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Mr. Isaac Bykovski
The young, beautiful chemistry teacher at Big Creek High School, Miss Riley is enormously important in encouraging Homer and his friends to continue experimenting with rockets. Her lessons give Homer and Quentin many ideas for rocket fuel, and with her encouraging, Homer enters the county science fair and wins. Miss Riley is a tragic, almost saintly, figure, since she expresses nothing but love and support for Homer and his friends, but is nonetheless diagnosed with cancer and dies at a young age. Homer has tremendous respect for Miss Riley, and says on more than one occasion that he loves her with all his heart.
Miss Riley Quotes in Rocket Boys
The Rocket Boys quotes below are all either spoken by Miss Riley or refer to Miss Riley. 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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Chapter 19
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“Sonny,” [Miss Riley] said, “a lot has happened to you, probably more than you know. But I’m telling you, if you stop working on your rockets now, you’ll regret it maybe for the rest of your life.”
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Chapter 22
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“You had the calculus class, Quentin. You work them.”
“No,” he said adamantly. “Miss Riley gave you the book. You know calculus as well as I do. Quit stalling!”
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Chapter 25
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Jake jammed his hands in his pockets, sighed, and looked up at the mountains. “I’m not a religious man, Sonny. You want parables and proverbs, go to church. But I believe there’s a plan for each of us—you, me, Freida too. It doesn’t help to get mad about it or want to whip up on God about it. It’s just the way it is. You’ve got to accept it.”
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Miss Riley Quotes in Rocket Boys
The Rocket Boys quotes below are all either spoken by Miss Riley or refer to Miss Riley. 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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Chapter 19
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“Sonny,” [Miss Riley] said, “a lot has happened to you, probably more than you know. But I’m telling you, if you stop working on your rockets now, you’ll regret it maybe for the rest of your life.”
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Chapter 22
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“You had the calculus class, Quentin. You work them.”
“No,” he said adamantly. “Miss Riley gave you the book. You know calculus as well as I do. Quit stalling!”
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Chapter 25
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Jake jammed his hands in his pockets, sighed, and looked up at the mountains. “I’m not a religious man, Sonny. You want parables and proverbs, go to church. But I believe there’s a plan for each of us—you, me, Freida too. It doesn’t help to get mad about it or want to whip up on God about it. It’s just the way it is. You’ve got to accept it.”
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