“When I'm writing flawed characters, I just think about my own flaws.”
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Famous Jacqueline Woodson Quotes
“I've learned about marrying poetry and prose and making both accessible.”
“I pay a lot of attention to whitespace. I pay a lot of attention to the rhythm of words together.”
“Don't trust women, my mother said to me. Even the ugly ones will take what you thought was yours.”
“I don't know how women stop being friends with other women.”
“I always say I write because I have lots of questions, not because I have any answers.”
Source: After Tupac and D Foster
Source: Last Summer With Maizon
“If I loved someone enough, I would go anywhere in the world with them." —Staggerlee”
“I think I'd rather have my heart broke than do the breaking. —Lena”
Source: Lena
Source: Behind You
Source: After Tupac and D Foster
“You're a part of me...You're in my heart. Forever and always, all right? —D”
Source: After Tupac and D Foster
“You can't always be pushing people away. Someday nobody'll come back.”
Source: The Dear One
Source: Maizon at Blue Hill
Source: Maizon at Blue Hill
“Sometimes...you have to try to forget people you love just so you can keep living.”
Source: Peace, Locomotion
Source: Peace, Locomotion
Source: If You Come Softly
Source: From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun
“In all your getting, get understanding.”
Source: Hush
Source: If You Come Softly
Source: If You Come Softly