Jordan Sonnenblick Quotes

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Instead of agonizing about the things you can't change, why don't you try working on the things you can change

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Trying, Agonizing, Can't Change

Jordan Sonnenblick (2010). “Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie”, p.105, Scholastic Inc.

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If you promise you will get better instead of dying, I promise I will, too.

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Promise, Get Better, Dying

Jordan Sonnenblick (2010). “Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie”, p.81, Scholastic Inc.

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But nobody ever tells you in advance when you should concentrate on the good times-that's why you're supposed to do it every day.

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Good Times, Should

Jordan Sonnenblick (2011). “After Ever After”, p.247, Scholastic Inc.

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And if there was one thing I'd finally figured out, it was that your mind is something you always CAN change.

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Life, Mind, One Thing

Jordan Sonnenblick (2010). “Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie”, p.135, Scholastic Inc.

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I seriously think I could have sat in the middle of the kitchen floor rubbing two sticks together over a pile of dynamite blocks and gasoline cans, and my parents would be oblivious, as long as I was keeping myself occupied.

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Block, Thinking, Two

Jordan Sonnenblick (2010). “Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie”, p.77, Scholastic Inc.

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Some kids do drugs. Some kids light stuff on fire. Me, I eat oats.

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Kids, Fire, Light

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What do you call a planet where bad guys stroll through life with success draped around their shoulders like a King’s cloak, while random horrors are visited upon the innocent heads of children? I call it Earth.

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Kings, Children, Guy

Jordan Sonnenblick (2010). “Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie”, p.111, Scholastic Inc.

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Did you really JUST fall, Jeffrey? Why does everybody in my family talk in these dramatic CAPITAL LETTERS all the time? Why am I the only calm one?

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Fall, Doe, Letters

Jordan Sonnenblick (2010). “Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie”, p.15, Scholastic Inc.

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I dove on those papers like Sherlock Holmes on a cappuccino binge.

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Paper, Dove, Holmes

Jordan Sonnenblick (2010). “Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie”, p.86, Scholastic Inc.

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(Yes teenage boys who are fine always cry on their mothers’ shoulders until they leave a snot trail.)

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Mother, Teenage, Boys

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This was the kid who used to toddle over to my bed at 6 o’ clock in the morning every weekend morning to pull on my blankets so I’d get up and watch cartoons with him. This was the kid who once made me play Hungry Hungry Hippos for an hour straight, until I thought my hands were going to fall off from slamming down those dumb little levers to make the hippos’ heads move. This was the kid who had spent an entire days at a time begging me to play Chutes and Ladders with him. And now he was feeling too sick to play with me.

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Morning, Moving, Fall

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Who’s that? That’s the King. Who’s he? The Duke. Who’s she? The Princess. What do they call you? The Count. What does that make me? Umm…how about the Peasant? And the name stuck.

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Kings, Princess, Names

Jordan Sonnenblick (2010). “Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie”, p.9, Scholastic Inc.

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Me: Well, you see, I, uh, I'm a cancer survivor. Person #1: And how's that working out for you? Me: Well, you see, I, uh, used to have leukemia. Person #2: Dude, how come you're not, like, BALD? Me: Well, you see, I, uh, I had acute lymphocytic lymphoma when I was five. Person #3: Whoa. THAT must'a sucked. I once had my tonsils out.

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Cancer, Work Out, Survivor

Jordan Sonnenblick (2011). “After Ever After”, p.54, Scholastic Inc.

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Annette had kissed me. Who would’a thunk it?

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Jordan Sonnenblick (2010). “Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie”, p.146, Scholastic Inc.

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I tucked him in with his stuffed-animal pet dog—cleverly named Dog-Dog, by the way.

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Dog, Animal, Pet

Jordan Sonnenblick (2010). “Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie”, p.45, Scholastic Inc.

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There are really no guidelines whatsoever, because this is the kind of thing that only happens to ME.

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Kind, Guidelines, Happens

Jordan Sonnenblick (2006). “Notes from the Midnight Driver”

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It's amazing--my parents call everything a discussion. If I were standing across the street, firing a bazooka at my mother, while my father was launching mortar back at me, and Jeffery was charging down the driveway with a grenade in his teeth, my parents would say we should stop having this public "discussion".

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Mother, Father, Parent

Jordan Sonnenblick (2010). “Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie”, p.120, Scholastic Inc.

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I’ll probably just stand in a corner, trying not to be noticed, until the decoration committee accidentally packs me into a box at the end of the night. There I will lie, crammed in between rolls of crepe paper, until the New Year’s dance two months from now. Jeffrey thought about this for a moment and said, Won’t they notice the box is too heavy when they go to put it away?

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New Year, Lying, Night

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Renee was beautiful, but she was my friend now. On the other hand, Annette was my friend, but now she was beautiful. makes about as much sense as anything ever does with girls

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Beautiful, Girl, Hands

Jordan Sonnenblick (2010). “Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie”, p.148, Scholastic Inc.

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Finally the kitchen clock said 5:17. It was time to roll out. I shouted for my mom, woke Jeffrey up, ran upstairs, changed into my concert clothes, put on my shoes, and was standing by the door to the garage by 5:19—chanting “Let’s go! Come on!” (Feel free to try that at home, by the way; moms love it!)

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Mom, Home, Doors

Jordan Sonnenblick (2010). “Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie”, p.140, Scholastic Inc.

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Hi, Tad!' she said. 'Hi, Jeff! Hey, I'm not interrupting anything, am I?' 'Uh, no,' I said. 'We were just...I mean, Tad was...uh, nope.' 'So what were you guys talking about?' 'Well,' I said, 'it's very complicated. We were discussing...umm...hats. You know, hats. Like, the head kind.' 'There's another kind?' Lindsey asked. 'Hey, Jeff?' Tad said. 'If your mom needs any evidence to prove that you're retarded, let me know. I'd be glad to record you talking to Lindsey. I'm pretty sure that would do the trick.

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Mom, Mean, Talking

Jordan Sonnenblick (2012). “After Ever After”, p.53, Scholastic Inc.

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Or maybe...their biggest fear is that they will get close to you again, and you'll go and drop dead.

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You Again, Biggest Fear

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It was like seeing Bill Gates at age thirteen, times two. And half of him was wearing a cheerleader uniform. Yes, I know that’s a weird image.

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Two, Age, Half

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You can be our critic. Would you dig that? (Yes, he was the last Man in America who could say “dig” with a straight face without referring to the process of using a tool to remove dirt from the ground.)

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Men, America, Tools

Jordan Sonnenblick (2010). “Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie”, p.108, Scholastic Inc.

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A typical weeknight when he was home like this: 1. Sit down and try to do homework. 2. Get interrupted by Jeffrey: “Please play with me!” 3. Ignore brother, try to do homework. 4. Get interrupted by Jeffrey: “Come ON, Steven! I’m BORED!” 5. Beg Jeffrey for five minutes of peace. 6. Get begged for five minutes of play: “Steven, you never, ever play with me—ever!” 7. Move entire homework operations center to different room. 8. Repeat steps #1-7 as directed by small drugged maniac.

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Brother, Moving, Home

Jordan Sonnenblick (2010). “Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie”, p.78, Scholastic Inc.

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