Mr. Terupt Falls Again Quotes

“Sometimes answers come at unexpected times, in unexpected ways and unexpected places.”
― Rob Buyea, Mr. Terupt Falls Again

“Patience makes the world go round.”
― Rob Buyea, Mr. Terupt Falls Again

“Mom and Dad were killed in a car accident on their way home from the tournament.” Mr. Terupt’s eyes were moist, but he kept going. “Fortunately, I was headed to college, which was the best place for me. Wrestling saved my life. The challenge it provided kept me going when I could have easily given up. I have no brothers or sisters, or any other extended family, so I was alone after my parents died. You saw that last year at the hospital. But now I have all of you. Sometimes answers come at unexpected times, in unexpected ways and unexpected places. I never”
― Rob Buyea, Mr. Terupt Falls Again

“But there was no protecting you from it today. The world can be a harsh place and you witnessed that cold reality firsthand. You’ve been forced to grow up today in ways that aren’t fair to you.”
― Rob Buyea, Mr. Terupt Falls Again

“That when we see unfair situations or injustices in our world, it’s up to us to do something about them. Remaining silent when we don’t agree with what’s happening does no good. That only allows the unfair situation to continue.” “Spoken beautifully, Jessica. I”
― Rob Buyea, Mr. Terupt Falls Again

“Grandma would tell her, “Patience makes the world go round.”
― Rob Buyea, Mr. Terupt Falls Again

“one of the things that can happen when you go through a tragedy together—everyone involved ends up closer.”
― Rob Buyea, Mr. Terupt Falls Again

“Staying quiet and allowing unjust situations to occur is as bad as creating them. In”
― Rob Buyea, Mr. Terupt Falls Again

“You need to keep working hard and stick together. Your hard work and friendships will help you through good and bad.”
― Rob Buyea, Mr. Terupt Falls Again

“breakneck”
― Rob Buyea, Mr. Terupt Falls Again

“ride down this ramp, Peter.”
― Rob Buyea, Mr. Terupt Falls Again

“Heck,”
― Rob Buyea, Mr. Terupt Falls Again

“Sometimes answers come at unexpected times, in unexpected ways”
― Rob Buyea, Mr. Terupt Falls Again

“that old cartoon with the coyote and roadrunner.”
― Rob Buyea, Mr. Terupt Falls Again

“PowerPoint”
― Rob Buyea, Mr. Terupt Falls Again

“My friends Lexie and Peter had quite a day today. I’m sure you know all about it. Maybe now Lexie will know to take things slower, but I doubt it. She takes everything too fast. Grandma would tell her, “Patience makes the world go round.” Lexie could use a dose of patience. I’m running out of patience myself. Please don’t leave me in suspense. I know there’s a land war going on, but I don’t know how things stand right now. I’d like to know, if you don’t mind telling”
― Rob Buyea, Mr. Terupt Falls Again

“Danielle”
― Rob Buyea, Mr. Terupt Falls Again

“days”
― Rob Buyea, Mr. Terupt Falls Again

“Ahh, c’mon. You’re all right, Peter,” he said. “They’re just peanuts.”
― Rob Buyea, Mr. Terupt Falls Again

“boobs.”
― Rob Buyea, Mr. Terupt Falls Again

“Mr. T loved to scare the snot out of us whenever we were busy doing something. One time we were taking a timed test and he yelled out “TIME!” after the forty-five minutes were up. A few of us were so rattled we accidentally threw our pencils. Ben banged his legs on the underside of his desk, he jumped so bad. Mr. T laughed his head off, and we laughed with him. So it shouldn’t have been a surprise that he made his Westing Game announcement during silent reading time.”
― Rob Buyea, Mr. Terupt Falls Again

“chat at one of the tables? Save your work and I’ll meet you over there.”
― Rob Buyea, Mr. Terupt Falls Again

“I could taste was salt.”
― Rob Buyea, Mr. Terupt Falls Again

“Mrs. Stern barked”
― Rob Buyea, Mr. Terupt Falls Again

“look so grown up.”
― Rob Buyea, Mr. Terupt Falls Again

“Terupt offered to take me to the hospital with him and Ms. Newberry the next day after school.”
― Rob Buyea, Mr. Terupt Falls Again

“Oh, I know you will, Dolores.”
― Rob Buyea, Mr. Terupt Falls Again

“I never wanted to love again after losing my parents, because losing them hurt too much, but you’ve helped me change. And you’ve helped me do something even more difficult than that. Because of all of you, I’ve been able to forgive myself for what happened.” That was a class meeting that left me with lots to think about. I thought about Mr. Terupt as a boy and all that he suffered, and I thought about what he had said. Sometimes answers come at unexpected times, in unexpected ways and unexpected places.”
― Rob Buyea, Mr. Terupt Falls Again

“I noticed that Jeffrey’s camera seemed to like Anna the most.”
― Rob Buyea, Mr. Terupt Falls Again

“Oh, heavens!” she said as she spotted my overly wet pants. “I’m really very sorry. I didn’t mean to scare you like that.”
― Rob Buyea, Mr. Terupt Falls Again