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

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

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

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

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

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

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.