Quotes by : Gary D. Schmidt

You know one thing that Mr. Powell taught me? He taught me that sometimes, art can make you forget everything....

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

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

A comedy isn’t about being funny...a comedy is about characters who dare to know that they may choose....

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

A southwest blow on ye and blister you all o'er!''The red plague rid you!''Toads, beetles, bats, light....

more to be a human being with

Would you have left a guy being beat up to go find a teacher?' I asked.My father, he wiped his hand across....

I almost cried. But I didn't, because if you're in seventh grade and you cry while wearing a blue floral....

You know, there are good reasons to learn how to read. Poetry isn't one of them. I mean, so what if two....