Lewis Barnavelt quotes from The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018)

View Quote 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.

View Quote Lewis Barnavelt: But, Uncle Jonathan, don't I have to have dinner before I'm allowed to have cookies?
Jonathan Barnavelt: Well, why not just eat cookies for dinner? They're far more delicious.
Lewis Barnavelt: I know. It's just, we had these house rules.
Jonathan Barnavelt: Well, not in this house. There's no bedtime, bath-time or meal-time. You can eat cookies till you throw up for all I care. You'll see. Things are quite different here.

View Quote Lewis Barnavelt: This all feels weird.
Florence Zimmerman: What's wrong with weird? Weird's like the nuts in my cookies. It's the nuts that make things interesting.

View Quote Lewis Barnavelt: So, how long have you lived next door to Uncle Jonathan?
Florence Zimmerman: Oh, we've been friends forever, ever since I came here. Ran here, actually. From Paris. After the War. [Notices Lewis giving her a sly grin] And no, to answer that look you're giving me, your uncle and I aren't anything kissy-faced.
Jonathan Barnavelt: [In another room, but he overheard that] Gross!

View Quote Mrs. Zimmerman: [talking to Lewis about Isaac Izard] All he said was he was lost in the Black Forest. Now, that is a very old place with very old magic. It's where the brothers Grimm wrote their histories.
Lewis Barnavelt: You mean fairy tales? [Zimmerman gives him a sly look with a smile]

View Quote Lewis Barnavelt: [After preparing for Isaac Izzard's reapparition] Uncle Jonathan... This is my fault.
Jonathan Barnavelt: Lewis, you helped us, you're the one who decoded the blueprints.
Lewis Barnavelt: No. I mean, I'm the one who brought Isaac back.
Mrs. Zimmerman: Lewis?
Jonathan Barnavelt: What are you talking about?
Lewis Barnavelt: I opened the cabinet. I used your book. I-I'm so, so, so sorry.
Jonathan Barnavelt: No, you couldn't have. You don't know enough magic to pull off a spell like that.
Lewis Barnavelt: I just followed the directions. I bled onto the book.
Mrs. Zimmerman: Oh, Lewis. Blood magic?
Jonathan Barnavelt: That was my one rule.
Lewis Barnavelt: I-I know. I'm sorry.
Jonathan Barnavelt: And you broke it?
Lewis Barnavelt: I didn't mean to.
Jonathan Barnavelt: So you opened a forbidden cabinet and performed an unholy ritual on accident?
Lewis Barnavelt: I didn't know Isaac was evil. You never told me.
Jonathan Barnavelt: Oh, so this is my fault?
Lewis Barnavelt: I didn't say that.
Jonathan Barnavelt: [Furious now] Then what are you saying? What the hell were you thinking?
Lewis Barnavelt: [Sobbing] I just wanted Tarby to be my friend again. And I want my parents back. And I figured, if it worked here, I could go home and try it on them. I just want my mom.
Jonathan Barnavalet: [More calmly] I'm sorry. It was a mistake, you coming here.