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Jacqueline Woodson

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Jacqueline Woodson is an American writer known for her concise and poetic style. Her works cover a variety of themes, including race, identity, family, and growth. Born on February 12, 1963, Woodson's writing career began in children's literature and later expanded to adult literature.

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“I think in terms of being a New Yorker, as my friends would say, I don't take a lot of mess. I have no tolerance for people who are not thinking deeply about things. I have no tolerance for the kind of small talk that people need to fill silence. And I have no tolerance for people not - just not being a part of the world and being in it and trying to change it.”

People Thinking World Needs Trying Kind Term Silence My Friends Tolerance Mess New Yorkers Trying To Change Small Talk Thinking Deeply

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“Diversity is about all of us, and about us having to figure out how to walk through this world together.”

World Together Walks Figures This World Diversity

Author:Jacqueline Woodson

“Nothing in the world is like this- a bright white page with pale blue lines. The smell of a newly sharpened pencil the soft hush of it moving finally one day into letters.”

World Moving Lines White One Day Pages Letters Blue Smell Pale Pencils Hush

Book:Brown Girl Dreaming

Source: Brown Girl Dreaming

“I think it's important to remember that writing is a gift and our stories are gifts to ourselves and to the world and sometimes giving isn't always the easiest thing to do but it comes back.”

Thinking World Giving Writing Important Sometimes Stories Remember Things To Do

Author:Jacqueline Woodson

“There is so much work left to be done in the world and for me, I am hoping to make the change I can and do the work I need to do through this gift I've been given.”

World Needs I Can Done Left Given

Author:Jacqueline Woodson

“I think writers are the history keepers, right? We're the ones who are bearing witness to what's going on in the world. And I feel like it's our job to put that down on paper, and put it out into the world, so that it can be remembered.”

Thinking World Feels Jobs Paper Witness Remembered Keepers Bearing Witness

Author:Jacqueline Woodson

“If I loved someone enough, I would go anywhere in the world with them." —Staggerlee”

Ifs World Enough

Author:Jacqueline Woodson

“I feel like the world stopped. And I got off...and then it started spinning again, but too fast for me to hop back on. I feel like I'm still trying to get a...to get some kind of foothold on living”

World Feels Trying Kind Stills Hops Spinning

Book:Behind You

Source: Behind You

“Sometimes you do have to laugh to keep from crying. And sometimes the world feels all right and good and kind of like it's becoming nice again around you. And you realize it, and realize how happy you are in it, and you just gotta laugh.”

World Feels Kind Sometimes Realizing Laughing Nice Cry Becoming

Book:Peace, Locomotion

Source: Peace, Locomotion

About the Author

Born: February 12, 1963
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 105

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