Nancy Willard Quotes

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We don't really understand something until we have forgotten it.

Nancy Willard

I haven't a clue as to how my story will end. But that's all right. When you set out on a journey and night covers the road, you don't conclude that the road has vanished. And how else could we discover the stars?

Nancy Willard

The skin of moss
holds the footprints of
star-footed birds.

Nancy Willard

What one heart finds hard to believe, a hundred find easy.

Nancy Willard

Lost things, she felt certain, had a life of their own. They came back to their families like stray dogs.

Nancy Willard

The skin of moss / holds the footprints of / star-footed birds.

Nancy Willard

If prayers worked, Hitler would have been stopped at the border of Poland by angels with swords of fire.

Nancy Willard

Nancy Willard

Nancy Willard

Born: June 26, 1936

Died: February 19, 2017 (aged 80)

Bio: Nancy Willard was an American writer: novelist, poet, author and occasional illustrator of children's books. She won the 1982 Newbery Medal for A Visit to William Blake's Inn.

Known for:

Things Invisible to See (1984)
Pish, posh, said Hieronymus Bosch (1991)
Sister Water (1993)
Simple pictures are best (1976)

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