Holes Key Quotes - All Chapters

Louis Sachar's key quotes chapter-by-chapter for the novel Holes written by Louis Sachar, completed, researched, and performed by Year 7 students. A useful guide to begin student’s annotation of their novels, though it is not a complete guide for annotation in preparation to completing an essay or assessment task.
Refer to these videos for a guide through each of the quotes for this novel:
Chapters 1-10:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfRTbkjEQSU
Chapters 11-30:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhGo-obF2hY
Chapters 31-50:
https://youtu.be/juP_DRSBECA

1. Holes – Key quotes per chapters 7B – English - 2016

2. Chapter 1 Page Number: 1 Key Quote: “There used to be a town of Green Lake as well. The town shriveled and dried up along with the lake, and the people who lived there.” Theme: Ancestry Location: Top middle corner

3. Chapter 2 – Page 5

4. Chapter 3 Key Quote: “Not every Stanley Yelnats has been a failure.” Stanley’s mother often pointed out, whenever Stanley or his father became so discouraged that they actually started to believe in the curse. The first Stanley Yelnats, Stanley’s great grandfather, had made a fortune in the stock market. “He couldn’t have been to unlucky” Page number: 9 Location on Page: Bottom middle quarter. Theme: Ancestry

5. Chapter 4 Key Quote: “Be Careful” Page number: 11 Location on Page: 4 th line down Theme:

6. Chapter 5 Key Quote: “ There is only one rule at Camp Green Lake, don’t upset the Warden” Page number: 16 and 17 Location on Page: Left Bottom Quarter and Right Top Quarter Theme: Justice

7. Chapter 6 Key Quote: “ I stole a pair of sneakers.” Page number: 22 Location on Page: Top quarter, Top middle quarter, bottom middle quarter, bottom quarter. Theme: Crime

8. Chapter 7 Key Quote: “ Well, the first hole’s the hardest” Magnet said. Page number: 35 Location on Page: B ottom middle quarter, Theme: Crime

9. Chapter 8 “A lot of people don't believe in curses .” Page Number: 41 Location: First line Theme: Ancestry

10. Chapter 9 Key Quote:” This was the one place in camp where the boys could enjoy themselves, and what’d they do? They wreaked it.” Page number:46 Location on Page: Top quarter Theme:

11. Chapter 10 Quote: “The second holes was the hardest. It would take a miracle.” Page: 49 Location: 4 th Line

12. Chapter 11 ‘’You’re a good guy, caveman.’’ Friendship Page 53

13. Chapter 12 Theme: Fate Page 58 “ T hat person is you, Stanley. You’re the reason you are here. Your responsible for yourself. You messed up your life, and it’s up to you to fix it. No one else is going to do it for you-for any of you .”

14. Chapter 13 Key Quote : “He figured that in a year and a half he’d be either in great physical condition or else dead.” Page number: 59 Location on Page: middle quarter. Theme: Justice

15. Chapter 14 Key Quote: “does X-ray get the day off?” asked squid. “just keep digging until someone says otherwise,” Mr. Pendanski said. Then he smiled. “But if I were you, Rex, I wouldn’t dig too hard.” Page number:66 Location on Page: Top quarter Theme: Fate

16. Chapter 15 Key Quote: “She watches us all the time,” said Zig Zag. Page number 71 Location on page: Top Quarter Theme: N/A

17. Chapter 16 Key Quote: “Well, I have a letter here for someone named Stanley Yelnats ,” said Mr Pendanski Page number: 74 Location on Page: B ottom middle quarter. Theme: Friendship

18. Chapter 17 Key Quote: For the next week and a half, the boys continued to dig in and around the area where X-Ray had supposedly found the gold tube. Page number: 77 Location on Page: Top quarter, Top middle quarter , bottom middle quarter, bottom quarter. Theme: Karma

19. Chapter 18 Key Quote : I’ll be careful, it’s not all fun and games here, but I think I’m getting a lot out of it. It builds character. Page number : 81 Location on Page: B ottom quarter. Theme: Justice & Karma

20. Chapter 19 Key Quote: “You open your mouth again, and I’ll break your jaw.” Page number: Page 83. Location on Page: Top quarter, Top middle quarter, bottom middle quarter, bottom quarter. Bottom. Theme: Justice

21. Chapter 20 Key Quote: “While Mr Sir was filling the canteens, I snuck into the truck and stole his sack of sunflower seeds.” Page number: 89 Location on Page: Top middle quarter. Theme: Justice

22. Chapter 21 Key Quote: “He won’t die” the Warden said. Page number: 92 (In the holes book.) Location on Page: Top quarter Theme: Fate

23. Chapter 22 “Why did you help me? Stanley asked You didn’t steal the sunflower seeds So neither did you .” Page number:96 Location on Page: 4 th line down Theme: Friendshi p

24. Chapter 23 Key Quote: “110 years ago, Green Lake was the largest lake in Texas” Page number: 101 Location on Page: Top Theme: Ancestry

