“ Within a year, possibly by next fall," he was saying, "something that has never before been done, will be done. NASA will be sending men to the moon. Think of that. Men who were once in classrooms lik… Gary D. Schmidt
“ Mrs. Russell made us both sit down with a glass of milk. And I have a special treat for you, she said. I'm not lying. She really said that. I held my breath because of the last special treat at the Da… Gary D. Schmidt
“ You know one thing that Mr. Powell taught me? He taught me that sometimes, art can make you forget everything else all around you. That's what are can do. Gary D. Schmidt
“ Would you have left a guy being beat up to go find a teacher?' I asked.My father, he wiped his hand across his face, and what was left behind was a smile.Really, a smile.'Not in a million years,' he s… Gary D. Schmidt
“ On Saturday mornings during deliveries, I'd practice picking out new words in Jane Eyre, sounding out the ones that needed sounding out—and I'm not lying, there were plenty. 'A new servitude! There is… Gary D. Schmidt
“ There are good reasons to learn how to read. Poetry isn't one of them... Why can't poets just say what they want to say and then shut up? Gary D. Schmidt
“ When 1:45 came, half the class left, and Danny Hupfer whispered, "If she gives you a cream puff after we leave, I'm going to kill you" - which was not something that someone headed off to prepare for… Gary D. Schmidt
“ A southwest blow on ye and blister you all o'er!''The red plague rid you!''Toads, beetles, bats, light on you!''As wicked dew as e'er my mother brushed with raven's feather from unwholesome fen drop o… Gary D. Schmidt
“ A comedy isn’t about being funny...a comedy is about characters who dare to know that they may choose a happy ending after all. Gary D. Schmidt
“ I know. That sounds like a lie. But Presbyterians know that every so often a lie isn't all that bad, and I figured that this was about the best place it could happen. Gary D. Schmidt
“ Mr. Ferris didn't say anything the whole time. He sat next to me and listened. And when I finished, I looked at him.He was crying. I'm not lying. He was crying.I don't think it was because how hard I… Gary D. Schmidt
“ He felt it deep, like a stone too big to heft out of the garden. He just had to how around it and make do. Gary D. Schmidt
“ Lizzie Bright Griffin, do you ever wish the world would just go ahead and swallow you whole?""Sometimes I do," she said, and then smiled. "but sometimes I figure I should just go ahead and swallow it. Gary D. Schmidt
