Jake and Lily Quotes

“And the more you love someone, the safer it is to be mad at them. Love can handle mad, no problem.”
― Jerry Spinelli, Jake and Lily

“How do you not try to get something you want?
How do you stop caring about the thing that you care about the most?
How do you erase the other half of your own self?”
― Jerry Spinelli, Jake and Lily

“I would just spit, burp, and call "good riddance! Who needs ya? Who cares?”
― Jerry Spinelli, Jake and Lily

“Beneath every goober is a kid. A person. Maybe he's not what you would call 'regular.' But so what? Is that a bad thing?”
― Jerry Spinelli, Jake and Lily

“Supergoobers are like hot peppers. Or staring at the sun. You can’t take too much at once. So we busted back to the hideout and spent the rest of the day hooting and replaying every moment. We were sitting in a circle. “Care to help!” “Consolidate our efforts!” “Hi, guys!” “Want some lemonade!” “Hi, Soop! I can’t believe you said that.” “He never noticed.” “Wow, Ernie—you’re really somethin’. That was awesome, Bump. How’d you keep a straight face?” “We can’t help—we got blisters!” We laughed so hard our stomachs hurt. Then questions came. “How did he get that way?” “He was born that way.” “Don’t parents have something to do with it?” “Every goober I knew, their parents were perfectly normal.” “What if a supergoober has a brother or sister? Would they be supergoobers too?” “I got a cousin who’s a goober. Some days he’s even a supergoober.” This was Bump talking. We were all ears. “He has two sisters, my girl cousins. And they’re normal. I mean, for girls.” “So,” said Nacho, “there’s five people in the family and only one is a goober?”
― Jerry Spinelli, Jake and Lily

“When Bump didn’t go, the ump put some bite in his voice: “Son—go. Now.” That sent Bump packing, but it wasn’t good enough for Lily. She comes stomping off the mound jabbing her finger at Bump: “Yeah—yer outta here! Back to the bench, ya dumb meatball!” And now the ump points to Lily and goes, “And you too, miss. Your game is over.” As Lily steamed off to the bench, I actually fell on my back, I was laughing so hard. In”
― Jerry Spinelli, Jake and Lily