Last Days of Summer Quotes

“Alexander Hamilton Junior High School
-- SEMESTER REPORT --

STUDENT: Joseph Margolis
TEACHER: Janet Hicks

ENGLISH: A, ARITHMETIC: A, SOCIAL STUDIES: A, SCIENCE: A, NEATNESS: A, PUNCTUALITY: A, PARTICIPATION: A, OBEDIENCE: D

Teacher's Comments:
Joseph remains a challenging student. While I appreciate his creativity, I am sure you will agree that a classroom is an inappropriate forum for a reckless imagination. There is not a shred of evidence to support his claim that Dolley Madison was a Lesbian, and even fewer grounds to explain why he even knows what the word means. Similarly, an analysis of the Constitutional Convention does not generate sufficient cause to initiate a two-hour classroom debate on what types of automobiles the Founding Fathers would have driven were they alive today. When asked on a subsequent examination, "What did Benjamin Franklin use to discover electricity?" eleven children responded "A Packard convertible". I trust you see my problem.
[...]
Janet Hicks

Parent's Comments:
As usual I am very proud of Joey's grades. I too was unaware that Dolley Madison was a Lesbian. I assumed they were all Protestants.
Thank you for writing.
Ida Margolis”
― Steve Kluger, Last Days of Summer: A Quirky and Heartwarming Story of Friendship, Baseball Lore, and Hero Worship in New York City

“The only thing I know about Moses is him coming down from the mountain with the commandments and saying 'The good news is I got him down to 10. The bad news is adultery is still in.”
― Steve Kluger, Last Days of Summer: A Quirky and Heartwarming Story of Friendship, Baseball Lore, and Hero Worship in New York City

“Mr. Herbert Demarest
Alexander Hamilton Jr. High
2236 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn NY

Dear Mr Demarest,
Then why don't you give him 'Withering Heights'? At least Heathcoat knew how to kick some ass.
Chas. Banks
3d Base”
― Steve Kluger, Last Days of Summer: A Quirky and Heartwarming Story of Friendship, Baseball Lore, and Hero Worship in New York City

“Your head and your heart are two different things. One of them can get you into trouble and the other can't. It's okay to be scared when you can't tell them apart. That happened to me every day of my life. But nobody saw it except you.”
― Steve Kluger, Last Days of Summer: A Quirky and Heartwarming Story of Friendship, Baseball Lore, and Hero Worship in New York City

“God lets us see Him all the time. He looks like Hazel and Rachel and Harlan and babies and etc. You should of known that already.”
― Steve Kluger, Last Days of Summer: A Quirky and Heartwarming Story of Friendship, Baseball Lore, and Hero Worship in New York City

“The last thing you will always remember is the most important one. A long time ago I told you I did not know for a fact yet that you were somebody special. Now I do.
I love you Bucko.”
― Steve Kluger, Last Days of Summer: A Quirky and Heartwarming Story of Friendship, Baseball Lore, and Hero Worship in New York City

“When you get famous or rich and maybe you think that you wish I was there to see it, remember that one way or the other I am.”
― Steve Kluger, Last Days of Summer: A Quirky and Heartwarming Story of Friendship, Baseball Lore, and Hero Worship in New York City

“Everyone has something worth it inside of them even if it doesn’t show. Sometimes you have to look a little harder than other times but don’t give up. Otherwise all your going to see is a sorehead who plays 3d base.”
― Steve Kluger, Last Days of Summer: A Quirky and Heartwarming Story of Friendship, Baseball Lore, and Hero Worship in New York City

“I guess what I mean is that only Charlie could have stopped Bierman from ganging up on us, and only Charlie could have taken you on a road trip, and only Charlie could have made the Gophers think I was some kind of prize at 3d base even though I secretly stink, and only Charlie could have gotten Rachel to love you back. And he did all these things because he wanted to. So think about the happy times and when you start to cry anyway it's because you should. Charlie earned it.”
― Steve Kluger, Last Days of Summer: A Quirky and Heartwarming Story of Friendship, Baseball Lore, and Hero Worship in New York City

“P.S.2. During the day, they are drilling us on passwords we will need in the jungle in case we run into a Japanese spy dressed like a USMC. One of them was "Who lost game 4 of the 1941 W. Series?" Half the guys said "Brooklyn" and the other half said "Mickey Owen" and the third half said "Tommy Henrich". Then some fist fights happened so they scrapped the question. But I told you so.”
― Steve Kluger, Last Days of Summer: A Quirky and Heartwarming Story of Friendship, Baseball Lore, and Hero Worship in New York City