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Jacqueline Woodson Quotes

I don’t know how women stop being friends with other women Picture Quote #1

Keep on doing what you’re doing Picture Quote #1

I definitely believe in a greater good. I definitely believe that there’s a reason each of us is here and that we’ve been brought here to do something. And we need to get busy doing it. And I definitely believe that there is something moving us forward that’s good Picture Quote #1

When I was a kid, I got in trouble for lying a lot, and I had a teacher say, instead of lying, write it down, because if you write it down, it’s not a lie anymore; it’s fiction Picture Quote #1

To watch your home change in front of you is surprising. But at the same time, going someplace like Mississippi, makes me appreciate even this Picture Quote #1

I realized if I didn’t start talking to my relatives, asking questions, thinking back to my own beginnings, there would come a time when those people wouldn’t be around to help me look back and remember Picture Quote #1

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I’m usually working either on a picture book and a young adult book, or a middle grade book and a young adult book. When I get bored with one, I move to the other, and then I go back Picture Quote #1

I do believe that books can change lives and give people this kind of language they wouldn’t have had otherwise, Picture Quote #1

I have met women who don’t have close women friends, and I’ve always been like, How could that possibly be? Picture Quote #1

You can’t always be pushing people away. Someday nobody’ll come back Picture Quote #1

No matter how big you get, it’s still okay to cry because everybody’s got a right to their own tears Picture Quote #1

The idea of feeling isolated is scary to me - to walk through the world alone would be heartbreaking Picture Quote #1

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Sometimes, I don’t know that words for things, how to write down the feeling of knowing that every dying person leaves something behind Picture Quote #1

When I’m feeling frustrated with a story, I have faith that it’s going to come. Also, when I first started writing, I wanted to write the stories that were not in my childhood, to represent people who hadn’t historically been represented in literature Picture Quote #1

I think boys don’t always like to read books with female protagonist - I don’t even know what to say about this Picture Quote #1

Sometimes...you have to try to forget people you love just so you can keep living Picture Quote #1

When you think of how a child experiences a series of events, it feels, for so long, like she’s looking at everything from behind this glass and it’s obscured Picture Quote #1

I never know, when I start writing a story, what’s going to happen, or how it will all get sorted out Picture Quote #1

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You can’t always be pushing people away. Someday nobody’ll come back Picture Quote #1

But on paper, things can live forever. On paper, a butterfly never dies Picture Quote #1

I loved and still love watching words flower into sentences and sentences blossom into stories Picture Quote #1

In all your getting, get understanding Picture Quote #1

You have those walls up all around you... Come a day you gonna want to tear them down brick by brick and gonna find that the cement is all hard. What you gonna do then? Picture Quote #1

Mama was always saying I was a brain snob, that I didn’t like people who didn’t think. I didn’t know if that was snobby. Who wanted to walk around explaining everything to people all the time? Picture Quote #1

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People are going to judge you all the time no matter what you do... Don’t worry about other people. Worry about you Picture Quote #1

I’m always wondering if he’ll return. Sometimes I pray that he doesn’t. And sometimes I hope he will. I wish on falling stars and eyelashes. Absence isn’t solid the way death is. It’s fluid, like language. And it hurts so much... so, so much Picture Quote #1

That’s what makes best friends. It’s not whether or not you live on the same block or go to the same school, but how you feel about each other in your hearts Picture Quote #1

Sometimes... you have to try to forget people you love just so you can keep living Picture Quote #1

No matter how big you get, it’s still okay to cry because everybody’s got a right to their own tears Picture Quote #1

Sometimes you do have to laugh to keep from crying. And sometimes the world feels all right and good and kind of like it’s becoming nice again around you. And you realize it, and realize how happy you are in it, and you just gotta laugh Picture Quote #1

