The House with a Clock in Its Walls Quotes

Jonathan Barnavelt: [to Lewis]I can give you the right books, teach you the right spells, but that last 1, that's up to you.

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[the clock strikes] Jonathan Barnavelt: Three gongs... last time it was four. What happens when it gets down to one?
Mrs. Zimmerman: Nothing good, that's for certain.

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Jonathan Barnavelt: [to Lewis]You'll see, things are quite different here.

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Jonathan Barnavelt: There's a clock in the walls. We don't know what it does, except... something horrible.

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Jonathan Barnavelt: Have a look around, it's perfectly safe... [a tentacled monster opens a door, Jonathan shoves it back]
Lewis Barnavelt: THAT's safe?
Jonathan Barnavelt: As long as it's fed.

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[last lines, when the Griffin's topiary waste splat onto the Chair with The End card] Jonathan Barnavelt: Bad kitty! Use the litter box!

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Mrs. Zimmerman: The house is a very old place.

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Mrs. Zimmerman: So, you told Lewis everything?
Jonathan Barnavelt: Well, not everything.

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[a host of pumpkin monstes appear] Mrs. Zimmerman: God, I hate pumpkins. [blasts them]

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