Sharon Draper Quotes

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But I'll always love you, and I'll always miss you and I'll never forget that It's okay to put dragons in the jungle and tears on a tiger

Sharon Draper

Words have always swirled around me like snowflakes-each one delicate and different, each one melting untouched in my hands.

Sharon Draper

I believe in me. And my family does. And Mrs. V. It's the rest of the world I'm not so sure of.

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One series of notes, high and delicate, sang of a sweet moonlight kiss gone sour; another line of music rippled with regret over opportunities forever lost.

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Go ahead and cry, Andy. Don't be afraid of those tears. Sometimes they help to wash the soul clean.

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Do you know what courage is? I guess you don't. Do you know that the courage it took at that moment - to actually blow yourself away - was more than enough courage to keep on living?

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She talked to me like I was just like any other student, not a kid in a wheelchair.

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It can connect us to memories. It can influence our mood and our responses to problems we might face.

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A person is so much more than the name of a diagnosis on a chart.

Sharon Draper

By the way, there is nothing cute about a pink wheelchair. Pink doesn't change a thing.

Sharon Draper

Sharon Draper

Sharon Draper

Born: August 21, 1948 (age 76)

Bio: Sharon Mills Draper is an American children's writer and a professional educator, the 1997 National Teacher of the Year. She is a five-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award for books about the African-American experience.

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