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I don’t know how women stop being friends with other women (Jacqueline Woodson Quotes) Keep on doing what you’re doing (Jacqueline Woodson Quotes) I definitely believe in a greater good. I definitely believe that there’s a reason each of us is here and that we’ve been brought here to do something. And we need to get busy doing it. And I definitely believe that there is something moving us forward that’s good (Jacqueline Woodson Quotes) When I was a kid, I got in trouble for lying a lot, and I had a teacher say, instead of lying, write it down, because if you write it down, it’s not a lie anymore; it’s fiction (Jacqueline Woodson Quotes) To watch your home change in front of you is surprising. But at the same time, going someplace like Mississippi, makes me appreciate even this. (Jacqueline Woodson Quotes) I realized if I didn’t start talking to my relatives, asking questions, thinking back to my own beginnings, there would come a time when those people wouldn’t be around to help me look back and remember. (Jacqueline Woodson Quotes) I’m usually working either on a picture book and a young adult book, or a middle grade book and a young adult book. When I get bored with one, I move to the other, and then I go back. (Jacqueline Woodson Quotes) I do believe that books can change lives and give people this kind of language they wouldn’t have had otherwise, (Jacqueline Woodson Quotes) I have met women who don’t have close women friends, and I’ve always been like, How could that possibly be? (Jacqueline Woodson Quotes) You can’t always be pushing people away. Someday nobody’ll come back. (Jacqueline Woodson Quotes) No matter how big you get, it’s still okay to cry because everybody’s got a right to their own tears. (Jacqueline Woodson Quotes) The idea of feeling isolated is scary to me - to walk through the world alone would be heartbreaking. (Jacqueline Woodson Quotes) Sometimes, I don’t know that words for things, how to write down the feeling of knowing that every dying person leaves something behind. (Jacqueline Woodson Quotes) When I’m feeling frustrated with a story, I have faith that it’s going to come. Also, when I first started writing, I wanted to write the stories that were not in my childhood, to represent people who hadn’t historically been represented in literature. (Jacqueline Woodson Quotes) I think boys don’t always like to read books with female protagonist - I don’t even know what to say about this. (Jacqueline Woodson Quotes) Sometimes...you have to try to forget people you love just so you can keep living. (Jacqueline Woodson Quotes) When you think of how a child experiences a series of events, it feels, for so long, like she’s looking at everything from behind this glass and it’s obscured. (Jacqueline Woodson Quotes) I never know, when I start writing a story, what’s going to happen, or how it will all get sorted out. (Jacqueline Woodson Quotes) You can’t always be pushing people away. Someday nobody’ll come back (Jacqueline Woodson Quotes) But on paper, things can live forever. On paper, a butterfly never dies (Jacqueline Woodson Quotes) I loved and still love watching words flower into sentences and sentences blossom into stories (Jacqueline Woodson Quotes) In all your getting, get understanding (Jacqueline Woodson Quotes) You have those walls up all around you... Come a day you gonna want to tear them down brick by brick and gonna find that the cement is all hard. What you gonna do then? (Jacqueline Woodson Quotes) Mama was always saying I was a brain snob, that I didn’t like people who didn’t think. I didn’t know if that was snobby. Who wanted to walk around explaining everything to people all the time? (Jacqueline Woodson Quotes) People are going to judge you all the time no matter what you do... Don’t worry about other people. Worry about you (Jacqueline Woodson Quotes) I’m always wondering if he’ll return. Sometimes I pray that he doesn’t. And sometimes I hope he will. I wish on falling stars and eyelashes. Absence isn’t solid the way death is. It’s fluid, like language. And it hurts so much... so, so much (Jacqueline Woodson Quotes) That’s what makes best friends. It’s not whether or not you live on the same block or go to the same school, but how you feel about each other in your hearts (Jacqueline Woodson Quotes) Sometimes... you have to try to forget people you love just so you can keep living (Jacqueline Woodson Quotes) No matter how big you get, it’s still okay to cry because everybody’s got a right to their own tears (Jacqueline Woodson Quotes) Sometimes you do have to laugh to keep from crying. And sometimes the world feels all right and good and kind of like it’s becoming nice again around you. And you realize it, and realize how happy you are in it, and you just gotta laugh (Jacqueline Woodson Quotes)

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