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Jacqueline Woodson quotes: Somewhere in my braineach laugh, tear and lullabybecomes memory. Somewhere in my brain
each laugh, tear and lullaby
becomes memory.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: Time comes to us softly, slowly. It sits beside us for a while. Then, long before we are ready, it moves on. Time comes to us softly, slowly. It sits beside us for a while. Then, long before we are ready, it moves on.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: Mama says it's okay to be on the quiet side - if quiet means you're listening, watching, taking it all in. Mama says it's okay to be on the quiet side - if quiet means you're listening, watching, taking it all in.
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. 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: If I loved someone enough, I would go anywhere in the world with them. - Staggerlee If I loved someone enough, I would go anywhere in the world with them.
- Staggerlee
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: That's all anybody is-themselves. People all the time wanting to change that. That's all anybody is-themselves. People all the time wanting to change that.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: When I took these things from the house:some tapes, some books, my winter clothes,I did not know that these would become thethings I own. When I took these things from the house:
some tapes, some books, my winter clothes,
I did not know that these would become the
things I own.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: So this is what he believes inyour hands in the cool dirtuntil the earth gives back to youall that you've asked of it. So this is what he believes in
your hands in the cool dirt
until the earth gives back to you
all that you've asked of it.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: Diversity is about all of us, and about us having to figure out how to walk through this world together. Diversity is about all of us, and about us having to figure out how to walk through this world together.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: Fifteen. Sixteen was probably something, but fifteen - fifteen was a place between here and nowhere. Fifteen. Sixteen was probably something, but fifteen - fifteen was a place between here and nowhere.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: How can I explain to anyone that stories are like air to me, I breathe them in and let them out over and over again. How can I explain to anyone that stories are like air to me, I breathe them in and let them out over and over again.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: Everything and everyone seemed like it was part of a long-ago time - when I was young and free and living. Everything and everyone seemed like it was part of a long-ago time - when I was young and free and living.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: Wasn't afraid of dying because dying had always been somewhere in our house, somewhere so close, we could feel the wind of it on our cheeks. Wasn't afraid of dying because dying had always been somewhere in our house, somewhere so close, we could feel the wind of it on our cheeks.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: And it's not even strange that it feels the way it's always felt like the place we belong to. Like home. And it's not even strange that it feels the way it's always felt like the place we belong to. Like home.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: I do believe that books can change lives and give people this kind of language they wouldn't have had otherwise, I do believe that books can change lives and give people this kind of language they wouldn't have had otherwise,
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: This earth is seventy percent water. Hard not to walk into it. This earth is seventy percent water. Hard not to walk into it.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: The Bible is big in the religion, treating people as you want to be treated. The Bible is big in the religion, treating people as you want to be treated.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: Sometimes people don't get a chance to say good-bye, Stag. Sometimes people don't get a chance to say good-bye, Stag.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: Do you remember?' Someone's always asking andsomeone else, always does Do you remember?'
Someone's always asking and
someone else, always does
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: But it's what the world does to people. It makes some of us feel ugly and it makes some of us look like criminals, like angry fools. But it's what the world does to people. It makes some of us feel ugly and it makes some of us look like criminals, like angry fools.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: They're all inside of us, ... past people and present people. And probably even the people we'll become. They're all inside of us, ... past people and present people. And probably even the people we'll become.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: Racism doesn't know color, death doesn't know age, and pain doesn't know might. Racism doesn't know color, death doesn't know age, and pain doesn't know might.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: That's good. Always take the time. You really never know when you're not going to have it anymore. That's good. Always take the time. You really never know when you're not going to have it anymore.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: I don't know," he said softly. "I look into the future and I don't see anything else. It's like it's this big blank space where I should be. I don't know," he said softly. "I look into the future and I don't see anything else. It's like it's this big blank space where I should be.
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. 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: Maybe, I am thinking, there is something hidden like this, in all of us. A small gift from the universe waiting to be discovered. Maybe, I am thinking, there is something hidden like this, in all of us. A small gift from the universe waiting to be discovered.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: Kids are something. All they can see is the beauty in a moment. Kids are something. All they can see is the beauty in a moment.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: You can't have too many books featuring people of color, just like you can't have too many books featuring white people. You can't have too many books featuring people of color, just like you can't have too many books featuring white people.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: Write down what I think I know. The knowing will come.Just keep listening ... Write down what I think I know. The knowing will come.
Just keep listening ...
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: And freedom? Oh, freedom. Well that's just some people talking. Your prison is walking through this world all alone. And freedom? Oh, freedom.
Well that's just some people talking.
Your prison is walking through this world all alone.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: We don't know to be sad, the weight of our grandparents' love like a blanket with us beneath it, safe and warm. We don't know to be sad, the weight of our grandparents' love like a blanket with us beneath it, safe and warm.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: In all your getting, get understanding. In all your getting, get understanding.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: I think I'd rather have my heart broke than do the breaking. - Lena I think I'd rather have my heart broke than do the breaking.
- Lena
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: know now that what is tragic isn't the moment. It is the memory. know now that what is tragic isn't the moment. It is the memory.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: Maybe this is how it happened first for everyone - adults promising us their own failed future. Maybe this is how it happened first for everyone - adults promising us their own failed future.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: Then I let the stories liveinside my head, again and againuntil the real world fades backinto cricket lullabiesand my own dreams. Then I let the stories live
inside my head, again and again
until the real world fades back
into cricket lullabies
and my own dreams.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: I have all this stuff - all these thoughts going on inside me and they all seem so - so dangerous. - Tyler I have all this stuff - all these thoughts going on inside me and they all seem so - so dangerous.
