66 Quotes by James Howe

Dear Skeezie, Today I ran after a boy as he was trying to get away. I tackled him and we both landed in the mud. Do you think I appeared desperate?-Joe Bunch.

Crying can help, too. People are often afraid to cry because they are told that crying is for babies. Crying does not make you a baby, no matter what anyone says. There are times when people feel so bad that they can’t express their feelings in words. At those times, crying helps.

This business of really knowing people, deep down, including your own self, it is not something you can learn in school or from a book. It takes your whole being to do it – your eyes and your ears, your brain and your heart. Maybe your heart most of all. – Bobby Goodspeed.

Sometimes kids just act impulsively, but it’s because we have strong feelings, not because we’re trying to make trouble.

Anyway, I do not want you thinking that I or Addie or Joe or Skeezie feel sorry for ourselves. We do not. Other people may call us names or think we’re weird or whatever, but that does not mean we believe them. We may be misfits, but we’re okay. Leastwise, in our own eyes we are, and that’s all that matters.

Another Thing I’m Sick of Hearing: If I started that gay rights group, I must be gay. So if i start an animal rights group, what does that make me? A giraffe?

There’s no such thing as a wasted wish.

A day can start out ordinary and end up being in the top ten. – Joe Bunch.

So, this is a rabbit, I thought. He sort of looks like Chester, only he’s got longer ears and a shorter tail. And a motor in his nose.