Jack Gantos Quotes

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• You gotta face the hand you're dealt with and deal with it, and make your problems be the smallest part of who you are.
• You can't do anything for a person who is stuck between being happy and being miserable. All you can do is get trapped in the…
• When Patti Fox broke up with me, I typed her name over a thousand times on my manual Olivetti until the entire page was beaten…
• You know, Joey, the medication has helped settle you down, but you have been a good kid all along. You are naturally good. I hope…
• Because each book has its own special perfume.
• If you have an orderly mind, you'll be a winner no matter where you end up. If your mind is a jumble of junk, you'll…
• ...who proved that you don't have to do what your parents want, or what your boyfriend wants, for you to be happy. You just have…
• Someone once said anyone can be great under rosy circumstances, but the true test of character is measured by how well a person makes decisions…
• I want you to take a sleeve of Thin Mints and line them up on the edge of the kitchen counter and when I'm hungry…
• Each time I read a book, I cataloged the parts that struck me dumb with envy and admiration for their beauty and power and truth.
• Since I was trying so hard to make books lead my life, I didn’t want to read them and then just put them back on…
• Don't ever go to war. Even if you win, the battle is never over inside you.
• It's like when you read a book and you know that the words are important, but the images blossoming in your imagination are even more…
• It wasn't that I hated being asked a bunch of questions. I had nothing against questions. I just didn't like listening to them, because some…
• Don't ever forget your history," she sang, "or any wicked soul can lie to you and get away with it.

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