--- title: "2 Adhd Quotes By Jack Gantos" description: "2 Adhd quotes by Jack Gantos. Plus more from Jack Gantos and more Adhd sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecc/jack-gantos-14183_adhd_do-you-think-i-m-weird-because-i-m-wired_1368197.png" --- > [“Do you think I'm weird because I'm wired, or wired because I'm wierd?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-gantos/do-you-think-i-m-weird-because-i-m-wired-or-wired-because-i-m-wierd/) [Jack Gantos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-gantos/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecc/jack-gantos-14183_adhd_do-you-think-i-m-weird-because-i-m-wired_1368197.png) > [“For one second I thought I saw it and I reached down and snatched up a little flesh-colored round thing, but ti was just a used round Band-Aid. My mother slapped it out o fmy hand and that was the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-gantos/for-one-second-i-thought-i-saw-it-and-i-reached-down-and-snatched-up/) [Jack Gantos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-gantos/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/822/jack-gantos-14183_adhd_for-one-second-i-thought-i-saw-it-and-i_2464330.jpg) ## Other authors on Adhd - [Melissa Orlov 17 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adhd/melissa-orlov/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rick-riordan-79077.jpg) Rick Riordan 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adhd/rick-riordan/) - [Shannon L. Alder 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adhd/shannon-l-alder/) ## More by Jack Gantos > [It wasn't that I hated being asked a bunch of questions. I had nothing against questions. I just didn't like listening to them, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-gantos/it-wasn-t-that-i-hated-being-asked-a-bunch-of-questions-i-had-nothing/) [Jack Gantos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-gantos/) > [“School was finally out and I was standing on a picnic table in our backyard getting ready for a great summer vacation when my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-gantos/school-was-finally-out-and-i-was-standing-on-a-picnic-table-in-our/) [Jack Gantos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-gantos/) > [Don't ever go to war. Even if you win, the battle is never over inside you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-gantos/don-t-ever-go-to-war-even-if-you-win-the-battle-is-never-over-inside/) [Jack Gantos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-gantos/) > [Don't ever forget your history," she sang, "or any wicked soul can lie to you and get away with it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-gantos/don-t-ever-forget-your-history-she-sang-or-any-wicked-soul-can-lie-to/) [Jack Gantos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-gantos/) > [“My youthful dream of becoming a writer has been realized. I am so pleased I did not let my young self down.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-gantos/my-youthful-dream-of-becoming-a-writer-has-been-realized-i-am-so/) [Jack Gantos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-gantos/) > [“Be suspicious of history that is written by the conquerors.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-gantos/be-suspicious-of-history-that-is-written-by-the-conquerors/) [Jack Gantos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-gantos/) > [“Money is just a way of measuring work, but you don’t need money if everyone agrees that trading one kind of work for another…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-gantos/money-is-just-a-way-of-measuring-work-but-you-don-t-need-money-if/) [Jack Gantos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-gantos/) > [You know, Joey, the medication has helped settle you down, but you have been a good kid all along. You are naturally good. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-gantos/you-know-joey-the-medication-has-helped-settle-you-down-but-you-have/) [Jack Gantos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-gantos/) > [“Not romantic," she disagreed. "To me it would be romantic if Antony properly fell on his sword and kicked the bucket and Cleopatra escaped…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-gantos/not-romantic-she-disagreed-to-me-it-would-be-romantic-if-antony/) [Jack Gantos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-gantos/) > [When Patti Fox broke up with me, I typed her name over a thousand times on my manual Olivetti until the entire page was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-gantos/when-patti-fox-broke-up-with-me-i-typed-her-name-over-a-thousand/) [Jack Gantos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-gantos/) > [“chair wouldn’t rock. So I heaved myself from side to side. It still didn’t move. I gripped the arms and jerked myself around and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-gantos/chair-wouldn-t-rock-so-i-heaved-myself-from-side-to-side-it-still/) [Jack Gantos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-gantos/) > [“Granny was right,' I said. 'When you forgive someone it does make you stronger. It makes your heart bigger than your hate.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-gantos/granny-was-right-i-said-when-you-forgive-someone-it-does-make-you/) [Jack Gantos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-gantos/) > [If you have an orderly mind, you'll be a winner no matter where you end up. If your mind is a jumble of junk,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-gantos/if-you-have-an-orderly-mind-you-ll-be-a-winner-no-matter-where-you/) [Jack Gantos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-gantos/) > [“You’re a fast learner,” she remarked. “You’ve gone from slowpoke to safety hazard in one day.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-gantos/you-re-a-fast-learner-she-remarked-you-ve-gone-from-slowpoke-to/) [Jack Gantos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-gantos/) > [It's like when you read a book and you know that the words are important, but the images blossoming in your imagination are even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-gantos/it-s-like-when-you-read-a-book-and-you-know-that-the-words-are/) [Jack Gantos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-gantos/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adhd/jack-gantos/#itemlist", "name": "2 Adhd Quotes By Jack Gantos", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Do you think I'm weird because I'm wired, or wired because I'm wierd?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jack Gantos" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-gantos/do-you-think-i-m-weird-because-i-m-wired-or-wired-because-i-m-wierd/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecc/jack-gantos-14183_adhd_do-you-think-i-m-weird-because-i-m-wired_1368197.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecc/jack-gantos-14183_adhd_do-you-think-i-m-weird-because-i-m-wired_1368197.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecc/jack-gantos-14183_adhd_do-you-think-i-m-weird-because-i-m-wired_1368197.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Do you think I'm weird because I'm wired, or wired because I'm wierd?” — Jack Gantos", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“For one second I thought I saw it and I reached down and snatched up a little flesh-colored round thing, but ti was just a used round Band-Aid. 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