not talking about your so-called real name. All names are made up by someone else, even the one your parents gave you. You know who you really are. When you're alone at night, looking up at the stars, or maybe lying in your bed in total darkness, you know that nameless person inside you...Your muscles will toughen. So will your heart and soul. That's necessary for survival. But don't lose touch with that person deep inside you, or else you won't really have survived at all.

Louis Sachar

stars real lying

He could hardly lift his spoon during breakfast, and then he was out on the lake, his spoon soon replaced by a shovel.

Louis Sachar

spoons lakes breakfast

An idea doesn't die," said Trapp. "It exists somewhere, in its own dimension, waiting to be perceived.

Louis Sachar

dimensions waiting ideas

The impossible is more believable than the highly improbable.

Louis Sachar

believable improbable impossible

In a way, it made him sad. He couldn't help but think that a hundred times zero was still nothing.

Louis Sachar

zero way thinking

Whenever you give someone a present or sing a holiday song, you're helping Santa Claus. To me, that's what Christmas is all about. Helping Santa Claus!

Louis Sachar

holiday song giving

Part of me becomes the characters I'm writing about. I think readers feel like they are there, the way I am, as a result.

Louis Sachar

writing character thinking

What amazes me is that most days feel useless. I don't seem to accomplish anything-just a few pages, most of which don't seem very good. Yet, when I put all those wasted days together, I somehow end up with a book of which I'm very proud.

Louis Sachar

useless together book

You need a reason to be sad. You don't need a reason to be happy.

Louis Sachar

reasons-to-be-happy reason needs

If only, if only, the moon speaks no reply; Reflecting the sun and all that's gone by. Be strong my weary wolf, turn around boldly. Fly high, my baby bird, My angel, my only

Louis Sachar

angel strong baby

Zero wasnt worried, " When you spend your whole life living in a shole", he said, "the only way you can go is up.

Louis Sachar

worried zero way

It's funny how you can go from hating a girl to maybe liking her, maybe liking her a lot, just because she shows a little interest in you.

Louis Sachar

girl hate littles

The time you quit learning is the time to quit playing.

Louis Sachar

quitting

Okay, you were probably taught there are five senses," he said. "We see, hear, touch, smell and taste. But how do we know those are the only five? What are the senses that we don't have? What are we failing to perceive?

Louis Sachar

five-senses smell taste

You can't let anybody else tell you what your choices are. Sometimes they won't give you the right choice.

Louis Sachar

choices sometimes giving

But I'm taking small steps 'Cause I don't know where I'm going I'm taking small steps And I don't know what to say. Small steps, Trying to pull myself together And maybe I'll discover A clue along the way!

Louis Sachar

small-steps together trying

If only, if only," the woodpecker sighs, "The bark on the tree was as soft as the skies." While the wolf waits below, hungry and lonely, Crying to the moo-oo-oon, "If only, If only.

Louis Sachar

lonely sky tree

Life is like crossing a river. If you take a huge step-aim for too bigger dreams-then the current will knock you off your feet and carry you away. The way to do it is small steps, you will take hold of life. You will get there in the end.

Louis Sachar

feet dream rivers