There's no pleasure in getting to be an old coot unless you have some fun along the way. Autore: Gary D. Schmidt Copy Quote More from Gary D. Schmidt “Sometimes--and I know it doesn't last for anything more than a second--sometime…” “Did you find yourself?" "What?" said my sister."Did you find yourself?""She fou…” “How come when you're feeling good like this, something always happens to wreck …” “Reader, I kissed her. A quiet walk we had, she and I.”