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Richard Peck quotes: With the poetry of plain speaking, Shannon Hitchcock recreates the daily drama of a vanished world.

With the poetry of plain speaking, Shannon Hitchcock recreates the daily drama of a vanished world.

Richard Peck quotes: [A young adult novel] ends not with happily ever after, but at a new beginning, with the sense of a lot of life yet to be lived.

[A young adult novel] ends not with happily ever after, but at a new beginning, with the sense of a lot of life yet to be lived.

Richard Peck quotes: I'm so far gone that I'm telling the truth. It sounds like a foreign language.

I'm so far gone that I'm telling the truth. It sounds like a foreign language.

Richard Peck quotes: Fiction isn't what 'was'. It's 'what if'?

Fiction isn't what 'was'. It's 'what if'?

Richard Peck quotes: Never worry about a book corrupting a child. Worry if your children are not getting ideas from books.

Never worry about a book corrupting a child. Worry if your children are not getting ideas from books.

Richard Peck quotes: Only the nonreader fears books.

Only the nonreader fears books.

Richard Peck quotes: We write by the light of every book we've read.

We write by the light of every book we've read.

Richard Peck quotes: Yes, I think you'll find that all the best teachers are old bats.

Yes, I think you'll find that all the best teachers are old bats.

Richard Peck quotes: Fame is a funny thing, like a secret, both are hard to keep.

Fame is a funny thing, like a secret, both are hard to keep.

Richard Peck quotes: The only way you can write is by the light of the bridges burning behind you.

The only way you can write is by the light of the bridges burning behind you.

Richard Peck quotes: I read.. because one life is not enough

I read.. because one life is not enough

Richard Peck quotes: We don't write what we know. We write what we wonder about.

We don't write what we know. We write what we wonder about.

Richard Peck quotes: The sobs came then, faster than she could swallow. A teacher dares not cry, not a real teacher.

The sobs came then, faster than she could swallow. A teacher dares not cry, not a real teacher.

Richard Peck quotes: The years went by, and Mary Alice and I grew up, Slower than we wanted to, faster than we realized.

The years went by, and Mary Alice and I grew up, Slower than we wanted to, faster than we realized.

Richard Peck quotes: Humor is anger that was sent to finishing school.

Humor is anger that was sent to finishing school.

Richard Peck quotes: This is how you hold onto your family. You hold them with open hands so they are free to find futures of their own. It's just that simple.

This is how you hold onto your family. You hold them with open hands so they are free to find futures of their own. It's just that simple.

Richard Peck quotes: I don't think grandma's a very good influence on us.

I don't think grandma's a very good influence on us.

Richard Peck quotes: Never trust an ugly woman. She's got a grudge against the world,' said Grandma who was no oil painting herself.

Never trust an ugly woman. She's got a grudge against the world,' said Grandma who was no oil painting herself.

Richard Peck quotes: And I'll tell you something else for free. If you set a foot over that doorsill, I'll wring your red neck.

And I'll tell you something else for free. If you set a foot over that doorsill, I'll wring your red neck.

Richard Peck quotes: Nobody but a reader becomes a writer.

Nobody but a reader becomes a writer.

Richard Peck quotes: Because nobody but a reader ever became a writer.

Because nobody but a reader ever became a writer.

Richard Peck quotes: She had eyes in the back of her heart.

She had eyes in the back of her heart.

Richard Peck quotes: We write by the light of every story we have ever read.

We write by the light of every story we have ever read.

Richard Peck quotes: A solider must leave someone behind,' she said. 'What men do best is walk away from women. Wars are handy for that.

A solider must leave someone behind,' she said. 'What men do best is walk away from women. Wars are handy for that.

Richard Peck quotes: When I read a good book, it's like traveling the world without ever leaving my chair.

When I read a good book, it's like traveling the world without ever leaving my chair.

Richard Peck quotes: Martin Wilson's What They Always Tell Us hears the voices of the young as they struggle toward adulthood ...

Martin Wilson's What They Always Tell Us hears the voices of the young as they struggle toward adulthood ...

Richard Peck quotes: This was something Grandma Tilly couldn't understandhow war promises a boy it can make a man out of him.

This was something Grandma Tilly couldn't understand
how war promises a boy it can make a man out of him.

Richard Peck quotes: Grandma, how old is she?""Oh I don't know." Grandma said. "You'd have to cut off her head and count the rings in her neck.

Grandma, how old is she?"
"Oh I don't know." Grandma said. "You'd have to cut off her head and count the rings in her neck.

Richard Peck quotes: We thought he was weird. He thought we were weird. It was great. It was what multiculturalism ought to be" -Archer

We thought he was weird. He thought we were weird. It was great. It was what multiculturalism ought to be" -Archer

Richard Peck quotes: Besdies, to turn me ladylike might have rendered me useless and possibly ornamental.

Besdies, to turn me ladylike might have rendered me useless and possibly ornamental.

Richard Peck quotes: But put two librarians' heads together, and mountains move.

But put two librarians' heads together, and mountains move.

Richard Peck quotes: I read because one life isn't enough.

I read because one life isn't enough.

Richard Peck quotes: Writing is communication, not self-expression. Nobody in this world wants to read your diary except your mother.

Writing is communication, not self-expression. Nobody in this world wants to read your diary except your mother.

Richard Peck quotes: We'd gotten him wrong. He wasn't a dunce. He was an artist. According to these pages, he'd seen us all a good deal clearer than we'd ever seen him.

We'd gotten him wrong. He wasn't a dunce. He was an artist. According to these pages, he'd seen us all a good deal clearer than we'd ever seen him.

Richard Peck quotes: Conformity is the enemy of friendship

Conformity is the enemy of friendship

Richard Peck quotes: So there is some justice in this world, though not a lot.

So there is some justice in this world, though not a lot.

Richard Peck quotes: As I pen these words to leave a lasting record, I wonder myself where it all began.

As I pen these words to leave a lasting record, I wonder myself where it all began.

Richard Peck quotes: I caught a glimpse of happiness, and saw it was a bird on a branch, fixing to take wing.

I caught a glimpse of happiness, and saw it was a bird on a branch, fixing to take wing.

Richard Peck quotes: Hayseeds we might be, but we meant to be informed hayseeds.

Hayseeds we might be, but we meant to be informed hayseeds.

Richard Peck quotes: Anyone who thinks small towns are friendlier than big cities lives in a big city.

Anyone who thinks small towns are friendlier than big cities lives in a big city.

Richard Peck quotes: Aunt Agnes said, "It's hard to make a good Christian out of a cat.

Aunt Agnes said, "It's hard to make a good Christian out of a cat.

Richard Peck quotes: But it was a rich, picture-perfect, it-can't-happen-here kind of suburb where people had gone, not to deal with life's problems, but to avoid them.

But it was a rich, picture-perfect, it-can't-happen-here kind of suburb where people had gone, not to deal with life's problems, but to avoid them.

Richard Peck quotes: If you cannot find yourself on the page very early in life, you will go looking for yourself in all the wrong places.

If you cannot find yourself on the page very early in life, you will go looking for yourself in all the wrong places.

Richard Peck quotes: If you're going to read minds, start with a simple one.

If you're going to read minds, start with a simple one.