“Everyone is someone's devil.”

“Maybe we are all somebody's devil.”

“What if Max is hurt somewhere?" Max's dad asked, and there was anger in his voice, but it was the kind of anger that someone has when they are afraid. It sounded more nervous and rushed. It was like fear dressed up in a loud voice and red cheeks.”

“It's strange how teachers can go off to college for all those years to learn to become teachers, but some of them never learn the easy stuff. Like making kids laugh. And making sure they know that you love them.”

“You have to be the bravest person in the world to go out every day, being yourself when no one likes who you are.”

“There are two types of teachers in the world: there are those who play school and teachers that teach school”

“Monsters are bad things, but monsters that do not walk and talk like monsters are the worst.”