25. Chapter 24 “Thank you Mr sir he said .” Page: 106 Location: The very last line: Theme: Friendship

26. Chapter 25 Key Quote: The folks of green lake were afraid to take change Page number:108 Location on Page: 5 th and 6 th line from the bottom Theme:

27. Chapter 26 Key Quote: “You make the decision: Who did God punish?” Page number: 115 Location on Page: Middle Theme: Justice/Fate

28. Chapter 27 Key Quote: ‘He knew he wouldn’t be talking like that if he was the one teaching zero to read.’ Page number:117 Location on Page: Top quarter, Top middle quarter, bottom middle quarter, bottom quarter. Theme: compassion

29. Chapter 28 Key Quote: “Go ahead and kill me, trout” said Kate. “But I sure hope you like to dig. ‘Cause you’re going to be digging for a long time. It’s a big vast wasteland out there. You, and your children, and their children, can dig for the next hundred years and you’ll find it.” Page number: 122 Location on Page: Top Middle Theme: Ancestry

30. Chapter 29 " I found refuge on God's thumb ." Page 128 Location on Page: middle of page . Theme: Ancestry

31. Chapter 30 Key Quote: “He’s not my slave”, “We have a deal, that’s all”. Page number: 132 (In holes book) Location on Page: Top middle quarter. Theme: Friendship.

32. Chapter 31 Key Quote: “No one cares about Hector Zeroni .” Page number: 144 Location on Page: Bottom quarter. Theme: Doesn’t have a theme.

33. Chapter 32 Key Quote: “This isn’t a girl scout camp.” Page number: Page 146 Location on Page: Top quarter, Top middle quarter, bottom middle quarter, bottom quarter. Middle bottom on the right corner. Theme: Inspiration.

34. Chapter 33 Key Quote : And as long as he’d come this far he might as well look for Zero. Page number : 149 Location on Page: B ottom middle quarter. Theme : Friendship

35. Chapter 34 Key Quote: Almost straight ahead of him, he could see what looked like a fist, with its thumb sticking up. Page number: 153 Location on Page: Top quarter , Top middle quarter, bottom middle quarter, bottom quarter. Theme: Fate

36. Chapter 35 Key Quote: Zero’s face looked like a jack ‘o’ lantern that had been left out too m any days past Halloween-half rotten, with sunken eyes and a drooping smile. Page number: 155 Location on Page: Top quarter, Theme: Fate

37. Chapter 36 Key Quote: “I’m not exactly the luckiest guy in the world.” Page number: 160 Location on Page: Top quarter. Theme: Ancestry

38. Chapter 37 Key Quote: “There’s got to be water around somewhere. We must be getting closer.” Page number: Page 169 Location on Page: Top middle quarter. Theme : Justice & Karma.

39. Chapter 38 Key Quote : “As he lay face down in the muddy ditch, he didn’t know if he’d ever get up again. He didn’t know if he’d even try.” Page number: 171 Location on Page: Top quarter, Top middle quarter, bottom middle quarter, bottom quarter. Theme: No Theme

40. Chapter 39 Fate It took a moment for Stanley to comprehend. ‘ Cylde Livingstone’s shoes’ ‘I’m sorry,’ said zero Page Number: 175

41. Chapter 40 “Sam saved her life.’’ Friendship Page: 179 Location: 9 lines down

42. Chapter 41 Key Quote: “Zero’s condition continued to improve.” Page number: Page 182 Location on Page: Top quarter . Theme : Justice & Karma.

43. Chapter 42 Key Quote:” He wished it were true, but he knew they had no choice but to eventually return to camp green lake.” Page number:185 Location on Page: Top quarter, Top middle quarter, bottom middle quarter, bottom quarter. Theme: fate

44. Chapter 43 “You'd already thrown up everything that was inside your stomach." Page: 191 B ottom of page Theme: N/A

45. Chapter 44 Key Quote: “I’m gonna try to refill the water jars.” Page number:199 Location on Page: Top middle quarter Theme : N/A

46. Chapter 45 Key Quote: ‘ something was crawling up the back of his neck’ Page number:205 Location on Page: Top quarter, Top middle quarter, bottom middle quarter, bottom quarter. Theme:

47. Chapter 46 Key Quote: “Hey Caveman, guess what?” Said Mr.Sir “You’re innocent, after all. I thought you’d like to know that. Your Lawyer came to get you yesterday” Page number: 209 Location on Page: Middle Theme: Fate

48. Chapter 47 Key Quote: There were eight lizards in a hole with him. Each one had exactly eleven yellow spots Page number: 211 Location on Page: First 3 lines Theme: Fate

49. Chapter 48 Key Quote: “I can’t leave hector” Stanley said. Page number: 219 Location on Page: Top quarter Theme: Friendship

50. Chapter 49 – Page 225

51. Chapter 50 “The reader probably still has some questions .” Page 229 Theme: A ncestry Location on page: 2 nd last line and the last line

52. Watch these videos for supporting content: Refer to these videos for a guide through each of the quotes for this novel: Chapters 1-10: https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfRTbkjEQSU Chapters 11-30: https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhGo-obF2hY Chapters 31-50: https :// youtu.be/juP_DRSBECA