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41 " He’s falling into the water,” I said. Lucas shook his head. “No, he’s not. He’s going wherever he wants to go. "
― Gary D. Schmidt , Okay for Now
42 " Some family,' I said. 'No one's paying attention to the mother. Who could blame her if she took off? Look at them.'A minute or so went by, and then Mrs. Windermere said, in a voice as soft as summer blue air, 'Skinny Delivery Boy, you have it all wrong. Look how she's standing close to her little one. She's looking around to watch for the next spectacular thing that's going to come into his life.'And I'm not lying, she was right. "
43 " Mr. Powell raised an eyebrow. “I’m a librarian,” he said. “I always know what I’m talking about. "
44 " When Mr. Ferris found out about the Broadway play, Clarence didn't stop rocking during the whole lab. "
45 " Then Lucas would try to turn over, and there would be a low moan, and Christopher would get up, and I knew that Lucas was awake in the dark that he carried around with him all the time.'What can I do?' Christopher would say.'You weren't there. You can't do anything.'None of us knew how to make it light. "
46 " Thanks for what?” he said. “Everything,” I said. "
47 " When you find something that’s whole, you do what you can to keep it that way. And when you find something that isn’t, then maybe it’s not a bad idea to try to make it whole again. Maybe. "
48 " you can't believe how hard it is to make a puffin not look like a chump "
49 " She sort of reminded me of Lil—which I did not tell her—and which you shouldn't tell her I said either "
50 " She came over and looked at the picture. Then she took my hand.You know what that feels like?Like what the astronauts will feel when they step onto the moon for the very first time. "
51 " Mr Powell raised an eyebrow. ‘I’m a librarian’ he said. ‘I always know what I’m talking about. "
52 " 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. "
53 " Thanks,” I said. “Go home,” he said. "
54 " Lucas is my oldest brother who stopped beating me up a year and a half ago when the United States Army drafted him to beat up Vietcong instead "
55 " Sting-Ray "