The Champions Quotes

“Maybe Tyler isn't a bad guy, but he's proof that you can do the right thing and still be wrong.”
― Kara Thomas, The Champions

“loving someone shouldn’t mean giving them permission to hurt you over and over,”
― Kara Thomas, The Champions

“By the garage entrance, I spot Gavin Steiger, along with Wes St. Pierre, standing sentry. It’s easy to see why they were picked for security; they’re both massive. Both guys have gold chains around their necks, the same haircut with the shaved sides and mop of curls on top of their heads. The only difference between them is that Wes is Black, and Gavin wishes he was.”
― Kara Thomas, The Champions

“I'm too angry to speak, or I would ask her how she could call those guys kids. They're bigger than most teachers. Their coaches buy them alcohol. Some of them have beards. How come guys like Gavin are treated like men most of the time, but when they fuck up, they're just kids?”
― Kara Thomas, The Champions

“Ms. Martinelli would tell her life story to a baked potato”
― Kara Thomas, The Champions

“No matter how many stories I know that have ended the same way, it's still impossible to accept.”
― Kara Thomas, The Champions

“I could call Mom from the office to pick me up, but I think I'd rather rot for the rest of my life in this dank-ass office than look her in the eye right now.”
― Kara Thomas, The Champions

“But loving someone shouldn't mean giving them permission to hurt you over and over.”
― Kara Thomas, The Champions

“He delivers the verdict with a gravity that suggests I asked to cook crystal meth in the back office.”
― Kara Thomas, The Champions

“how do you think it would go for a teacher who accused the most powerful man in the school of bullying?" Peter snorts.
"That's exactly the problem," I say. "Why is a football coach the most powerful person in this school?”
― Kara Thomas, The Champions

“she's Team Football and not Team Hadley.”
― Kara Thomas, The Champions

“she's looking at them like a Capitol denizen gazing on District 12.”
― Kara Thomas, The Champions