The Secret Sheriff of Sixth Grade Quotes

“Right. So in order to become lifelong thinkers, all we have to do is stop thinking for ourselves for the next three years. I'm feeling better and better about this place by the minute.”
― Jordan Sonnenblick, The Secret Sheriff of Sixth Grade

“I wasn't sure what my path would be, but I knew I didn't want to be like any of them. Each, in their own way, spent life being ruled by the exact same things they feared.”
― Jordan Sonnenblick, The Secret Sheriff of Sixth Grade

“And maybe this whole thing has taught me something else about what kindness is for. Because, looking back at this year, I still basically did fail when I tried to protect everybody. But that doesn't mean my efforts didn't matter. Maybe kindness spreads slowly, and even fails for a while, but then sort of seeps through again and keeps moving outward, until you suddenly find yourself surrounded by a ring of fellow hamster owners who used to be your enemies.”
― Jordan Sonnenblick, The Secret Sheriff of Sixth Grade

“Others...are so sure the world is full of nothing but bullies that they become bullies themselves, trying to hit everyone in the world first. But a life of getting in the first shot isn't a life. Not really, anyway.”
― Jordan Sonnenblick, The Secret Sheriff of Sixth Grade