“And I see. I hear. But not with eyes and ears. I'm not outside my world anymore, and I'm not really inside it either. The thing is, there's no difference anymore between me and the universe. The boundary is gone. I am it and it is me. I am a stone, a cactus thorn. I am rain.” InspirationalMagicEmpathyStargirlJerry Spinelli Book:Stargirl Source: Stargirl
“What she saw, she felt. Her eyes went straight to her heart. The old man on the bench, for example, made her cry. The lumberjack ants made her laugh. The door of many colours put her in such a snit of curiosity that i had to drag her away;she felt she could not proceed with her life until she knocked on such a door.” StargirlJerry Spinelli Author:Jerry Spinelli
“Around fourth grade something similar happens with eyes. The baby eyes don't drop out, nor are there eye fairies around to leave quarters under pillows, but new eyes do arrive nevertheless. Big-kid eyes replace little-kid eyes. Little-kid eyes are scoopers. They just scoop up everything they see and swallow it whole, no questions asked. Big-kid eyes are picky. They notice things that little-kid eyes never bothered with: the way a teacher blows her nose, the way a kid dresses or pronounces a word.” LoserJerry SpinelliZinkoff Author:Jerry Spinelli
“Make mistakes. But don't regret them. Learn from them. Because regrets are the hardest thing to carry when you get older.” Jerry SpinelliHollywood Stargirl Author:Love, Stargirl