Frank Portman quotes
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“I was starting to realize the extent of the problem here: everyone is always lying to each other, and even when they're trying to tell the truth, it can still be misleading or wrong. In fact, it almost always is wrong from at least one angle. I mean, the truth is really just a better class of lie.”
-- Frank PortmanSource : Frank Portman (2008). “King Dork”, p.238, Delacorte Books for Young Readers
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“There's always a bit of suspense about the particular way in which a given school year will get off to a bad start.”
-- Frank PortmanSource : Frank Portman (2006). “King Dork”, Delacorte Books for Young Readers
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“Maybe they notice me wincing whenever I hear them say it, but I don't know: there are all sorts of reasons I could be wincing. Life is a wince-a-thon.”
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“Monty Python: A documentary series on everyday life in Great Britain.”
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“High School is the penalty for transgressions yet to be specified.”
-- Frank PortmanSource : Frank Portman (2008). “King Dork”, p.15, Delacorte Books for Young Readers
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“Jane Gallagher had wanted to know what time it was, but for some reason Holden Caulfield hadn't wanted Stradlater to tell her. When Stradlater refused to tell Holden Caulfieldwhether or not he had told Jane Gallagher what time it was, Holden Caulfield became enraged and attacked him in a fit or horological savagery, possibly because he was mentally ill and hated anyone byt him knowing what time it was”
-- Frank PortmanSource : "King Dork". Book by Frank Portman, April 11, 2006.
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“Girls have all the same parts, basically, and so much of how they look depends on the attitude, expectations, and obsessions of those who are looking at them.”
-- Frank PortmanSource : Frank Portman (2008). “King Dork”, p.168, Delacorte Books for Young Readers
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“D and D: a role-playing game played only by very cool guys.”
-- Frank PortmanSource : Frank Portman (2006). “King Dork”, Delacorte Books for Young Readers
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“Normal: lacking in taste, compassion, understanding, kindness, and ordinary human decency.”
-- Frank PortmanSource : Frank Portman (2008). “King Dork”, p.341, Delacorte Books for Young Readers
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“It was more like an abortion than music, but he got a wildly enthusiastic response from the crowd. Well, we're all pro-choice out here in Hillmont, after all.”
-- Frank Portman
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