Parenting Quote by Jack Gantos

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…

— Jack Gantos

Don't ever go to war. Even if you win, the battle is never over inside you.

— Jack Gantos

Don't ever forget your history," she sang, "or any wicked soul can lie to you and get away with it.

— Jack Gantos

“My youthful dream of becoming a writer has been realized. I am so pleased I did not let my young self down.”

— Jack Gantos

“Be suspicious of history that is written by the conquerors.”

— Jack Gantos

“Money is just a way of measuring work, but you don’t need money if everyone agrees that trading one kind of work for another…

— Jack Gantos

You know, Joey, the medication has helped settle you down, but you have been a good kid all along. You are naturally good. I…

— Jack Gantos

“Not romantic," she disagreed. "To me it would be romantic if Antony properly fell on his sword and kicked the bucket and Cleopatra escaped…

— Jack Gantos

When Patti Fox broke up with me, I typed her name over a thousand times on my manual Olivetti until the entire page was…

— Jack Gantos

“chair wouldn’t rock. So I heaved myself from side to side. It still didn’t move. I gripped the arms and jerked myself around and…

— Jack Gantos

“Granny was right,' I said. 'When you forgive someone it does make you stronger. It makes your heart bigger than your hate.”

— Jack Gantos

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,…

— Jack Gantos