29 Quotes by James Ponti

Death is part of the natural order of life,” she would explain. “You shouldn’t be scared of it. You should be respectful of it.

If we lose faith and trust, then we’ve lost everything.

It seemed like everything was moving too fast for me to do anything about it.

Only fools and liars speak with certainty about things beyond their control.

Nerds really do make the world go round.

The video was impressive the first time or two we saw it, but by the fifth viewing we pretty much hated everything about the school.

Mr. Campbell and I did so many high fives the palm of my hand turned red.

He was tall like a basketball player, and superthin. His hair had been dyed shoe-polish black, and he had dark circles under his eyes. He wore mismatched earrings and, judging by the splotches along his jawline, he also wore makeup. Very bad makeup. Even by New York subway standards he was weird.

I don’t get involved in anything that’s stupid.