... Speaking of which, the boys weren't actually touching the breifcases in the trunk, I hope?" Wondering how Milligan knew, Kate stuck her head out the office door and gave Reynie and Sticky a warning look. They nodded and tried to close the trunk as quietly as possible. "They aren't now anyway." "Good," Milligan said, picking up his duffel bag. "I'd hate to have to speak sternly to them again. It embarasses me to be so ineffective.

May your adventures bring you closer together, even as they take you far away from home.

Remember, children. For every exit, there is also an entrance. ~ Milligan, The Mysterious Benedict Society

And please don't call me that." I didn't call you 'that', I called you George Washington.

Remember the White Knight.

I tend to find characters who lack vulnerability dull.

I think when I started to write The Mysterious Benedict Society that I had that kind of thing in mind - the notion of having to be able to solve puzzles and riddles because enormous stakes rode upon your ability to do that.