Gary D. Schmidt Quotes

No storm is forever.

He's falling into the water," I said. Lucas shook his head. "No, he's not. He's going wherever he wants to go.

Past the back of a bunch of stores and an old bar that looked like no one who went in there went in happy.

There are times when she makes me feel as stupid as asphalt.

Vengeance is sweet. Vengeance taken when the vengee isn't sure who the venger is, is sweeter still.

Toads, beetles, bats.

Spring break! Were there any two words ever put together that make a more beautiful sound?

Whatever it means to be a friend, taking a black eye for someone has to be in it.

Okay, so maybe sometimes the real world is smiles and miracles.

Mr. Powell raised an eyebrow. 'I'm a librarian,' he said. 'I always know what I'm talking about.

Because let me tell you, it was a happy ending.

Even Doug Swieteck's brother couldn't cuss like that
and he could cuss the yellow off a school bus.

more to be a human being with

He missed him like he would miss the sun if it fell out of the sky.

You can tell all you need to know about someone from the way cows are around him.

I'm a librarian. I always know what I'm talking about

You don't have to say ridiculous things twice, Holling. Once is more than enough.

The light made the snowballs look yellow. Or at least I hoped that was the cause.

The world is Trouble ... and Grace. That is all there is.

It's not the solution, Mr. Canton. It's the path to the solution that's fascinating.

No matter what happens, there is always the business of the world to attend to.

Doug Swieteck's brother wouldn't even come near me, and I would foil Mrs. Baker's nefarious plan. But

And I know it doesn't last for anything more than a second
sometimes there is perfect understanding between two people who can't stand one another.

You know, when someone has been crying, something gets left in the air. It's not something you can see or smell, or feel. Or draw. But it's there.

DOWNED HELICOPTER TRANSPORT STOP KHESANH STOP LT T BAKER MISSING IN ACTION STOP

No one ever comes back from Vietnam. Not really.

Reader, I kissed her. A quiet walk we had, she and I.

You can't imagine an actor ever becoming president of the United States, for example, which was true. We couldn't.

Learn everything you can - everything. And then use all that you have learned to grow up too be a wise and good man.

OKAY. So I was going to the library every Saturday. So what? So what? It's not like I was reading books or anything.

You should be," she said. "Look what happened to Julius Caesar when he underestimated those around him." So we went out to the

Thanks for what?" he said. "Everything," I said.

If Mrs. Baker Hates your guts, why don't get some.

There is no Art made without power, and there is no reason for Art to be made except for power.

He felt it deep, like a stone too big to heft out of the garden. He just had to how around it and make do.

Did you find yourself?" "What?" said my sister. "Did you find yourself?" "She found me," I said.

One day we ran all the way to Jones Beach, and if Mrs. Sidman hadn't sent a bus after us, I think we would have collapsed on the boardwalk and died.

A comedy isn't about being funny ... a comedy is about characters who dare to know that they may choose a happy ending after all.

We were both chumps. But you know what? It's not so bad when you're chumps together.

It means, Doug Swieteck, that in this class, you are not your brother.

Thanks," I said. "Go home," he said.

By the way, in case you weren't paying attention or something, did you catch what Mr. Powell called me? "Young artist." I bet you missed that.

You know how teachers are. If they get you to take out a book they love too, they're yours for life.

Books can ignite fires in your mind, because they carry ideas for kindling, and art for matches.

No one talked because we all wanted to scream.

Joseph just listened. It was like he was dragging every word about Jupiter into himself so he could remember it and treasure it in his heart.

How come when you're feeling good like this, something always happens to wreck it all? How come?

When a girl holds a rose up to you, you run better, let me tell you.

Talk is only silence that ain't workin' well.

There's no pleasure in getting to be an old coot unless you have some fun along the way.

We carry our childhood with us.

You know how that feels?

When Mr. Ferris found out about the Broadway play, Clarence didn't stop rocking during the whole lab.