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“It can't be dead. It was alive just a minute ago.”

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Sharon Creech is an American author renowned for her children's literature. Born on July 29, 1945, she is known for her profound character development and engaging storytelling. more

“The incurable optimism of the farmer who throws his seed on the ground every spring, betting it and his time against the elements, seemed inextricably to blend with the creed of her pioneer forefathers that "it is better farther on"-- only instead of farther on in space, it was farther on in time, over the horizon of the years ahead instead of the far horizon of the west.”

Years Space Elements Spring Optimism West Seeds Horizon Farmers Creeds Pioneers Forefathers Betting

Author:Laura Ingalls Wilder

“He'd come back, all open and helpless, and I suppose that's what won her around in the end. But it was so sad, because it was being himself that he found so difficult to cope with.”

Ends Found Difficult Helpless So Sad

Book:Smack

Source: Smack

“Never regret trusting someone. It proves you have a heart. But if he turns out to be a lying worm ... I'm not going to waste my time crying. Because I am way too fabulous for that.”

Ifs Way Heart Lying Turns Cry Regret Prove Waste My Time Fabulous Worms Wasting My Time Never Regret Trusting Someone

Author:Judy Blundell

“My father used to sing to me in my mother's womb. I think I can name about any tune in two beats.”

Thinking I Can Two Used Mother Father Names Beats Tunes Womb Hypocrite

Author:Yancy Butler

“That's her secret, I suppose. Everything that happens to her she's proud of. She makes it special by it happening to her.”

Happens Secret Special Proud Happenings

Book:Junk

Source: Junk

“The magic girl licked the wet off her arms and looked over to me as if to say, See? You don't have to behave like them, you don't have to behave like anyone.”

Ifs Girl Magic Arms Behave Wet

Book:Smack

Source: Smack

“She didn't have to be offered anything; it was already hers. She was more herself than anyone else ever was and as soon as I clapped eyes on her I knew I wanted to be myself just as much as she was herself.”

Eye Wanted

Book:Junk: Adapted for the Stage

Source: Junk: Adapted for the Stage

“And perhaps in this is the whole difference; perhaps all the wisdom, and all truth, and all sincerity, are just compressed into that inappreciable moment of time in which we step over the threshold of the invisible.”

Whole Moments Differences Steps Invisible Sincerity Threshold

Book:Heart of Darkness

Source: Heart of Darkness

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