Restart Quotes

“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

“I've been victimized but that doesn't mean I have to be a victim.”
― Gordon Korman, Restart

“What was so wrong about the old me that now I have to be somebody else?”
― Gordon Korman, Restart

“If it looks like a duck, and it quacks like a duck, it’s probably a duck.”
― Gordon Korman, Restart

“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

“But a dead man doesn’t care what uniform he’s wearing.”
― Gordon Korman, Restart

“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

“It’s taco night at Portland Street.”
― Gordon Korman, Restart

“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

“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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― Gordon Korman, Restart

“My mind is a black hole. There might be a lot in there, but it can't get out.”
― Gordon Korman, Restart

“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

“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

“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

“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

“When a bunch of jerks see you as a victim, that's on them. But when it goes on so long that it's how you see yourself, it's very hard to climb out of that hole.”
― Gordon Korman, Restart

“The problem is he isn't very ratty anymore. He's like a version 2.0 of himself with all the bad stuff written out of the programming.”
― Gordon Korman, Restart

“Not remembering anybody. It's like I'm surrounded by all these people, but I'm still alone.”
― Gordon Korman, Restart

“I'm like a computer with its hard drive wiped clean. You can reboot it and the operating system works fine. But when you look for a document or file to open, nothing's there.”
― Gordon Korman, Restart

“Another of my crimes against humanity, like bullying her brother, and not dying when I fell off the roof.”
― Gordon Korman, Restart

“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

“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

“The big question is this: Is the old Ambrose trapped in there somewhere waiting to realize what a dork he’s being and get back to normal? Or is this new nerd-loving Chase the only Chase there’s going to be from now on?”
― Gordon Korman, Restart

“The atmosphere in the room is supercharged—rage from me, defiance from Brendan, firmness from the teacher, and varying degrees of protest, discontent, and unease from everyone else. It boils around us when a voice from the doorway asks, “Am I late? What did I miss?” It’s him—the enemy.”
― Gordon Korman, Restart

“The trick is not to let a few bad moments cost you the game.”
― Gordon Korman, Restart

“My name is mud with my new friends and I’m back on the team.”
― Gordon Korman, Restart

“The juvenile court judge sentenced Chase, Aaron, and Bear to community service at our town’s senior citizens’ home. (As if the elderly deserved that.)”
― Gordon Korman, Restart

“So what ur telling me is: I’m in exile, and the guy who exiled me doesn’t even remember doing it?”
― Gordon Korman, Restart

“It does the trick”
― Gordon Korman, Restart