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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Natalie Babbitt quotes: 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.

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.

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

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

Natalie Babbitt quotes: You can't have living without dying.

You can't have living without dying.

Natalie Babbitt quotes: 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.

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.

Natalie Babbitt quotes: Dont be afraid of death, be afraid of the unlived life.

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

Natalie Babbitt quotes: Outside, the night seemed poised on tiptoe, waiting, waiting, holding its breath for the storm.

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

Natalie Babbitt quotes: And suddenly, she longed for a thunderstorm.

And suddenly, she longed for a thunderstorm.

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

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

Natalie Babbitt quotes: [B]elieving, was her own true, promising friend once more.

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

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

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

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

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

Natalie Babbitt quotes: Like all magnificent things, it's very simple.

Like all magnificent things, it's very simple.

Natalie Babbitt quotes: Don't fear death, fear the un-lived life

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Natalie Babbitt quotes: 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.

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.

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

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

Natalie Babbitt quotes: She discovered the wings she never knew she had.

She discovered the wings she never knew she had.

Natalie Babbitt quotes: 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.

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.

Natalie Babbitt quotes: 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.

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.

Natalie Babbitt quotes: I have a wonderful husband, and we have had a great life.

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

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

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

Natalie Babbitt quotes: 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.

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.

Natalie Babbitt quotes: Nonsense. It's elves!

Nonsense. It's elves!

Natalie Babbitt quotes: 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.

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.

Natalie Babbitt quotes: 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 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.

Natalie Babbitt quotes: You dont have to live forever just live.

You dont have to live forever just live.