When gods die, they die hard. It's not like they fade away, or grow old, or fall asleep. They die in fire and pain, and when they come out of you, they leave your guts burned. It hurts more than anything you can talk about. And maybe worst of all is, you're not sure if there will ever be another god to fill their place. Or if you'd ever want another god to fill their place. You don't want the fire to go out inside you twice.
Maybe the Snowy Heron is going to come off pretty badly when the planes come together. Maybe. But he's still proud and beautiful. His head is high, a… - Gary D. Schmidt
Maybe the Snowy Heron is going to come off pretty badly when the planes come together. Maybe. But he's still proud and beautiful. His head is high, a…
- Gary D. Schmidt
If Romeo had never met Juliet, maybe they both would have still been alive, but what they would have been alive for is the question Shakespeare wants… - Gary D. Schmidt
If Romeo had never met Juliet, maybe they both would have still been alive, but what they would have been alive for is the question Shakespeare wants…
OKAY. So I was going to the library every Saturday. So what? So what? It's not like I was reading books or anything. - Gary D. Schmidt
OKAY. So I was going to the library every Saturday. So what? So what? It's not like I was reading books or anything.
The world turns and the world spins, the tide runs in and the tide runs out, and there is nothing in the world more beautiful and more wonderful in a… - Gary D. Schmidt
The world turns and the world spins, the tide runs in and the tide runs out, and there is nothing in the world more beautiful and more wonderful in a…
We were both chumps. But you know what? It's not so bad when you're chumps together. - Gary D. Schmidt
We were both chumps. But you know what? It's not so bad when you're chumps together.
The world is Trouble...and Grace. That is all there is. - Gary D. Schmidt
The world is Trouble...and Grace. That is all there is.
I handed the test in five minutes before the end of the day. Mrs. Baker took it calmly, then reached into her bottom drawer for an enormous red pen w… - Gary D. Schmidt
I handed the test in five minutes before the end of the day. Mrs. Baker took it calmly, then reached into her bottom drawer for an enormous red pen w…
Whatever it means to be a friend, taking a black eye for someone has to be in it. - Gary D. Schmidt
Whatever it means to be a friend, taking a black eye for someone has to be in it.
Learn everything you can - everything. And then use all that you have learned to grow up too be a wise and good man. - Gary D. Schmidt
Learn everything you can - everything. And then use all that you have learned to grow up too be a wise and good man.
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