Zuni Blue > Quotes

“You can't be a proper officer with your dad holding your hand. Everyone at the police station will laugh at you.”
― Zuni Blue, The Mean Girl Who Never Speaks

“You never know what others are going through, I thought. Don’t judge who you don’t know.”
― Zuni Blue, The Mean Girl Who Never Speaks

“This is outrageous behaviour,” Mr Badal barked. “Running around in the playground when you should be in class…Did I ask you to speak? SILENCE, young man!” Mr Badal turned back to Libby and calmly said, “This will take a few minutes. Excuse me.” He stepped outside and closed the door. Libby knelt on the floor and placed the paper on the coffee table.”
― Zuni Blue, The Mean Girl Who Never Speaks

“Successful people do what unsuccessful people won’t do.”
― Zuni Blue, Detective Mya Dove 2 Book Collection

“Angel”
― Zuni Blue, The Mean Girl Who Never Speaks

“Green”
― Zuni Blue, The Mean Girl Who Never Speaks

“gets in the way. You've gotta choose justice over jobs. "Angel, first, her name's Libby, not SHE!" I marched over to Angel, so tempted to pull her hair, but it wasn't worth it. "Second, she can't just get over it, but she will beat it with our help! We've all got fears. Hers is speaking. Mine is spiders. Angel, yours is--" "Don't say it!" She sank under the table. "I trusted you!" "Bunnies." Everyone, even Libby, burst out laughing.”
― Zuni Blue, The Mean Girl Who Never Speaks

“can't,”
― Zuni Blue, Booger King Fights Back: Pick you. Flick you. Eat you.

“I enjoy working very hard!” I didn’t believe him. No one likes working hard because, you know, it’s hard. People only like hard work when it’s finished. That’s when you realise it was worth it.”
― Zuni Blue, The Mean Girl Who Never Speaks

“being a good police officer means being a good person.”
― Zuni Blue, The Mean Girl Who Never Speaks

“creepy.”
― Zuni Blue, The Mean Girl Who Never Speaks

“The Mean Girl Who Never Speaks”
― Zuni Blue, The Mean Girl Who Never Speaks

“England, you'll find Detective Inspector Mya Dove. With two years' experience on the force, this six year”
― Zuni Blue, The Mean Girl Who Never Speaks

“Just do your very best,”
― Zuni Blue, The Mean Girl Who Never Speaks

“How? It was a cold, rainy morning. We could've been in bed if we were adults. Not fair!”
― Zuni Blue, The Mean Girl Who Never Speaks

“She wanted to shake hands so we had a deal. “Wash your hands first,” I said. “If I catch germs, I’ll be sick. I can’t work if I’m sick.”
― Zuni Blue, The Mean Girl Who Never Speaks

“There are no green grapes. You mean white grapes.” “No,” I snapped. “The green ones.” “Yeah, they’re WHITE grapes,” she snapped back. “They look green but they’re white grapes.”
― Zuni Blue, The Mean Girl Who Never Speaks

“Instead of forcing mean people to like me, I’d just stay with nice people. Nice people like Jimmy. Nice people like Libby. Nice people like me. And nice people like you.”
― Zuni Blue, The Mean Girl Who Never Speaks

“I had nowhere to run. Nowhere to hide. He’s coming, I thought, and I’ll be in serious trouble…”
― Zuni Blue, The Mean Girl Who Never Speaks

“Check the pitch," she'd said. "You'll know him when you see him." That was easier said than done. There were thirty boys playing football (you might call it soccer). I stayed on the side, looking out for him, but that's hard”
― Zuni Blue, The Mean Girl Who Never Speaks

“Badal thought Libby was kind? She was so sneaky she’d even tricked the headteacher! I thought he’d see her mean side, but she’d hidden it too well. If Libby could trick teachers, she was much smarter than I thought. Mean and smart. Well, she wasn’t smarter than me… A good officer always thinks ahead. When the bad guys relax, they slip up. Then the officer catches them in a trap. Right now, Libby was very relaxed. She thought she’d won. With a headteacher on her side, she could do anything. Maybe even take over the whole school! I had to stop her before it was too late. A mean person shouldn’t run a school. It”
― Zuni Blue, The Mean Girl Who Never Speaks

“taking a look. 1. An honest review.”
― Zuni Blue, The Mean Girl Who Never Speaks

“Benson”
― Zuni Blue, The New Boy Who Hears Buzzing