When Patti Fox broke up with me, I typed her name over a thousand times on my manual … - Jack Gantos

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I found this out over the years, that racism is a thinly veiled disguise over economics and money. It really is.

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 black ink.

Black, Entire, Ink, Names, Patti

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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 during difficult times.

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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 cookie into my mouth like I'm scoring a goal in hockey.

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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.

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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 because it's your mind that allows the words to come to life.

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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 if I was patting a good dog. I wanted books to change me, and I wanted to write books that would change others.

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