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  • I want you to take a sleeve of Thin Mints and line them up on the edge of the kitchen counter and when I'm hungry I can just bend over and sweep a cookie into my mouth like I'm scoring a goal in hockey.

    Hockey   Goal   Kitchen  
  • ...who proved that you don't have to do what your parents want, or what your boyfriend wants, for you to be happy. You just have to be yourself, for there is no love greater than self love

    Jack Gantos (2011). “Dead End in Norvelt”, p.310, Macmillan
  • You know, Joey, the medication has helped settle you down, but you have been a good kid all along. You are naturally good. I hope you know that about yourself. You have a good heart.

    Heart   Kids   Settling  
    Jack Gantos (2011). “Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key”, p.153, Macmillan
  • Because each book has its own special perfume.

    Book   Special   Perfume  
    Jack Gantos (2011). “Dead End in Norvelt”, p.238, Macmillan
  • 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.

    Book   Imagination   Mind  
    Jack Gantos (2011). “Dead End in Norvelt”, p.182, Macmillan
  • Don't ever go to war. Even if you win, the battle is never over inside you.

    War   Winning   Battle  
    Jack Gantos (2011). “Dead End in Norvelt”, p.87, Macmillan
  • 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

    Jack Gantos (2002). “What Would Joey Do?”, p.65, Macmillan
  • Since I was trying so hard to make books lead my life, I didn’t want to read them and then just put them back on the shelf and say, “good book,” as if I was patting a good dog. I wanted books to change me, and I wanted to write books that would change others.

    Dog   Book   Writing  
    Jack Gantos (2002). “Hole in My Life”, p.61, Macmillan
  • Don't ever forget your history," she sang, "or any wicked soul can lie to you and get away with it.

    Lying   Soul   Wicked  
  • 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, you'll be a loser. It's as simple as that.

    Simple   Mind   Junk  
    Jack Gantos (1999). “Jack on the Tracks: Four Seasons of Fifth Grade”, p.19, Macmillan
  • You gotta face the hand you're dealt with and deal with it, and make your problems be the smallest part of who you are.

    Hands   Faces   Problem  
  • Someone once said anyone can be great under rosy circumstances, but the true test of character is measured by how well a person makes decisions during difficult times.

    Jack Gantos (2002). “Hole in My Life”, p.8, Macmillan
  • Each time I read a book, I cataloged the parts that struck me dumb with envy and admiration for their beauty and power and truth.

    Book   Envy   Dumb  
    Jack Gantos (2002). “Hole in My Life”, p.21, Macmillan
  • When Patti Fox broke up with me, I typed her name over a thousand times on my manual Olivetti until the entire page was beaten into a stiff sheet of black ink.

    Names   Black   Ink  
  • 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 some questions take forever to make sense. Sometimes waiting for a question to finish is like watching someone draw an elephant starting with the tail first. As soon as you see the tail your mind wanders all over the place and you think of a million other animals that also have tails until you don't care about the elephant because it's only one thing when you've been thinking about a million others.

    Jack Gantos (2011). “Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key”, p.34, Macmillan
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