Gary D. Schmidt

In the whole story of the world, bananas have never once been a special treat.

— Gary D. Schmidt

Maybe the first time that you know you really care about something is when you think about it not being there,and when…

— Gary D. Schmidt

“I'm a librarian. I always know what I'm talking about”

— Gary D. Schmidt

I think he became a man who brought peace and wisdom to hi world, because he knew about war and folly. I…

— Gary D. Schmidt

“more to be a human being with”

— Gary D. Schmidt

Mrs. Daugherty was keeping my bowl of cream of wheat hot, and she had a special treat with it, she said. It…

— Gary D. Schmidt

“That's the Teacher Gene at work, giving its bearer an extra sense. It's a little frightening. Maybe that's how people decide to…

— Gary D. Schmidt

“I wonder why Holling had the fastest time," said Danny after the announcements - a whole lot louder than he had to.…

— Gary D. Schmidt

We were both chumps. But you know what? It's not so bad when you're chumps together.

— Gary D. Schmidt

She came over and looked at the picture. Then she took my hand. You know what that feels like? Like what the…

— Gary D. Schmidt

In English, we were still on the Introduction to Poetry Unit, and I'm not lying, if I ever meet Percy Bysshe Shelley…

— Gary D. Schmidt

“There are times when she makes me feel as stupid as asphalt.”

— Gary D. Schmidt

“There's a kind of quiet angry that can lie down over a house. Maybe there are some houses, like the Daughertys', that…

— Gary D. Schmidt

“That night, [Black Dog] lay beside Henry, and he stroked her sharp shoulder blades and scratched behind her ears. He did this…

— Gary D. Schmidt

“Cooper looked at the house and tried to fix it in his mind like a painting that would never leave him. But…

— Gary D. Schmidt

Maybe this happens to you every day, but I think it was the first time I could hardly wait to show something…

— Gary D. Schmidt

“Spring break! Were there any two words ever put together that make a more beautiful sound?”

— Gary D. Schmidt

“You know one thing that Mr. Powell taught me? He taught me that sometimes, art can make you forget everything else all…

— Gary D. Schmidt

You can't just skip the boring parts." "Of course I can skip the boring parts." "How do you know they're boring if…

— Gary D. Schmidt

The world is Trouble...and Grace. That is all there is.

— Gary D. Schmidt

“I almost cried. But I didn't, because if you're in seventh grade and you cry while wearing a blue floral cape and…

— Gary D. Schmidt

“Toads, beetles, bats.”

— Gary D. Schmidt

And it really doesn't matter if we're under our desks with our hands over our heads or not, does it? No, said…

— Gary D. Schmidt

I love the sound of a brand-new bottle of coke when you pry the lid off and it starts to fizz. Whenever…

— Gary D. Schmidt

“« Around and around, and the sharp stars watched. And the low moon. And Jupiter over the mountains. »”

— Gary D. Schmidt