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“There are two elevators. One is blue. One is red. When you want to go up, you take the blue elevator. When you want to go down, you take the red elevator. It’s that simple. It can’t go wrong! The blue one only goes up. And the red one only goes down.”
And so, at last, Wayside School got elevators. A blue one and a red one. They each worked perfectly one time — and never could be used again.”
― Louis Sachar, Wayside School Gets A Little Stranger

“I loathe the idea of cutting down trees. Two hundred years of shape and energy all gone in half an hour. It's revolting.”
― John Galsworthy, Maid in Waiting

“And what would you like, Sharie?" asked Miss Mush.
"What do you have?" asked Sharie.
"Potato salad".
"What else is there?" asked Sharie.
"Nothing" said Miss Mush.
"Okay" said Sharie. "I'll have that."
"Potato salad?" asked Miss Mush.
"No,nothing." said Sharie.”
― Louis Sachar, Wayside School Is Falling Down

“In war, the strong make slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich makes slaves of the poor.”
― Oscar Wilde