"You can't do anything for a person who……" — Jack Gantos
"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 middle, and anyone in the middle just gets squished.' -Grandma"
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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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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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It's like when you read a book and you know that the words are important, but the images blossoming in…
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We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace.
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A friend to all is a friend to none.
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