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Jandy Nelson Quotes

I love art, and it plays a huge role in my life. It’s definitely one of my greatest joys, and I’m a bit fanatical about certain painters and poets and musicians and sculptors Picture Quote #1

We wish with our hands, that’s what we do as artists Picture Quote #1

At least, the sun had the decency to stay the hell away from us Picture Quote #1

If bad luck knows who you are, become someone else Picture Quote #1

I didn’t know love felt like this, like turning into brightness Picture Quote #1

But what if music is what escapes when a heart breaks? Picture Quote #1

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I have had this longstanding interest in going back to school to get a Ph.D. in art history. I was especially interested in exploring this idea of the ecstatic impulse in an artist Picture Quote #1

I love art, and it plays a huge role in my life. It’s definitely one of my greatest joys, and I’m a bit fanatical about certain painters and poets and musicians and sculptors Picture Quote #1

I was actually born in New York, and spent some of my childhood in Boston. But my family moved to San Diego when I was 12, and I went to high school here Picture Quote #1

But then I think about my sister and what a shell-less turtle she was and how she wanted me to be one too. C’mon, Lennie, she used to say to me at least ten times a day. C’mon Len. And that makes me feel better, like it’s her life rather than her death that is now teaching me how to be, who to be Picture Quote #1

... every available inch of his face busts into a smile - whoa. Has he blown into our school on a gust of wind from another world? The guy looks unabashedly jack-o’-lantern happy, which couldn’t be more foreign to the sullen demeanor most of us strove to perfect Picture Quote #1

People die, I think, but your relationship with them doesn’t. It continues and is ever-changing Picture Quote #1

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No hot guys should be allowed to have an English accent and drive a motorcycle. Not to mention wear the leather jacket or sport the cool shades. Hot guys should be forced into footie pajamas Picture Quote #1

And why do English people sound smarter than the rest of us? Like they should be awarded the Nobel Prize for a simple greeting? Picture Quote #1

My grandmother thinks it’s really funny to put all sorts of things in our - my lunch. I never know what’ll be inside: e.e. cummings, flower petals, a handful of buttons. She seems to have lost sight of the original purpose of the brown bag. - Lennie Or maybe she thinks other forms of nourishment are more important. - Joe Picture Quote #1

Meeting your soul mate is like walking into a house you’ve been in before - you will recognize the furniture, the pictures on the wall,the books on the shelves, the contents of drawers: You could find your way around in the dark if you had to Picture Quote #1

For me, there’s nothing better than getting immersed in a sprawling, epic, multi-generational family saga, and ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ by Gabriel Garcia Marquez is the most sprawling, epic, and multi-generational of them all Picture Quote #1

I do find the sibling connection endlessly fascinating, as I do all family dynamics. I like how siblings seem to create their own parentless mini-civilization within a family, one that has its own laws, myths, language, humor, its own loyalties and treacheries Picture Quote #1

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This is what I want: I want to grab my brother’s hand and run back through time, losing years like coats falling from our shoulders Picture Quote #1

Sometimes you think you know things, know things very deeply, only to realize you don’t know a damn thing Picture Quote #1

I do have a tendency to want to go back to school at all times in my life. Maybe I’ll do the Ph.D. in art history when I’m 50, or maybe divinity school. I like teaching, too Picture Quote #1

Second novels are bears. As are other people’s expectations for them. I think taking the time you need with the second book is key. Writers spend years and years on their first novels and then are often expected to turn out a second at warp speed, a recipe for failure Picture Quote #1

I’m layering away: sauce, noodles, I belong to you, cheese, sauce, my heart is yours, noodles, cheese, I hear your soul in your music, cheese, cheese, CHEESE Picture Quote #1

Reality is crushing. The world is a wrong-sized shoe. How can anyone stand it? Picture Quote #1

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When people fall in love, they burst into flames Picture Quote #1

