"It's like when you read a book and……" — Jack Gantos
"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 important because it's your mind that allows the words to come to life."
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15 Quotes by Jack Gantos
Jack Gantos has 15 quotes on this site.
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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…
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You can't do anything for a person who is stuck between being happy and being miserable. All you can do…
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When Patti Fox broke up with me, I typed her name over a thousand times on my manual Olivetti until…
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You know, Joey, the medication has helped settle you down, but you have been a good kid all along. You…
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Because each book has its own special perfume.
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If you have an orderly mind, you'll be a winner no matter where you end up. If your mind is…
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...who proved that you don't have to do what your parents want, or what your boyfriend wants, for you to…
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Someone once said anyone can be great under rosy circumstances, but the true test of character is measured by how…
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I want you to take a sleeve of Thin Mints and line them up on the edge of the kitchen…
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Each time I read a book, I cataloged the parts that struck me dumb with envy and admiration for their…
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Since I was trying so hard to make books lead my life, I didn’t want to read them and then…
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Don't ever go to war. Even if you win, the battle is never over inside you.
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