Top 11 Quotes by Frank Portman

Normal: lacking in taste, compassion, understanding, kindness, and ordinary human decency.

Normal: lacking in taste, compassion, understanding, kindness, and ordinary human decency.

Frank Portman

Kindness, Compassion, Understanding

Frank Portman (2008). “King Dork”, p.341, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

High School is the penalty for transgressions yet to be specified.

Frank Portman

School, High School, Penalties

Frank Portman (2008). “King Dork”, p.15, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

I was starting to realize the extent of the problem here: everyone is always lying to each other, and even when they're trying to tell the truth, it can still be misleading or wrong. In fact, it almost always is wrong from at least one angle. I mean, the truth is really just a better class of lie.

Frank Portman

Lying, Mean, Class

Frank Portman (2008). “King Dork”, p.238, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

Girls have all the same parts, basically, and so much of how they look depends on the attitude, expectations, and obsessions of those who are looking at them.

Frank Portman

Girl, Attitude, Expectations

Frank Portman (2008). “King Dork”, p.168, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

There's always a bit of suspense about the particular way in which a given school year will get off to a bad start.

Frank Portman

School, Years, Way

Frank Portman (2006). “King Dork”, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

It was more like an abortion than music, but he got a wildly enthusiastic response from the crowd. Well, we're all pro-choice out here in Hillmont, after all.

Frank Portman

Choices, Abortion, Crowds

Monty Python: A documentary series on everyday life in Great Britain.

Frank Portman

Python, Everyday, Documentaries

Maybe they notice me wincing whenever I hear them say it, but I don't know: there are all sorts of reasons I could be wincing. Life is a wince-a-thon.

Frank Portman

Life Is, Reason, Wince

Sam Hellerman is a genius!

Frank Portman

Genius

Jane Gallagher had wanted to know what time it was, but for some reason Holden Caulfield hadn't wanted Stradlater to tell her. When Stradlater refused to tell Holden Caulfield whether or not he had told Jane Gallagher what time it was, Holden Caulfield became enraged and attacked him in a fit or horological savagery, possibly because he was mentally ill and hated anyone byt him knowing what time it was.

Frank Portman

Knowing, Fit, Reason

"King Dork". Book by Frank Portman, April 11, 2006.