James Howe Quotes

• La vida es corta y siempre habrá platos sucios, así que bailemos.

  James Howe

  Dance, Dirty, Life Is Short

  James Howe (2005). “Totally Joe”, p.60, Simon and Schuster

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• 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

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  Book, Heart, School

  James Howe (2011). “The Misfits”, p.124, Simon and Schuster

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• Sticks and stones may break our bones, but names will break our spirit.

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  Names, May, Stones

  James Howe (2011). “The Misfits”, p.191, Simon and Schuster

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• I am about to stop being a get-along kind of guy and turn into somebody who makes a difference.

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  Differences, Guy, Making A Difference

  James Howe (2011). “The Misfits”, p.135, Simon and Schuster

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• The way I look at it, love does not necessarily make for a happy ending any more than winning does. What makes for a happy ending is what Addie said all along: freedom. The freedom to be who you are without anybody calling you names. —Bobby Goodspeed

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  Winning, Names, Be Who You Are

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

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  Strong, Kids, Feelings

  James Howe (2011). “The Misfits”, p.185, Simon and Schuster

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• There's no such thing as a wasted wish.

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  Deseo

  James Howe (2005). “Totally Joe”, p.41, Simon and Schuster

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• Another thing I think about names is that they DO hurt. They hurt because we believe them. We think they are telling us something true about ourselves, something other people can see even if we don't. —Bobby Goodspeed

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  Hurt, Believe, Thinking

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• Sometimes I wish I were a character in a book and there was a writer out there giving me things to say.

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  Book, Character, Giving

  James Howe (2011). “The Misfits”, p.82, Simon and Schuster

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• When you're living through it, though, especially when you are twelve and you think the whole world is changing until you realize it isn't the world, it's you, no piece seems little. It's all so big you think it can kill you. But it doesn't. Which is why the story goes on.

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  Thinking, Twelve, Stories

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• So does being cool mean you get to go around calling other people names?

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  Significado, Nombres, Personas

  James Howe (2011). “The Misfits”, p.91, Simon and Schuster

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• 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

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  Boys, Thinking, Trying

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• The future is a trickster rabbit, full of surprises. Only the past is predictable. -Bobby Goodspeed

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  Past, Rabbits, Surprise

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• Banning books is just another form of bullying. It's all about fear and an assumption of power. The key is to address the fear and deny the power.

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  Bullying, Book, Keys

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• 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?

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  Gay, Animal, Rights

  James Howe (2012). “Addie on the Inside”, p.109, Simon and Schuster

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• [Button] If Gay and Lesbian people are given civil rights, soon everyone will want them

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  Gay, Rights, Lgbt Pride

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• I hated that the soldier doll had my name. I mean, please. I didn't play with him much. He was another Christmas present from my clueless grandparents. One time when they were visiting, my grandpa asked me if G.I. Joe had been in any wars lately. I said, "No, but he and Ken got married last week." Every Christmas since then, my grandparents have sent me a check.

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  War, Clueless, Mean

  James Howe (2005). “Totally Joe”, p.100, Simon and Schuster

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• Nunca pensé que podría escribir tanto y ahora que está llegando a su fin, me siento triste por tener que dejarlo, más o menos como te sientes al final de un libro realmente bueno y sabes que vas a echar de menos al personaje principal. Pero en este caso, ¡el protagonista soy yo! Yo mismo. Joe (antes JoDan) Bunch. -Joe Bunch

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  Libro, Escritura, Personaje

  James Howe (2005). “Totally Joe”, p.208, Simon and Schuster

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• 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.

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  Baby, People, Feelings

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• And that's an even greater love: to love somebody when he's a little...worn at the edges. —Teddy Bear

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  Littles, Bears, Teddy Bear

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• The point is that something I thought was perfect has been broken, and I'm having to find the beauty in what is there instead of what I thought was there. Like this shell. I can either spend all my time wishing it were perfect, trying to imagine it the way it was or might have been, or I can see how beautiful it is just like this.

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  Beautiful, Broken, Perfect

  James Howe (1997). “The Watcher”, p.115, Simon and Schuster

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• We all start out thinking that there is such a thing as perfection and that there's something wrong with us if we settle for less. First we won't eat the food with the brown spots. Then we hate ourselves because we have our own brown spots—pimples or ears that are too big or legs that are too skinny.

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  Hate, Thinking, Perfection

  James Howe (2012). “The Watcher”, p.60, Simon and Schuster

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

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  Ordinary, Ends, Bunch

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• 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.

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  Rabbits, Tails, Looks

  Deborah Howe, James Howe (2011). “Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery”, p.27, Simon and Schuster

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