James Howe

So does being cool mean you get to go around calling other people names?

— James Howe

A day can start out ordinary and end up being in the top ten. —Joe Bunch

— James Howe

There's no such thing as a wasted wish.

— James Howe

“Impossible," he said "I am in love with my food source.”

— James Howe

Sticks and stones may break our bones, but names will break our spirit.

— James Howe

“You can spit until you're dry, but you'll never make a lake”

— James Howe

Life is short and there will always be dirty dishes, so let's dance.

— James Howe

[Button] If Gay and Lesbian people are given civil rights, soon everyone will want them

— James Howe

“And adventures, no matter how dark or disturbing to recall, are meant to be shared.”

— James Howe

Banning books is just another form of bullying. It's all about fear and an assumption of power. The key is to address…

— James Howe

“The point is that being a minority isn't only about the color of your skin or your religion. it's about not fitting…

— James Howe

“What must it be like to move through your days always in step with a friend?”

— James Howe

“If getting is the key to your happiness your key will open few doors. If giving is the key to your happiness…

— James Howe

“TEN MINUTES LATER, we were at the door of “Lake Expectations,” the Monroes’ cabin retreat, named after Mr. Monroe’s favorite book.”

— James Howe

“At this point, Chester started to bathe his tail, which is a cat's way of changing a subject he finds uncomfortable.”

— James Howe

“You don't have to have a boyfriend or a girlfriend to know love. Just open up your heart and let the world…

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“(which is ridiculous even to imagine, since those trapeze acts all have names like The Flying Fedoras, and mine would be called…

— James Howe

Crying can help, too. People are often afraid to cry because they are told that crying is for babies. Crying does not…

— James Howe

I never thought I could write this much and now that it's coming to an end, I feel sad that I have…

— James Howe

“What's wrong with being out there, out there like a star shining in the night when that's the only way the star…

— James Howe

Another thing I think about names is that they DO hurt. They hurt because we believe them. We think they are telling…

— James Howe

“This business of really knowing people, deep down, including your own self, it is not something you can learn in school or…

— James Howe

The way I look at it, love does not necessarily make for a happy ending any more than winning does. What makes…

— James Howe

“They're really into it, laughing and teasing each other, and I am looking at Pam and thinking once again how she is…

— James Howe

“Who do you see when you think of you? Are you an outsider, Cool, distant, angry, swimming against the current, or are…

— James Howe

The point is that something I thought was perfect has been broken, and I'm having to find the beauty in what is…

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“Some days I want to put my head in the sand. There's too much pain out there, there's too much that scares…

— James Howe

I hated that the soldier doll had my name. I mean, please. I didn't play with him much. He was another Christmas…

— James Howe

“I am who I say I am, I'm not some fantasy of how you think you think you know or who I…

— James Howe

The future is a trickster rabbit, full of surprises. Only the past is predictable. -Bobby Goodspeed

— James Howe

“Sometimes kids just act impulsively, but it's because we have strong feelings, not because we're trying to make trouble. —Bobby Goodspeed”

— James Howe

“The future is a trickster rabbit, full of surprises. Only the past is predictable.”

— James Howe

Sometimes kids just act impulsively, but it's because we have strong feelings, not because we're trying to make trouble.

— James Howe

I am about to stop being a get-along kind of guy and turn into somebody who makes a difference.

— James Howe

“Horace and Morris and Dolores were friends—the greatest of friends, the truest of friends, the now-and-forever-I'm-yours sort of friends.”

— James Howe

“Maybe this is what it's like for all only children: To love the family that isn't almost as much as the one…

— James Howe

And that's an even greater love: to love somebody when he's a little...worn at the edges. —Teddy Bear

— James Howe

Sometimes I wish I were a character in a book and there was a writer out there giving me things to say.

— James Howe

So, this is a rabbit, I thought. He sort of looks like Chester, only he's got longer ears and a shorter tail.…

— James Howe

“But looking back on the next day, I can tell you that happy endings are possible, even in situations as fraught with…

— James Howe