Mel Mader

“Because you’re it, okay? I’m never gonna love anybody in the world like I love you.”
― Casey McQuiston, Red, White & Royal Blue

“And by the way, for the record, I didn’t exactly say “Oh” when Sycorax and Caliban jumped out from the cages. Neither did Mr. Vendleri. And neither did Mrs. Baker.”
― Gary D. Schmidt, The Wednesday Wars

“Like what might happen if Coach Reed rang the doorbell at The Dump some afternoon and sat down next to Lucas. Like knowing that Principal Peattie is wrong about what he said. Like laying a missing bird picture back where it’s supposed to be. Like someone seeing what a chump you are and getting you a cold Coke anyway. Like Possibility.”
― Gary D. Schmidt, Okay for Now

“But I wonder if even the brand-new Ford Mustang convertible comforted my father any the night my sister left for California to find herself.”
― Gary D. Schmidt, The Wednesday Wars