Gary D. Schmidt Quotes

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• Why can't poets just say what they want to say and then shut up?
• No matter what happens, there is always the business of the world to attend to.
• In the whole story of the world, bananas have never once been a special treat.
• When a girl holds a rose up to you, you run better, let me tell you.
• Okay, so maybe sometimes the real world is smiles and miracles.
• Creativity is a god who comes around only when he pleases, and it isn't very often. But when he does come around, he sits at…
• There is no Art made without power, and there is no reason for Art to be made except for power.
• The world is Trouble...and Grace. That is all there is.
• Books can ignite fires in your mind, because they carry ideas for kindling, and art for matches.
• Vengeance is sweet. Vengeance taken when the vengee isn't sure who the venger is, is sweeter still.
• The world turns and the world spins, the tide runs in and the tide runs out, and there is nothing in the world more beautiful…
• When gods die, they die hard. It's not like they fade away, or grow old, or fall asleep. They die in fire and pain, and…
• I saw my town as if I had just arrived. It was as if I was waking up. You see houses and buildings every day,…
• The light made the snowballs look yellow. Or at least I hoped that was the cause.
• Think of the sound you make when you let go after holding your breath for a very, very long time. Think of the gladdest sound…
• Maybe the first time that you know you really care about something is when you think about it not being there,and when you know-you really…
• 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 kill…
• You can't just skip the boring parts." "Of course I can skip the boring parts." "How do you know they're boring if you don't read…
• I handed the test in five minutes before the end of the day. Mrs. Baker took it calmly, then reached into her bottom drawer for…
• (The raindrops) played across the coast all through the night, until the soft new day shrugged itself awake, tried on amethyst and lavender for a…

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