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Nora Raleigh Baskin Biography

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Nora Raleigh Baskin is an American author renowned for her children's literature. Born on May 18, 1961, she is celebrated for her nuanced works and profound insights into the experiences of growing up.

Individuality

Book:All We Know of Love

Source: All We Know of Love

“All we are, all we can be, are the stories we tell," he says, and he is talking as if he is talking only to me. "Long after we are gone, our words will be all that is left, and who is to say what really happened or even what reality is? Our stories, our fiction, our words will be as close to truth as can be. And no one can take that away from you.”

Ifs Long Stories Reality Left Fiction Talking Gone Happened Away From You Our Words

Book:Anything But Typical

Source: Anything But Typical

“When I write, I can be heard. And known. But nobody has to look at me. Nobody has to see me at all.”

Writing Looks I Can Known Heard Look At Me

Book:Anything But Typical

Source: Anything But Typical

“Romance goes like this: Boy gets girl. Boy loses girl. Boy gets girl again. The end. It can't be any other way.”

Way Ends Romance Girl Loses Boys Boy Girl

Book:Anything But Typical

Source: Anything But Typical

“Why do people want everyone to act just like they do? Talk like they do. Look like they do. Act like they do. And if you don't— If you don't, people make the assumption that you do not FEEL what they feel. And then they make the assumption— That you must not feel anything at all.”

People Ifs Want Feels Looks Assumption

Author:Nora Raleigh Baskin

“But really, if you ask me, there is only one kid of plot. One. Stuff happens. That's it.”

Ifs Happens Kids Asks Stuff Ask Me Plot Stuff Happens

Book:Anything But Typical

Source: Anything But Typical

“It occurred to me that a lot of beauty has to do with believing it yourself. That half of what we see is just the way it is presented.”

Way Believe Half

Author:Nora Raleigh Baskin

About the Author

Born: May 18, 1961
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Quotes: 7

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