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Jerry Spinelli quotes: Thanks," she said, and went back to the coffee urn. Not exactly chummy. Suddenly grumpy Alvina Thanks," she said, and went back to the coffee urn. Not exactly chummy. Suddenly grumpy Alvina
Jerry Spinelli quotes: Home is everything you can walk to. Home is everything you can walk to.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: Love makes its own magic. Love makes its own magic.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: When the sun is a bike ride away, I will hear it. It will sound like wind in treetops. I will awaken. When the sun is a bike ride away, I will hear it. It will sound like wind in treetops. I will awaken.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: We were pretending, and everybody knew you didn't get hurt pretending. We were pretending, and everybody knew you didn't get hurt pretending.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: If we are destined to be together again, be happy to know you'll be getting the real me, not some blubbering half me. If we are destined to be together again, be happy to know you'll be getting the real me, not some blubbering half me.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: If I get a new idea today - or any day - I won't run from it. I won't trash it. If it's something I really want to do - If I get a new idea today - or any day - I won't run from it. I won't trash it. If it's something I really want to do - I'll do it.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: He doesn't think. He just does. A nonthinking doer. He doesn't think. He just does. A nonthinking doer.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: Nothing's more fun than being carried away. Nothing's more fun than being carried away.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: I love beginnings. If I were in charge of calendars, every day would be January 1. And I love beginnings. If I were in charge of calendars, every day would be January 1. And
Jerry Spinelli quotes: Usually it takes me about nine to 12 months to write a book. Usually it takes me about nine to 12 months to write a book.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: MRI good ... X-ray good ... blood work good ... If everything's so good, what the hell's she doing here? MRI good ... X-ray good ... blood work good ...
If everything's so good, what the hell's she doing here?
Jerry Spinelli quotes: When's the next star party?""Spring""Spring. Long time to wait.""The sky's not going anywhere. When's the next star party?"
"Spring"
"Spring. Long time to wait."
"The sky's not going anywhere.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: You'll know her more by your questions than by her answers. Keep looking at her long enough. One day you might see someone you know. You'll know her more by your questions than by her answers. Keep looking at her long enough. One day you might see someone you know.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: I pointedly avoid doing sequels, since for the most part I find that a sequel rarely stands up to the original. I pointedly avoid doing sequels, since for the most part I find that a sequel rarely stands up to the original.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: Friendship isn't always sunnyside up. Friendship isn't always sunnyside up.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: It was a rebellion she led, a rebellion for rather than against. It was a rebellion she led, a rebellion for rather than against.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: History sits on our shoulders, while reading opens our hearts. History sits on our shoulders, while reading opens our hearts.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: I'm looking over a four-leaf clover that I overlooked before. I'm looking over a four-leaf clover that I overlooked before.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: Did he realized nothing would last, that sooner or later every last speck and smidgeon of matter would disapper? Did he realized nothing would last, that sooner or later every last speck and smidgeon of matter would disapper?
Jerry Spinelli quotes: Mr, B, what's wrong with me?"[ ... ]"Nothing. You're smart enough to know you don't have all the answers, that's all. Mr, B, what's wrong with me?"
[ ... ]
"Nothing. You're smart enough to know you don't have all the answers, that's all.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: hospital in Yuma. We hospital in Yuma. We
Jerry Spinelli quotes: I'm not my name. My name is something I wear, like a shirt. It gets worn. I outgrow it, I change it. I'm not my name. My name is something I wear, like a shirt. It gets worn. I outgrow it, I change it.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: There are bits and pieces of me probably in every one of my 35 or so books. There are bits and pieces of me probably in every one of my 35 or so books.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: You haven't lived until you've basked in the adoration of people. You haven't lived until you've basked in the adoration of people.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: I could feel a million reasons, but there were no words to express them. I could feel a million reasons, but there were no words to express them.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: So," he said, "we ourselves will be the candle flames." He put his hands on his chest. "Feel your hearts, how warm they are. So," he said, "we ourselves will be the candle flames." He put his hands on his chest. "Feel your hearts, how warm they are.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: You are truly focused when you're so focused that you don't know you're focused. You are truly focused when you're so focused that you don't know you're focused.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: but my rather said no way was he going but my rather said no way was he going
Jerry Spinelli quotes: The horizontal world I had thought I occupied was tilting, dumping me somewhere else, somewhere new. The horizontal world I had thought I occupied was tilting, dumping me somewhere else, somewhere new.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: So distracting, so complete is she that she is gone before many realize that she had no escort, she was along, a parade of one. So distracting, so complete is she that she is gone before many realize that she had no escort, she was along, a parade of one.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: The blanket was there, but it was the boy's embrace that covered and warmed him. The blanket was there, but it was the boy's embrace that covered and warmed him.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: Okay, so you're not perfect. Who is?Sure, Susan makes sense. But my heart doesn't care about sense. My heart never says: _Why?_ Only: _Who?_ Okay, so you're not perfect. Who is?
