Kirby Larson Quotes

• The worst thing of all is standing by when folks are doing something wrong.

  Kirby Larson

  Courage, Worst, Folks

  Kirby Larson (2007). “Hattie Big Sky”, p.164, Yearling

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• It's the company, not the cooking, that makes a meal.

  Kirby Larson

  Cooking, Meals, Company

  Kirby Larson (2007). “Hattie Big Sky”, p.159, Yearling

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• Our actions make the fragrance of our lives...Would you smell of plums? Or Vinegar?

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  Smell, Plums, Our Actions

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• There should be fireworks at last, when a dream dies.

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  Dream, Lasts, Fireworks

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• The lessons this life has planted in my heart pertain more to caring than crops, more to Golden Rule than gold, more to the proper choice than to the popular choice.

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  Life, Heart, Caring

  Kirby Larson (2007). “Hattie Big Sky”, p.162, Yearling

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• The year has held its ups and downs for me; I'm sure it has for you, too. I'm counting on the year ending on a note of joy (and gingerbread!) and look forward to a new year brimming with promise and peace.

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  New Year, Years, Joy

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• The truth can both lift up and knock down.

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  Lifts

  Kirby Larson (2013). “Hattie Ever After”, p.156, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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• Why did I keep hitching myself to dreams as big as that Montana sky? I was like Rooster Jim's chickens, with no way to fly that high.

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  Dream, Sky, Roosters

  Kirby Larson (2013). “Hattie Ever After”, p.156, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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• I am the richest person alive (or at least one of!) because I get to do what I love as a career.

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  Careers, Alive, Persons

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• I've always been a bookworm. As I mentioned, I moved around a lot, and one of the problems with being the new kid is it takes a while to make new friends. But I always had my books.

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  Book, Kids, New Friends

  "Interview with Kirby Larson, Author of Hattie Big Sky". Interview with Cindy Hudson, motherdaughterbookclub.com. February 23, 2010.

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• Life was like a batch of biscuits without the baking powder: flat, flat, flat.

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  Life, Baking, Biscuits

  Kirby Larson (2007). “Hattie Big Sky”, p.4, Yearling

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• There is nothing like the occasional outburst of profanity to calm jangled nerves.

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  Nerves, Calm, Outburst

  Kirby Larson (2007). “Hattie Big Sky”, p.54, Yearling

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• I have an office in my house, with a comfy red print reading chair and a soft cream-colored desk. After I walk Winston the Wonder dog and have my breakfast, I head to my office. Every single day. Sometimes, when I'm working on revisions, I print off my manuscript and go to a coffee shop to work. But mostly you can find me in my office.

  Kirby Larson

  Dog, Coffee, Reading

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• I think if you find your passion and you go with it you are rewarded.

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  Passion, Thinking, Ifs

  "Interview with Kirby Larson, Author of Hattie Big Sky". Interview with Cindy Hudson, motherdaughterbookclub.com. February 23, 2010.

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• Character is everything, especially these days when that's what publishers are asking for. Make sure that yours have child appeal. Also don't have a huge cast of characters. One or two is best, four, the maximum.

  Kirby Larson

  Children, Character, Two

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• I gotta pound the keys for the ideas to flow.

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  Writing, Keys, Ideas

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• Hon, when someone's a true friend, there's no need to miss 'em." She patted her chest. "'Cause they're always right here.

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  True Friend, Missing, Needs

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• My bounce-around life had taught me that dreams were dangerous things - they look solid in your mind, but you just try to reach for them. It's like gathering clouds.

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  Dream, Clouds, Mind

  Kirby Larson (2007). “Hattie Big Sky”, p.3, Yearling

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• Remember picture books are the closest form of writing to a poem. Even though they don't have to rhyme, they must be poetic. They must be written so the worst actress can read with comfort and expression.

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  Book, Writing, Expression

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• It seems the misfortune of one can plow a deeper furrow in the heart than the misfortune of millions.

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  Heart, Deeper, Seems

  Kirby Larson (2007). “Hattie Big Sky”, p.255, Yearling

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• The wren and the nightingale sound nothing alike, but think how dull the world would be without the songs of both birds.-Miss Kanagawa

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  Song, Thinking, Bird

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• Hattie.' Grace patted my arm. 'My cows sing better than you do.

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  Grace, Arms, Cows

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• Why couldn't I be more like other girls my age? Take Mrs. Brown's niece. She spent every waking hour sizing up this beau or that, stitching tea towels and petticoats and putting aside a little each month for a set of Spode Buttercup dishes.

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  Girl, Women, Niece

  Kirby Larson (2013). “Hattie Ever After”, p.4, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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• If I ruled supreme, there would be big problems.

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  Would Be, Problem, Bigs

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• Well, before writing became all-consuming, I was a quilter, like Hattie and Perilee. I don’t do that anymore, but I do knit, garden and watch the birds in my backyard. I also take lots of walks, do yoga and talk my husband into taking me out to dinner as often as possible.

  Kirby Larson

  Husband, Yoga, Writing

  Hope Is the Word Interview, hopeisthewordblog.com. February 27, 2009.

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