“This is an awful thing that’s happened to you, but it’s also presenting you with a rare opportunity. You have the chance to rebuild yourself from the ground up, to make a completely fresh start.”
― Gordon Korman, Restart
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“I've been victimized but that doesn't mean I have to be a victim.”
― Gordon Korman, Restart
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“If it looks like a duck, and it quacks like a duck, it’s probably a duck.”
― Gordon Korman, Restart
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“Yeah, Rubio,” snorts Bear. “If I had a face like yours, I’d appreciate anyone who could make me look good. So shut up.”
― Gordon Korman, Restart
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“What was so wrong about the old me that now I have to be somebody else?”
― Gordon Korman, Restart
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“But a dead man doesn’t care what uniform he’s wearing.”
― Gordon Korman, Restart
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“As I run, hot tears of shame are streaming down my face. Since my accident, I've heard a lot about the person I used to be. Never did I imagine this.
I sprint harder, accelerating onto the sidewalk, outpacing even the most intense drills from practice. It's no problem escaping Aaron and Bear.
But I'll never be able to get away from myself.”
― Gordon Korman, Restart
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“It’s taco night at Portland Street.”
― Gordon Korman, Restart
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“I burst out with, “Aaron—Bear—” The names are unfamiliar on my tongue, like I’ve never spoken them before.”
― Gordon Korman, Restart
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“And how much do I care about hurting their delicate feelings? Well, you could fit that inside the nucleus of a carbon atom.”
― Gordon Korman, Restart
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“And now I’m supposed to believe that the leader of the three, Alpha Rat, is a good guy because he fell on his head.”
― Gordon Korman, Restart
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“How many people ever get a do-over at life? Falling on my head was the best thing that ever happened to me.”
― Gordon Korman, Restart
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“started to notice, but they think it’s funny. Aaron and Bear don’t. And how much do I care about hurting their delicate feelings? Well, you could fit that inside the nucleus of a”
― Gordon Korman, Restart
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“They agreed it was wrong to throw the stick, but insisted that Chase couldn’t have predicted it would result in serious injury. Ha! The real reason was that Chase was the town sports hero—and the son of the last town sports hero. Chase’s dad had a lot of admirers on that board. And my family didn’t.”
― Gordon Korman, Restart
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“My mind is a black hole. There might be a lot in there, but it can't get out.”
― Gordon Korman, Restart
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“zits.”
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“stranger stares back at me.”
― Gordon Korman, Restart
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“My dad always uses this expression: "If it looks like a duck, and it quacks like a duck, it's probably a duck.”
― Gordon Korman, Restart
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“Maybe it’s simpler than that: If the biggest jerks form a club, everything starts to fall apart when one of them isn’t quite so jerky anymore.”
― Gordon Korman, Restart
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“members express their gratitude. Not too many people ever stand up to the football team. Only Chase can do it, because he’s one of them. At least he used to be. Shoshanna Weber rolls her eyes. “Please be real! Why would anybody thank him? Is there any one of us he hasn’t treated like garbage?” Brendan looks at her in surprise. “Didn’t you see what happened there?” “I saw him being a goon, like he always is. Today he was on our side. What about tomorrow? Remember what he did to my brother!” She storms off.”
― Gordon Korman, Restart
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“Does this mean I’m dead?”
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“I stare back at my principal. What is he talking about? I’m struggling to discover the person I was and he wants me to change?”
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“It does the trick”
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“and me. A YouTube”
― Gordon Korman, Restart
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“What a difference a few months make. Back then I had such a high opinion of the great Chase Ambrose that I considered myself untouchable. Now it's the opposite. I hate myself so much that there's no way any judge could hate me more.”
― Gordon Korman, Restart
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“Actually, Chase is recalling more and more these days. He's still got a long way to go before his amnesia is totally cured. But every now and then, I'll see him in the school halls, gray in the face and haunted, and I know he's just remembered some horrible thing he did in his former life. Poor guy.”
― Gordon Korman, Restart
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“This is an awful thing that’s happened to you, but it’s also presenting you with a rare opportunity. You have the chance to rebuild yourself from the ground up, to make a completely fresh start. Don’t”
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“Football.
Here's a surprise: I like it. That means everything didn't change when I fell on my head. It proves that you can be an athlete and a video club kid at the same time. Not in my case, obviously. Video club invited me to get lost. But it's possible to be both. I have no idea why more people don't do it. Maybe it's because the jocks will never find out if they enjoy doing something artsy because they'll never try it. And the arts kids feel the same way about sports.”
― Gordon Korman, Restart
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“Bear’s eyes narrow. “Exactly how much do you remember about the Graybeard Motel?” “Nothing,” I reply honestly. He grins. “If you want to go there when you don’t have to, you didn’t just scramble your brains. You knocked them out completely”
― Gordon Korman, Restart
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