Sure, Susan makes sense. But my heart doesn't care about sense. My heart never says: _Why?_ Only: _Who?_
Jerry Spinelli quotes: You remember everything people say to you?'I locked into his eyes. 'Everything /some/ people say to me. You remember everything people say to you?'

I locked into his eyes. 'Everything /some/ people say to me.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: You occupied my space. But because you were not in my present, when I looked into my future I saw ... nothing. Isn't that sad? And stupid? You occupied my space. But because you were not in my present, when I looked into my future I saw ... nothing. Isn't that sad? And stupid?
Jerry Spinelli quotes: There's nothing sadder than a sobbing waffle. There's nothing sadder than a sobbing waffle.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: When a stargirl cries, she sheds no tears but light. When a stargirl cries, she sheds no tears but light.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: I was feeling nine ways at once, and they all ended up at the touch of her hand on my ear ... I was feeling nine ways at once, and they all ended up at the touch of her hand on my ear ...
Jerry Spinelli quotes: Ma-niac, Ma-niacHe's so coolMa-niac, Ma-niacDon't go to schoolRuns all night Runs all rightMa-niac, Ma-niacKissed a bull! Ma-niac, Ma-niac
He's so cool
Ma-niac, Ma-niac
Don't go to school
Runs all night
Runs all right
Ma-niac, Ma-niac
Kissed a bull!
Jerry Spinelli quotes: Hey, this is it - right now! - the time when you find out who you are and what you can do. And how will you ever know if you Hey, this is it - right now! - the time when you find out who you are and what you can do. And how will you ever know if you don't try new stuff?
Jerry Spinelli quotes: You're a kid trying to figure out the world you were born into, that's all. You're a kid trying to figure out the world you were born into, that's all.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: Nobody has the time, the time cannot be owned. The time is free to everyone Nobody has the time, the time cannot be owned. The time is free to everyone
Jerry Spinelli quotes: War became less about machine-gun chatter and spectacular explosions and more about people. War became less about machine-gun chatter and spectacular explosions and more about people.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: What she saw, she felt. Her eyes went straight to her heart. What she saw, she felt. Her eyes went straight to her heart.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: I spend more time being what I am: a writer, not the visiting celebrity. I spend more time being what I am: a writer, not the visiting celebrity.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: Every name is real. That's the nature of names. Every name is real. That's the nature of names.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: Star people are rare. Star people are rare.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: If you learn to hate one or two persons ... you'll soon hate millions of people. If you learn to hate one or two persons ... you'll soon hate millions of people.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: Her smile put the sunflower to shame. Her smile put the sunflower to shame.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: Still he had not cracked a smile, but his eyes were different now, they were here. Still he had not cracked a smile, but his eyes were different now, they were here.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: His smile was so wide he'd have had to break it into sections to fit it through a doorway His smile was so wide he'd have had to break it into sections to fit it through a doorway
Jerry Spinelli quotes: I mean if she's real, she's in big trouble. How long do you think somebody who's really like that is going to last around here? I mean if she's real, she's in big trouble. How long do you think somebody who's really like that is going to last around here?
Jerry Spinelli quotes: When somebody says or does something you like. Amen. When somebody says or does something you like. Amen.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: The louder the babies screamed, the brighter the lights. The louder the babies screamed, the brighter the lights.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: Actually, between books is precisely when I do give myself vacations. Actually, between books is precisely when I do give myself vacations.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: I didn't realize we were being watched. We were all being watched I didn't realize we were being watched. We were all being watched
Jerry Spinelli quotes: I love surprises! That's what is great about reading. When you open a book, you never know what you'll find. I love surprises! That's what is great about reading. When you open a book, you never know what you'll find.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: Each night I lie down in a graveyard of memories. Moonlight spins a shroud about me. Each night I lie down in a graveyard of memories. Moonlight spins a shroud about me.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: I have a curious background for someone who turns out to be a writer. I have a curious background for someone who turns out to be a writer.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: This was the ghetto: where children grow down instead of up. This was the ghetto: where children grow down instead of up.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: How much better might human communication be if words were as precious as diamonds? If each of us were allotted only 100 words per day? How much better might human communication be if words were as precious as diamonds? If each of us were allotted only 100 words per day?
Jerry Spinelli quotes: did not have enough substance to trigger the opening of a supermarket door did not have enough substance to trigger the opening of a supermarket door
Jerry Spinelli quotes: Every child's bedroom is as important as a telescope orbiting the planet earth or a philosopher's study. Every child's bedroom is as important as a telescope orbiting the planet earth or a philosopher's study.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: Happiness one last chance to happen? Happiness one last chance to happen?
