Brown Girl Dreaming
A source page for quotes linked to Jacqueline Woodson.
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“We were four girls together, amazingly beautiful and terrifyingly alone.”
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“When there are many worlds you can choose the one you walk into each day.”
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“Maybe this is how it happened first for everyone —adults promising us their own failed future.”
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“Even the silence has a story to tell you. Just listen. Listen.”
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“The Bible is big in the religion, treating people as you want to be treated.”
“But on paper, things can live forever. On paper, a butterfly never dies.”
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“I couldnt be a writer without hope. I think I became a writer because Im pretty optimistic.”
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“Seems like every time life starts straightening itself out, something's gotta go and happen.”
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“Racism doesn't know color, death doesn't know age, and pain doesn't know might.”
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“Yes, writing is not easy. But can any writer imagine NOT writing?”
“My favorite reader is one that revisits books and gets something new out of them each time.”
“I think people are sometime reluctant to read outside of their own race. This is heartbreaking.”