By Max Shlafstein

"MRS. BAKER LOOKED HARD AT ME. I THINK SHE ROLLED HER EYES." (Schmidt 4)

"The quality of mercy is not strained" (Schmidt 47)

BOX FROM GOLDMAN'S BEST BAKERY WITH TWENTY-FOUR CREAM PUFFS!”

"JOE PEPITONE AND HORACE CLARKE WERE WAITING FOR US..."

“Mrs. Baker is going to drive us. Can you move your toes?”

"I OPENED IT. INSIDE WERE TWO TICKETS FOR ROMEO AND JULIET..."

TO THE TRACK, WITH MRS. BAKER WEARING BRIGHT WHITE SNEAKERS.”

I THINK I COULD GET YOU THERE FOR SOME OF THE GAME."

“SHE LOOKED AT ME. “THEN WE SHALL HAVE TO GO ON A FEILD TRIP."

“And she smiled—not a teacher smile. “Chrysanthemum,” she said.”

"But Shakespeare was wrong. Sometimes the quality of mercy is strained."

Holling makes decisions about his life: "So who are you, Holling?"