Jerry Spinelli quotes: It was different with you, Leo. In the eyes and ears of my heart, you and the magic are one and the same. It was different with you, Leo. In the eyes and ears of my heart, you and the magic are one and the same.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: He just did it for the same reason he does everything else - he felt like it. He just did it for the same reason he does everything else - he felt like it.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: That was fifteen years ago. Fifteen Valentine's Days. That was fifteen years ago. Fifteen Valentine's Days.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: When you own nothing, it's easy to let things go. When you own nothing, it's easy to let things go.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: What's the matter with you? Huh? Huh?''Why can't you be normal?''Why do you wanna be so different? What's the matter with you? Huh? Huh?'
'Why can't you be normal?'
'Why do you wanna be so different?
Jerry Spinelli quotes: Some nights, we were a city of two. Some nights, we were a city of two.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: The trouble with miracles is, they don't last long. The trouble with miracles is, they don't last long.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: No one's hurt is too small, no worry too removed, no blessing so elusive that it cannot be seen by the eyes in the back of the human heart. No one's hurt is too small, no worry too removed, no blessing so elusive that it cannot be seen by the eyes in the back of the human heart.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: My first four books were not published because nobody wanted them. They were adult books, not kids' books. My first four books were not published because nobody wanted them. They were adult books, not kids' books.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: Nobody knows who said it first, but somebody must have: 'Kid's gotta be a maniac. Nobody knows who said it first, but somebody must have: 'Kid's gotta be a maniac.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: I became a children's author by accident. I became a children's author by accident.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: Events become feelings, feelings become events Events become feelings, feelings become events
Jerry Spinelli quotes: Let's just be fabulously where we are and who we are. You be you and I'll be me, today and today and today, and let's trust the future to tomorrow. Let's just be fabulously where we are and who we are. You be you and I'll be me, today and today and today, and let's trust the future to tomorrow.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: She's in tenth grade,' he said. 'I hear she's been homeschooled till now.'Maybe that explains it,' I said. She's in tenth grade,' he said. 'I hear she's been homeschooled till now.'
Maybe that explains it,' I said.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: I like people who talk a lot. Since I don't. I like people who talk a lot. Since I don't.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: She turned left when everyone else turned right. She turned left when everyone else turned right.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: The echo of her laughter is the second sunrise I awaken to each day, and at night I feel it is more than the stars looking down on me. The echo of her laughter is the second sunrise I awaken to each day, and at night I feel it is more than the stars looking down on me.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: I think of the flower in the bud: huddled, compressed, dark. Yet somehow it feels the night, knows moon from sun. It waits ... waits. I think of the flower in the bud: huddled, compressed, dark. Yet somehow it feels the night, knows moon from sun. It waits ... waits.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: I had never realized how much I needed the attention of others to confirm my own presence. I had never realized how much I needed the attention of others to confirm my own presence.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: Peer pressure is just that: pressure. Peer pressure is just that: pressure.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: Whos love do you cherrish more? Hers or theirs? when you deside that, it's all downhill from there. Whos love do you cherrish more? Hers or theirs? when you deside that, it's all downhill from there.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: The protons are dead, nothing will ever be the same The protons are dead, nothing will ever be the same
Jerry Spinelli quotes: Have you ever stopped to appreciate the simple ability to open your front door and step outside? And Have you ever stopped to appreciate the simple ability to open your front door and step outside? And
Jerry Spinelli quotes: Write what you care about. If you do that, you stand the best chance of doing your best writing. Write what you care about. If you do that, you stand the best chance of doing your best writing.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: When I walk in your door I want to be thrilled When I walk in your door I want to be thrilled
Jerry Spinelli quotes: I played Little League in junior high and high school. I played Little League in junior high and high school.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: But feelings, they don't care about telling. They just go right on, piling on top of one another like a big sandwich. But feelings, they don't care about telling. They just go right on, piling on top of one another like a big sandwich.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: For months she had been everywhere, now she was nowhere. For months she had been everywhere, now she was nowhere.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: It was like the panting of a thousand puppies. It was like the panting of a thousand puppies.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: I have to tell you I love living in a world without clocks. The shackles are gone. I'm a puppy unleashed in a meadow of time. Stargirl I have to tell you I love living in a world without clocks. The shackles are gone. I'm a puppy unleashed in a meadow of time.
Stargirl
Jerry Spinelli quotes: You are what you are" "Which is what? I wondered You are what you are"
"Which is what? I wondered
Jerry Spinelli quotes: She was the opposite of cool; she held nothing back. She was the opposite of cool; she held nothing back.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: Letter from Mr. B:Why does a back scratch feel better coming from somebody else than if you do it yourself? Letter from Mr. B:
Why does a back scratch feel better coming from somebody else than if you do it yourself?
Jerry Spinelli quotes: He was the Grand Marshall of our Everyday Parade He was the Grand Marshall of our Everyday Parade
Jerry Spinelli quotes: Love is big. Love makes room for conflicting feelings. Love is big. Love makes room for conflicting feelings.
Jerry Spinelli quotes: Inside his house, a kid gets one name, but on the other side of the door, it's whatever the rest of the world wants to call him. Inside his house, a kid gets one name, but on the other side of the door, it's whatever the rest of the world wants to call him.

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