History Quotes / DeathByNewberyMedal

-->--'''Greg Heffley''', ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid''

-->-- ''WebComic/PennyArcade''[[labelnote:spoiler]][[HilariousInHindsight He was wrong.]] [[SurprisinglyHappyEnding They both live]] [[BittersweetEnding but neither of them can see each other again]][[/labelnote]]

->It's a film about a family that get a dog. Figure out for yourself what happens at the end.

->The one thing I hate about animal stories is that after you've almost read the entire book and you really care about the animal, they go and tell you about how the animal died.

->Obviously, until you write ''Fuck it, We're All Going To Die'', the Newbery Medal will go to people like me, [[Creator/StephenColbert Stephen]].

->Of the 25 winners and runners-up chosen from 2000 to 2005, four of the books deal with death, six with the absence of one or both parents and four with such mental challenges as autism. Most of the rest deal with tough social issues.

->The Newbery has probably done far more to turn kids off to reading than any other book award in children's publishing.

->I'm not really sure what makes a book a "classic" to begin with, but I think it has to be at least 50 years old and some person or animal has to die at the end.

-->-- ''WebComic/PennyArcade''[[note]][[spoiler:[[HilariousInHindsight He was wrong.]] [[SurprisinglyHappyEnding They both live]] [[BittersweetEnding but neither of them can see each other again]]]][[/note]]

-->--'''[[WebComic/PennyArcade Tycho Brahe (AKA Jerry Holkins)]]''' on VideoGame/{{Fable II}}[[note]]He was right.[[/note]]

->'''Louise''': And so, apparently, in all children's literature, a really nice animal dies in the end. And that is not cool, reading, not cool.\\
'''Mr. Ambrose''': Yeah, you said it, honey.