- Tyler
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: To me, elegy suggests that there is hope, and in some respects you've moved past the loss and are able to deal with it and to write about it. To me, elegy suggests that there is hope, and in some respects you've moved past the loss and are able to deal with it and to write about it.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: Seems like every time life starts straightening itself out, something's gotta go and happen. Seems like every time life starts straightening itself out, something's gotta go and happen.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: But on paper, things can live forever. On paper, a butterfly never dies. But on paper, things can live forever.
On paper, a butterfly
never dies.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: There was a time when I believed there was loss that could not be defined, that language had not caught up to death's enormity. There was a time when I believed there was loss that could not be defined, that language had not caught up to death's enormity.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: I would never trust her. Not one hundred percent. Not the way some people can trust their mothers. I would never trust her. Not one hundred percent. Not the way some people can trust their mothers.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: The idea of feeling isolated is scary to me - to walk through the world alone would be heartbreaking. The idea of feeling isolated is scary to me - to walk through the world alone would be heartbreaking.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: Who hasn't walked through a life of small tragedies? Who hasn't walked through a life of small tragedies?
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. 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: You can't always be pushing people away. Someday nobody'll come back. You can't always be pushing people away. Someday nobody'll come back.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: My whole family knows I can't sing. My voice, my sister says, is just left of the key. Just right of the tune. But I sing anyway, whenever I can. My whole family knows I can't sing. My voice, my sister says, is just left of the key. Just right of the tune. But I sing anyway, whenever I can.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: I work hard, he says, I treat people like I want to be treated. God sees this, God knows. I work hard, he says, I treat people like I want to be treated. God sees this, God knows.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: Stories can be windows, but also mirrors. Stories can be windows, but also mirrors.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: I loved and still love watching words flower into sentences and sentences blossom into stories. I loved and still love watching words flower into sentences and sentences blossom into stories.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: Sometimes ... you have to try to forget people you love just so you can keep living. Sometimes ... you have to try to forget people you love just so you can keep living.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: Will the words end, I askwhenever I remember to. Nope, my sister says, all of five years old now, and promising meinfinity. Will the words end, I ask
whenever I remember to.
Nope, my sister says, all of five years old now,
and promising me
infinity.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: Some days I just think the whole world and life and everything is stupid. And that's 'cause I be missing you. Some days I just think the whole world and life and everything is stupid. And that's 'cause I be missing you.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: She said she was going to live-that tomorrow wasn't guaranteed. She said she was going to live-that tomorrow wasn't guaranteed.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: Sometimes, I don't know that words for things,how to write down the feeling of knowingthat every dying person leaves something behind. 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: There is something so deeply visceral about libraries for me-rooms and rooms full of people dreaming and remembering. There is something so deeply visceral about libraries for me-rooms and rooms full of people dreaming and remembering.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: I want to catch words one day. I want to hold them then blow gently, watch them float right out of my hands. I want to catch words one day. I want to hold them then blow gently, watch them float right out of my hands.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: You're a part of me ... You're in my heart. Forever and always, all right? - D You're a part of me ... You're in my heart. Forever and always, all right?
- D
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: This is what kindness does, Ms.Albert said. Each little thing we do goes out, like a ripple, into the world. This is what kindness does, Ms.Albert said. Each little thing we do goes out, like a ripple, into the world.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: Everyone elsehas gone away. And now coming back home isn't really coming back home at all. Everyone else
has gone away.
And now coming back home
isn't really coming back home at all.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: My mother has a gap betweenher two front teeth. So does Daddy Gunnar.Each child in this family has the same spaceconnecting us. My mother has a gap between
her two front teeth. So does Daddy Gunnar.
Each child in this family has the same space
connecting us.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: When there are many worldsyou can choose the oneyou walk into each day. When there are many worlds
you can choose the one
you walk into each day.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: I believe in one day and someday and this perfect moment called Now. I believe in one day and someday and this perfect moment called Now.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: Probably still believed that if you wished hard enough you could make the impossible happen. Probably still believed that if you wished hard enough you could make the impossible happen.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: No past. No future. Just this perfect Now. No past. No future. Just this perfect Now.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: We knew Down South. Everyone had one. Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico. We knew Down South. Everyone had one. Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: Even the silence has a story to tell you. Just listen. Listen. Even the silence
has a story to tell you.
Just listen. Listen.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: The empty swing set reminds us of thisthat bad won't be bad forever,and what is good can sometimes lasta long, long time. The empty swing set reminds us of this
that bad won't be bad forever,
and what is good can sometimes last
a long, long time.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: My sister's clear soft voice opens up the world to me. I lean in so hungry for it. My sister's clear soft voice opens up the world to me. I lean in so hungry for it.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: My mamma says I shouldn't go on the other side ... My mama says the same thing. But she never said nothing about sitting on it My mamma says I shouldn't go on the other side ... My mama says the same thing. But she never said nothing about sitting on it
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: I couldn't be a writer without hope. I think I became a writer because I'm pretty optimistic. I couldn't be a writer without hope. I think I became a writer because I'm pretty optimistic.
Jacqueline Woodson quotes: Someday somebody's going to come along and knock this old fence down. Someday somebody's going to come along and knock this old fence down.

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