You have to see the miracles for there to be miracles Picture Quote #1

It’s time for second chances. It’s time to remake the world Picture Quote #1

Maybe some people are just meant to be in the same story Picture Quote #1

The sky is everywhere, it begins at your feet Picture Quote #1

I can’t shove the dark out of my way Picture Quote #1

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I love art, and it plays a huge role in my life. It’s definitely one of my greatest joys, and I’m a bit fanatical about certain painters and poets and musicians and sculptors. (Jandy Nelson Quotes) We wish with our hands, that’s what we do as artists (Jandy Nelson Quotes) At least, the sun had the decency to stay the hell away from us (Jandy Nelson Quotes) If bad luck knows who you are, become someone else (Jandy Nelson Quotes) I didn’t know love felt like this, like turning into brightness (Jandy Nelson Quotes) But what if music is what escapes when a heart breaks? (Jandy Nelson Quotes) I have had this longstanding interest in going back to school to get a Ph.D. in art history. I was especially interested in exploring this idea of the ecstatic impulse in an artist (Jandy Nelson Quotes) I love art, and it plays a huge role in my life. It’s definitely one of my greatest joys, and I’m a bit fanatical about certain painters and poets and musicians and sculptors (Jandy Nelson Quotes) I was actually born in New York, and spent some of my childhood in Boston. But my family moved to San Diego when I was 12, and I went to high school here (Jandy Nelson Quotes) But then I think about my sister and what a shell-less turtle she was and how she wanted me to be one too. C’mon, Lennie, she used to say to me at least ten times a day. C’mon Len. And that makes me feel better, like it’s her life rather than her death that is now teaching me how to be, who to be (Jandy Nelson Quotes) ... every available inch of his face busts into a smile - whoa. Has he blown into our school on a gust of wind from another world? The guy looks unabashedly jack-o’-lantern happy, which couldn’t be more foreign to the sullen demeanor most of us strove to perfect (Jandy Nelson Quotes) People die, I think, but your relationship with them doesn’t. It continues and is ever-changing (Jandy Nelson Quotes) No hot guys should be allowed to have an English accent and drive a motorcycle. Not to mention wear the leather jacket or sport the cool shades. Hot guys should be forced into footie pajamas (Jandy Nelson Quotes) And why do English people sound smarter than the rest of us? Like they should be awarded the Nobel Prize for a simple greeting? (Jandy Nelson Quotes) My grandmother thinks it’s really funny to put all sorts of things in our - my lunch. I never know what’ll be inside: e.e. cummings, flower petals, a handful of buttons. She seems to have lost sight of the original purpose of the brown bag. - Lennie Or maybe she thinks other forms of nourishment are more important. - Joe (Jandy Nelson Quotes) Meeting your soul mate is like walking into a house you’ve been in before - you will recognize the furniture, the pictures on the wall,the books on the shelves, the contents of drawers: You could find your way around in the dark if you had to. (Jandy Nelson Quotes) For me, there’s nothing better than getting immersed in a sprawling, epic, multi-generational family saga, and ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ by Gabriel Garcia Marquez is the most sprawling, epic, and multi-generational of them all. (Jandy Nelson Quotes) I do find the sibling connection endlessly fascinating, as I do all family dynamics. I like how siblings seem to create their own parentless mini-civilization within a family, one that has its own laws, myths, language, humor, its own loyalties and treacheries. (Jandy Nelson Quotes) This is what I want: I want to grab my brother’s hand and run back through time, losing years like coats falling from our shoulders. (Jandy Nelson Quotes) Sometimes you think you know things, know things very deeply, only to realize you don’t know a damn thing. (Jandy Nelson Quotes) I do have a tendency to want to go back to school at all times in my life. Maybe I’ll do the Ph.D. in art history when I’m 50, or maybe divinity school. I like teaching, too. (Jandy Nelson Quotes) Second novels are bears. As are other people’s expectations for them. I think taking the time you need with the second book is key. Writers spend years and years on their first novels and then are often expected to turn out a second at warp speed, a recipe for failure (Jandy Nelson Quotes) I’m layering away: sauce, noodles, I belong to you, cheese, sauce, my heart is yours, noodles, cheese, I hear your soul in your music, cheese, cheese, CHEESE (Jandy Nelson Quotes) Reality is crushing. The world is a wrong-sized shoe. How can anyone stand it? (Jandy Nelson Quotes) When people fall in love, they burst into flames (Jandy Nelson Quotes) You have to see the miracles for there to be miracles (Jandy Nelson Quotes) It’s time for second chances. It’s time to remake the world (Jandy Nelson Quotes) Maybe some people are just meant to be in the same story (Jandy Nelson Quotes) The sky is everywhere, it begins at your feet (Jandy Nelson Quotes) I can’t shove the dark out of my way (Jandy Nelson Quotes)

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