“Worry and regret are both useless weights that provide no drag. They never did anything to slow down the planet for one… — Andrew Smith Anxiety Copy Share Image
“There is something inside all boys that drives us to go away again and again and again.” — Andrew Smith Boys Copy Share Image
“You know, if they ever gave a Nobel Prize for avoiding work, every year some white guy in Iowa would get a… — Andrew Smith Copy Share Image
“The same words that make the horrible things come also tell the quieter things about love.” — Andrew Smith Copy Share Image
“We made this stupid rule and this stupid rule. Boys are not allowed to love each other. Then we painted a bison… — Andrew Smith Bison Copy Share Image
“But when I was quiet...that made words too. The same words that make horrible things come also tell the quieter things about… — Andrew Smith Love Copy Share Image
“I once heard a tobacco-chewing hog farmer say that, in Iowa, folks like to spread out their children like dog shit on… — Andrew Smith Copy Share Image
“We killed this big hairy thing and that big hairy thing. And that was our day. You know what I mean.” — Andrew Smith Copy Share Image
“Do you think I'm queer, Rob?" I asked. "I don't care if you're queer," Robby said. " Queer is just a word.… — Andrew Smith Homosexuality Copy Share Image
“When I think about my life, I'm always thinking, 'I hope I live long enough to do all the stories I know.'… — Andrew Smith Hope Copy Share Image
“Had (President) Kennedy turned to his advisers and wailed, "What can we beat the Russians at?" and if someone had cried "Backgammon!"… — Andrew Smith Moon Copy Share Image
“I was going to do something I'd never done, and see things I could not understand and never believed existed. This is… — Andrew Smith Copy Share Image
“Was Apollo worth all the effort and expense? If it had been about the Moon, the answer would be no, but it… — Andrew Smith Apollo Copy Share Image
“Note to self: In your prayers tonight, be sure to thank God for making (a) that unbelievably hot nurse, (b) compression shorts,… — Andrew Smith Lord Copy Share Image
“Well, if I'm going to get beat up for being queer, at least I'd like to know one time what it feels… — Andrew Smith Copy Share Image
“Everyone on every road that crossed beneath the point of my pen was always going to do the same things over and… — Andrew Smith Confused love Copy Share Image
“You know, nothing ever goes back exactly the way it was. Things just expand and contract. Like the universe, like breathing. But… — Andrew Smith Breathing Copy Share Image
“And then it's always that one word that makes you so different and puts you outside the overlap of everyone else; and… — Andrew Smith Words Copy Share Image
“Santa Claus is a lie but if you think that's bad, check out what 'fuck' really means.” — Andrew Smith Christmas Copy Share Image
“Seanie's car and I have honestly and openly discussed the matter, and we both enthusiastically granted our consent," I said. "The only… — Andrew Smith Consent Copy Share Image
“I love how, whenever you tell me a story, you go backwards and forwards and tell me everything else that could possibly… — Andrew Smith Copy Share Image
“When you think about it, the universe is nothing but this vast knackery of churning black holes and exploding stars, constantly free… — Andrew Smith Astronomy Copy Share Image
