A comedy isn't about being funny," said Mrs. Baker. "We talked about this before." "A comedy is about character who dare to know that they may choose a happy ending after all. That's how I know." "Suppose you can't see… — Gary D. Schmidt Copy Share Image
And it really doesn't matter if we're under our desks with our hands over our heads or not, does it? No, said Mrs. Baker. It doesn't really matter. So, why are we practicing? She thought for a minute. Because it… — Gary D. Schmidt Copy Share Image
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… — Gary D. Schmidt Copy Share
“Don't look so surprised. You didn't think I'd spent my whole life behind this desk, did you?" And I suddenly realized that, well, I… — Gary D. Schmidt Copy Share
No matter what happens, there is always the business of the world to attend to. — Gary D. Schmidt Copy Share
“sometimes it feels as if life is governed by the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.” — Gary D. Schmidt Copy Share
Lizzie Bright Griffin, do you ever wish the world would just go ahead and swallow you whole?" "Sometimes I do," she said, and then… — Gary D. Schmidt Copy Share
Think of the sound you make when you let go after holding your breath for a very, very long time. Think of the gladdest… — Gary D. Schmidt Copy Share
“...and she ran out of the diesel combustion and right to me and we held each other and we were not empty at all.… — Gary D. Schmidt Copy Share
Whatever it means to be a friend, taking a black eye for someone has to be in it. — Gary D. Schmidt Copy Share
Learn everything you can - everything. And then use all that you have learned to grow up too be a wise and good man. — Gary D. Schmidt Copy Share
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 Copy Share
