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I grew up wanting only to be an illustrator. I studied art at Laurel School in Cleveland and at Smith College.

We human beings do a lot of dumb things, and war is certainly the dumbest.

I was having that dream again, the good one where we're all in heaven and never heard of Treegap.

The shriek cut thinly though the drizzling dimness, holding for a long moment. At last it broadened and dropped to the old.

Life always seems to have worries, even if you own a big and beautiful house on the best street in town.

Don't be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life. You don't have to live forever, you just have to live.

Closing the gate on her oldest fears as she had closed the gate of her own fenced yard, she discovered the wings she'd always wished she had.

A fresh breeze lifted Winnie's hair, and from somewhere in the village behind them a dog barked.

You can't have living without dying.

What is your suggestion for someone who wants to start writing? Be a reader. It's the only real way to learn how to tell a story.

Dont be afraid of death, be afraid of the unlived life.

Outside, the night seemed poised on tiptoe, waiting, waiting, holding its breath for the storm.

And suddenly, she longed for a thunderstorm.

I was born and raised in Ohio. During my childhood, I spent most of my time drawing and reading fairy tales and myths.

[B]elieving, was her own true, promising friend once more.

Nothing seems interesting when it belongs to you, only when it doesn't.
Tuck Everlasting

They've really begun the war," he said to himself. "And all over a word in a dictionary, the ninnies!

Like all magnificent things, it's very simple.

Don't fear death, fear the un-lived life

Still-there's no use trying to figure why things fall the way they do. Things just are, and fussing don't bring changes.

Facts are the barren branches on which we hang the dear, obscuring foliage of our dreams.

I got a feeling this whole thing is going to come apart like wet bread.

You can't have living without dying. So you can't call it living, what we got. We just are, we just be, like rocks beside the road.

Life's got to be lived, no matter how long or short. You got to take what comes.

She discovered the wings she never knew she had.

For some, time passes slowly. An hour can seem like an eternity. For others, there was never enough. For Jesse Tuck, it didn't exist.

He wasn't crazy. How could he be? He was just
amazing. But she was struck dumb. All she could do was stare at him.

I have a wonderful husband, and we have had a great life.

I never wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a book illustrator. I used to hurry home from school and draw.

The sky was a ragged blaze of red and pink and orange, and its double trembled on the surface of the pond like color spilled from a paintbox.

Nonsense. It's elves!

My mother always found me out. Always. She's been dead for thirty-five years, but I have this feeling that even now she's watching.

You really have to love words if you're going to be a writer, because as a writer, you certainly spend a lot of time with words.

You dont have to live forever just live.