--- title: "2 Bakers Quotes By Gary D. Schmidt" description: "2 Bakers quotes by Gary D. Schmidt. Plus more from Gary D. Schmidt and more Bakers sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e5/gary-d-schmidt-7681_bakers_a-comedy-isn-t-about-being-funny-said-mr_1706733.jpg" --- > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-d-schmidt/a-comedy-isn-t-about-being-funny-said-mrs-baker-we-talked-about-this/) [Gary D. Schmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-d-schmidt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e5/gary-d-schmidt-7681_bakers_a-comedy-isn-t-about-being-funny-said-mr_1706733.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-d-schmidt/and-it-really-doesn-t-matter-if-we-re-under-our-desks-with-our-hands/) [Gary D. Schmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-d-schmidt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/157/gary-d-schmidt-7681_arrows_and-it-really-doesn-t-matter-if-we-re-un_2670937.jpg) ## More by Gary D. Schmidt > [Reader, I kissed her. A quiet walk we had, she and I.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-d-schmidt/reader-i-kissed-her-a-quiet-walk-we-had-she-and-i/) [Gary D. Schmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-d-schmidt/) > [“If Mrs. Baker Hates your guts, why don't get some.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-d-schmidt/if-mrs-baker-hates-your-guts-why-don-t-get-some/) [Gary D. Schmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-d-schmidt/when-1-45-came-half-the-class-left-and-danny-hupfer-whispered-if-she/) [Gary D. Schmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-d-schmidt/) > [“No storm is forever.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-d-schmidt/no-storm-is-forever/) [Gary D. Schmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-d-schmidt/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-d-schmidt/don-t-look-so-surprised-you-didn-t-think-i-d-spent-my-whole-life/) [Gary D. Schmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-d-schmidt/) > [Why can't poets just say what they want to say and then shut up?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-d-schmidt/why-can-t-poets-just-say-what-they-want-to-say-and-then-shut-up/) [Gary D. Schmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-d-schmidt/) > [No matter what happens, there is always the business of the world to attend to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-d-schmidt/no-matter-what-happens-there-is-always-the-business-of-the-world-to/) [Gary D. Schmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-d-schmidt/) > [“sometimes it feels as if life is governed by the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-d-schmidt/sometimes-it-feels-as-if-life-is-governed-by-the-slings-and-arrows-of/) [Gary D. Schmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-d-schmidt/lizzie-bright-griffin-do-you-ever-wish-the-world-would-just-go-ahead/) [Gary D. Schmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-d-schmidt/) > [“He missed him like he would miss the sun if it fell out of the sky.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-d-schmidt/he-missed-him-like-he-would-miss-the-sun-if-it-fell-out-of-the-sky/) [Gary D. Schmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-d-schmidt/) > [Think of the sound you make when you let go after holding your breath for a very, very long time. Think of the gladdest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-d-schmidt/think-of-the-sound-you-make-when-you-let-go-after-holding-your-breath/) [Gary D. Schmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-d-schmidt/) > [“...and she ran out of the diesel combustion and right to me and we held each other and we were not empty at all.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-d-schmidt/and-she-ran-out-of-the-diesel-combustion-and-right-to-me-and-we-held/) [Gary D. Schmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-d-schmidt/) > [Whatever it means to be a friend, taking a black eye for someone has to be in it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-d-schmidt/whatever-it-means-to-be-a-friend-taking-a-black-eye-for-someone-has/) [Gary D. Schmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-d-schmidt/) > [Learn everything you can - everything. And then use all that you have learned to grow up too be a wise and good man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-d-schmidt/learn-everything-you-can-everything-and-then-use-all-that-you-have/) [Gary D. Schmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-d-schmidt/okay-so-i-was-going-to-the-library-every-saturday-so-what-so-what-it/) [Gary D. Schmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-d-schmidt/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bakers/gary-d-schmidt/#itemlist", "name": "2 Bakers Quotes By Gary D. Schmidt", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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 it?\" \"That's the daring part,\" said Mrs. Baker.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gary D. 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