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.
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 i… - Jack Gantos
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 i…
- Jack Gantos
Because each book has its own special perfume. - Jack Gantos
Because each book has its own special perfume.
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 question… - 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 some question…
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 durin… - Jack Gantos
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 durin…
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. - Jack Gantos
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.
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 t… - 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 t…
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 … - 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 beaten into a stiff sheet of …
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 becau… - 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 becau…
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 co… - Jack Gantos
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 co…
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