Tara

“The living of your life is hard work, young Master Carter... You may act the gentleman or the barbarian."

"Those are the only two choices?"

"Yes," said the Butler, "the only two...”
― Gary D. Schmidt, Pay Attention, Carter Jones

“Make good decisions and remember who you are." "Make good decisions and remember who loves you.”
― Gary D. Schmidt, Pay Attention, Carter Jones

“When gods die, they die hard. It's not like they fade away, or grow old, or fall asleep. They die in fire and pain, and when they come out of you, they leave your guts burned. It hurts more than anything you can talk about. And maybe worst of all is, you're not sure if there will ever be another god to fill their place. Or if you'd ever want another god to fill their place. You don't want the fire to go out inside you twice.”
― Gary Schmidt, The Wednesday Wars

“The first rule of hurricane coverage is that every broadcast must begin with palm trees bending in the wind.”
― Carl Hiaasen