"Do you ever wonder what it's like to……" — Gary D. Schmidt
"Do you ever wonder what it's like to be so angry that you...And then something happens, and after that, everyone figures that's what you're like, and that's what you're always going to be, and so you just decide to be it? But the whole time you're thinking, Am I going to be like him? Or am I already like him? And then you get angrier, because maybe you are, and you want... He stopped. He wiped at his eyes. I'm not lying. My brother wiped at his eyes."
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In the whole story of the world, bananas have never once been a special treat.
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There is no Art made without power, and there is no reason for Art to be made except for power.
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The world is Trouble...and Grace. That is all there is.
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Books can ignite fires in your mind, because they carry ideas for kindling, and art for matches.
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Vengeance is sweet. Vengeance taken when the vengee isn't sure who the venger is, is sweeter still.
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