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Greg Heffley
Rowley has been Greg’s best friend ever since Rowley’s family moved to the neighborhood a couple years ago. Greg thinks that Rowley has always been a bit uncool—when they met, for instance, Rowley had a book called “How to Make Friends in New Places,” which Rowley’s mom gave him. Despite Greg’s obsession with gaining popularity, Rowley is completely unconcerned about what people think of him. Greg has tried to explain “this whole popularity thing” to Rowley, but it just “goes in one ear and out another” with him. For example, he still asks Greg to come over and “play,” even though Greg reminds him to say “hang out.” Indeed, Rowley has protective parents and is in some ways quite childish, since his parents safety-proof his Halloween costume and put a parental lock on his television to restrict violent content. In other ways, however, Rowley is far more emotionally mature than Greg. He writes a successful comic called “Zoo-Wee-Ma” for the school newspaper, which earns him lavish praise from classmates and teachers alike. In general, he also tends to be better-liked by teachers (he wins an award) and students (girls express sympathy when he breaks his hand) than Greg is. Perhaps this is precisely because of his lack of interest in social status; unlike Greg, he isn’t self-conscious or easily embarrassed and is thus able to be true to himself. This also means that Rowley is a much more loyal friend to Greg than Greg is to him.
Rowley Jefferson Quotes in Diary of a Wimpy Kid
The Diary of a Wimpy Kid quotes below are all either spoken by Rowley Jefferson or refer to Rowley Jefferson. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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September
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I try to explain all this popularity stuff to Rowley (who is probably hovering around the 150 mark, by the way), but I think it just goes in one ear and out the other with him.
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I have told Rowley at least a billion times that now we’re in middle school, you’re supposed to say “hang out,” not “play.” But no matter how many noogies I give him, he always forgets the next time. I’ve been trying to be a lot more careful about my image since I got to middle school. But having Rowley around is definitely not helping.
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March
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I can’t believe Rowley went and backstabbed me like that. While I was sitting there getting chewed out by Mr. Winsky, I was thinking, I need to remember to give my friend a lecture about loyalty.
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April
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Ever since the worm incident, Rowley has been hanging out with Collin Lee every day after school. What really stinks is that Collin is supposed to be MY backup friend. These guys are acting totally ridiculous. Today, Rowley and Collin were wearing these matching T-shirts, and it made me just about want to vomit.
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May
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If the truth ever came out about how the Cheese disappeared, Rowley would be finished. He’d have to move out of the state, and maybe even the country. That’s when I decided to speak up. I told everyone that I knew what happened to the Cheese. I said I was sick of it being on the court, and I just decided to get rid of it once and for all…if I threw away the Cheese, guess what that meant? It meant that I have the Cheese Touch.
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June
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Well, if Rowley appreciated what I did for him last week, he hasn’t said it. But we’ve started hanging out after school again, so I guess that means me and him are back to normal. I can honestly say that so far, having the Cheese Touch hasn’t been all that bad.
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Rowley Jefferson Quotes in Diary of a Wimpy Kid
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September
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I try to explain all this popularity stuff to Rowley (who is probably hovering around the 150 mark, by the way), but I think it just goes in one ear and out the other with him.
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I have told Rowley at least a billion times that now we’re in middle school, you’re supposed to say “hang out,” not “play.” But no matter how many noogies I give him, he always forgets the next time. I’ve been trying to be a lot more careful about my image since I got to middle school. But having Rowley around is definitely not helping.
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March
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I can’t believe Rowley went and backstabbed me like that. While I was sitting there getting chewed out by Mr. Winsky, I was thinking, I need to remember to give my friend a lecture about loyalty.
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April
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Ever since the worm incident, Rowley has been hanging out with Collin Lee every day after school. What really stinks is that Collin is supposed to be MY backup friend. These guys are acting totally ridiculous. Today, Rowley and Collin were wearing these matching T-shirts, and it made me just about want to vomit.
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May
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If the truth ever came out about how the Cheese disappeared, Rowley would be finished. He’d have to move out of the state, and maybe even the country. That’s when I decided to speak up. I told everyone that I knew what happened to the Cheese. I said I was sick of it being on the court, and I just decided to get rid of it once and for all…if I threw away the Cheese, guess what that meant? It meant that I have the Cheese Touch.
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June
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Well, if Rowley appreciated what I did for him last week, he hasn’t said it. But we’ve started hanging out after school again, so I guess that means me and him are back to normal. I can honestly say that so far, having the Cheese Touch hasn’t been all that bad.
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