Andrew Clements Quotes

• Sooner or later,reality does occor and when it does, all the lies show up, like blood on snow.

  Andrew Clements

  Lying, Reality, Blood

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• I have my own story, and I love my story, but I know I can't tell it alone, not now. Because stories have centers, but they don't have edges. No boundaries.

  Andrew Clements

  Stories, Boundaries, My Own

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• But fear doesn't need doors and windows. It works from the inside.

  Andrew Clements

  Inspirational, Fear, Doors

  Andrew Clements (2006). “Things Not Seen”, p.67, Penguin

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• It is not good to have TOO MUCH of anything.

  Andrew Clements

  Inspirational, Life, Too Much

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• I glance into the faces of all these people out for a Sunday stroll, but I'm not seeing eyes and noses and mouths. I'm seeing stories. Every person has a story. All the hopes and dreams. And fears. And secrets. In every face.

  Andrew Clements

  Dream, Eye, Sunday

  Andrew Clements (2008). “Things Hoped For”, p.93, Penguin

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• Two wrongs don't make a right, but don't three lefts make a right? Two wrongs don't make a right, but don't two negatives make a positive?

  Andrew Clements

  Life, Negatives Make, Two

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• Dave couldn't remember the last time a grownup had apologized to him.

  Andrew Clements

  Lasts, Remember, Dave

  Andrew Clements, Mark Elliott (2007). “No Talking”, p.135, Simon and Schuster

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• who says dog means dog?

  Andrew Clements

  Dog, Mean

  Andrew Clements (1999). “Frindle”, p.20, Simon and Schuster

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• Because a real kiss, a kiss that two real people choose to give each other - it's something that can't be filmed or photographed or drawn, or even described with words. Because a kiss isn't what it looks like or how it feels. A real kiss happens down deep inside of two hearts at the same time. It's hidden away. A real kiss is invisible.

  Andrew Clements

  Real, Heart, Kissing

  Andrew Clements (2008). “Things That Are”, p.123, Penguin

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• And I love Jane Austen's use of language too--the way she takes her time to develop a phrase and gives it room to grow, so that these clever, complex statements form slowly and then bloom in my mind. Beethoven does the same thing with his cadence and phrasing and structure. It's a fact: Jane Austen is musical. And so's Yeats. And Wordsworth. All the great writers are musical.

  Andrew Clements

  Clever, Giving, Musical

  Andrew Clements (2008). “Things Hoped For”, p.77, Penguin

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• Watch TV or something." That's what the note says. So I say to myself, Fine. But I think I'll do the "or something" part.

  Andrew Clements

  Thinking, Watches, Tvs

  Andrew Clements (2006). “Things Not Seen”, p.32, Penguin

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• Darkness is only light's absence.

  Andrew Clements

  Light, Darkness, Absence

  Andrew Clements (2008). “Things That Are”, p.32, Penguin

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• I almost tell him that I'd never be able to do something like that, just take out my instrument and begin playing on a street corner. But it feels to personal. Yes, I'm shy, but why bring it to his attention? I'm too shy to talk about how shy I am.

  Andrew Clements

  Shy, Attention, Able

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