Sharon Creech Quotes

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But it doesn't feel crazy to us. It feels like what we do.

Sharon Creech
She had been with him nearly all of her life, and she wanted to see if she were different when she was alone. Would she think different things? Do different things? Who was she, all by herself?

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You never know the worth of water until the well is dry.

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What I have since realized is that if people expect you to be brave, sometimes you pretend that you are, even when you are frightened down to your very bones.

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Don't judge a man until you have walked two moons in his moccasins.

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Sometimes you know in your heart you love someone, but you have to go away before your head can figure it out.

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Boxton was a tired town, a neglected place that looked as if it was in danger of collapsing in on itself.

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You can't keep the birds of sadness from flying over your head, but you can keep them from nesting in your hair.

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You wait and wait and wait for something, and then when it happens, you feel sad.

Sharon Creech
What I have since realized is that if people expect you to be brave, sometimes you pretend that you are, even when you are frightened down to your very bones.

Sharon Creech
My granny Torrelli says when you are angry with someone, so angry you are thinking hateful things, so angry maybe you want to punch them, then you should think of the good things about them, and the nice things they've said, and why you liked them in the first place.

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I prayed to trees. This was easier than praying directly to God. There was nearly always a tree nearby.

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The sea, the sea, the sea. It rolled and rolled and called to me. Come in, it said, come in.

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Sometimes when you are trying not to think about something it keeps popping back in your head you can't help it you think about it and think about it and think about it until your brain feels like a squashed pea.

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I started thinking about life insurance and how nice it would be if you could get insurance that your life would be happy, and that everyone you knew could be happy, and they could all do what they really wanted to do, and they could all find the people they wanted to find.

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So much depends upon a blue car splattered with mud speeding down the road.

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I wondered about Mrs. Winterbottom and what she meant about living a tiny life. If she didn't like all that baking and cleaning and jumping up to get bottles of nail polish remover and sewing hems, why did she do it? Why didn't she tell them to do some of the things themselves? Maybe she was afraid there would be nothing left for her to do. There would be no need for her and she would become invisible and no one would notice.

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