12 Quotes & Sayings By James Howe

James Howe has been an educator and college professor for over 25 years. His book, "The Boy Who Lost His Face," was a finalist for the Literary Classics Society Award and it is now in its second edition. He is the author of "The Man Who Lived on Water," and several other novels and short stories, which have been translated into Dutch, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese. His works have been published in more than twenty countries Read more

He lives in California with his wife and two sons.

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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. James Howe
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I am who I say I am, I'm not some fantasyof how you think you think you knowor who I ought to be. I am a girl who is growing up in my own sweet time, I am a girl who knows enoughto know this life is mine. I am this and I am that and I am everything in-between. I'm a dreamer, I'm a dancer, I'm a part-time drama queen. I'm a worrier, I'm a warrior, I'm a loner and a friend, I'm an outspoken defenderof justice to the end. I'm the girl in the mirror who likes the girl she sees, I'm the girl in the gypsy shawlwith music in her knees. I'm a singer and a scholar, I'm a girl who has been kissed. I'm a solver of equationswearing bangles on my wrist. I am bigger than i ever knew, I am stronger than before, I am every girl I have ever been, and all that are in store. I am who I say I am. I'm not some fantasy. I am the me I am inside. I am who I choseto be. . James Howe
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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 James Howe
Joe: Oo, Brittany
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Joe: Oo, Brittany "Aren't I Fabulous?" Hobson?Addie: She's not that bad. Joe: Brittany "All the Boys Like Me, I'm so Popular I Could Die" Hobson.Addie: Joe! James Howe
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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. James Howe
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Kids who get called the worst names oftentimes find each other. That's how it was with us. Skeezie, Tookis and Addie Carle and Joe Bunch and me. We call ourselves the Gang of Five, but there are only four of us. We do it to keep people on their toes. Make 'em wonder. Or maybe we do it because we figure that there's one more kid out there who's going to need a gang to be part of. A misfit, like us. James Howe
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Kids who get called the worst names oftentimes find each other. That's how it was with us. Skeezie Tookis and Addie Carle and Joe Bunch and me. We call ourselves the Gang of Five, but there are only four of us. We do it to keep people on their toes. Make 'em wonder. Or maybe we do it because we figure that there's one more kid out there who's going to need a gang to be part of. A misfit, like us. James Howe
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Anyway, I do not want you thinking that I or Addie or Joe or Skeezie feel sorry for ourselves. We do not. Other people may call us names or think we're weird or whatever, but that does not mean we believe them. We may be misfits, but we're okay. Leastwise, in our own eyes we are, and that's all that matters. James Howe
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Life is short and there will always be dirty dishes, so let's dance. James Howe
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[Button] If Gay and Lesbian people are given civil rights, soon everyone will want them James Howe
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They're really into it, laughing and teasing each other, and I am looking at Pam and thinking once again how she is the most beautiful creature I have ever seen and that if we were back in the olden times she might have been made into a goddess because she is so beautiful. Sometimes I cannot stop my mind. It's scary. James Howe