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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. — Natalie Babbitt

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

The idea that our son would be like Raymond Babbitt was a shocking reordering of everything. And something we couldn't quite fathom, really. — Ron Suskind

Music is that great language where a lot can be said and little can be proven. — Milton Babbitt

The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in the plain people. — Irving Babbitt

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

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

The true humanist maintains a just balance between sympathy and selection. — Irving Babbitt

City parks serve, day in and day out, as the primary green spaces for the majority of Americans. — Bruce Babbitt

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

The Northwest is in better shape than it was eight years ago. — Bruce Babbitt

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

Anyone who thus looks up has some chance of becoming worthy to be looked up to in turn. — Irving Babbitt

If we are to have such a discipline we must have standards, and to get our standards under existing conditions we must have criticism. — Irving Babbitt

I am one of those people who deeply resents not having been born in the 19th century, when there were still open places to explore. — Bruce Babbitt

Democracy is now going forth on a crusade against imperialism. — Irving Babbitt

The new limitations are the human ones of perception. — Milton Babbitt

The ultimate binding element in the medieval order was subordination to the divine will and its earthly representatives, notably the pope. — Irving Babbitt

Very few of the early Italian humanists were really humane. — Irving Babbitt

Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no small matter whether he conceives of happiness in terms of work or of enjoyment. — Irving Babbitt

It is well to open one's mind but only as a preliminary to closing it ... for the supreme act of judgment and selection. — Irving Babbitt

According to the new ethics, virtue is not restrictive but expansive, a sentiment and even an intoxication. — Irving Babbitt

We must identify our enemies and drive them into oblivion. — Bruce Babbitt

and after saying good-by to him at the station, Babbitt returned to his office to realize that he faced a world which, without Paul, was meaningless. — Sinclair Lewis

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

The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy. — Irving Babbitt

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

For behind all imperialism is ultimately the imperialistic individual, just as behind all peace is ultimately the peaceful individual. — Irving Babbitt

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

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

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

Robespierre, however, was not the type of leader finally destined to emerge from the Revolution. — Irving Babbitt

I grew up in the West, grew up on the land, was educated as a geologist. — Bruce Babbitt

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

And suddenly, she longed for a thunderstorm. — Natalie Babbitt

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

The human mind, if it is to keep its sanity, must maintain the nicest balance between unity and plurality. — Irving Babbitt

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

What I finally did in 1995 was I said, I'm going to get out of this town and I'm going to go out West. — Bruce Babbitt

It is like living in a wilderness of mirrors. No fact goes unchallenged. — Bruce Babbitt

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

If quantitatively the American achievement is impressive, qualitatively it is somewhat less satisfying. — Irving Babbitt

You dont have to live forever just live. — Natalie Babbitt

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

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

Nonsense. It's elves! — Natalie Babbitt

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

Furthermore, America suffers not only from a lack of standards, but also not infrequently from a confusion or an inversion of standards. — Irving Babbitt

Act strenuously, would appear to be our faith, and right thinking will take care of itself. — Irving Babbitt

The industrial revolution has tended to produce everywhere great urban masses that seem to be increasingly careless of ethical standards. — Irving Babbitt

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

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

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

The Complete Jataka Tales, Ellen C. Babitt — Ellen C. Babbitt

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

Look, this job has always been a crucible of conflict. — Bruce Babbitt

No kidding. That's really true. You're paying your own bills through this. It's not a pleasant experience. — Bruce Babbitt

She discovered the wings she never knew she had. — Natalie Babbitt

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

What we've proven is that you can protect the environment, use it wisely and grow the economy and that there is no conflict between the two. — Bruce Babbitt

I would argue that practices that destroy ecosystems always destroy jobs. — Bruce Babbitt

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

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

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

If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy is melodrama. — Irving Babbitt

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

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

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

His name was George F. Babbitt, and ... he was nimble in the calling of selling houses for more than people could afford to pay. — Sinclair Lewis

You can't have living without dying. — Natalie Babbitt

The humanitarian would, of course, have us meddle in foreign affairs as part of his program of world service. — Irving Babbitt