“ Books can ignite fires in your mind, because they carry ideas for kindling, and art for matches. Gary D. Schmidt
“ OKAY. So I was going to the library every Saturday. So what? So what? It's not like I was reading books or anything. Gary D. Schmidt
“ You know, there are good reasons to learn how to read. Poetry isn't one of them. I mean, so what if two roads go two ways in a wood? So what? Who cares if it made all that big a difference? What diffe… Gary D. Schmidt
“ I almost cried. But I didn't, because if you're in seventh grade and you cry while wearing a blue floral cape and yellow tights with white feathers on the butt, you just have to curl up and die somewh… Gary D. Schmidt
“ You can't just skip the boring parts.""Of course I can skip the boring parts.""How do you know they're boring if you don't read them?""I can tell.""Then you can't say you've read the whole play.""I th… Gary D. Schmidt
“ Vengeance is sweet. Vengeance taken when the vengee isn't sure who the venger is, is sweeter still. Gary D. Schmidt
