Sharon Creech Quotes - Page 2

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• I entered a poem in a poetry contest around 1987, and the poem won and I received $1,000 for it. That made me realize that maybe what I was writing was worth reading to people. After that, for some reason, I turned to novels and I've written mainly novels ever since.

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  Reading, Writing, People

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

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  Alive, Minutes

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• Don't judge a man until you have walked two moons in his moccasins.

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  Caring, Moon, Men

  Sharon Creech (2014). “Sharon Creech 4-Book Collection: Walk Two Moons, Ruby Holler, The Great Unexpected, The Boy on the Porch”, p.6, Harper Collins

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• when i reached the bottom, i finally understood what Guthrie meant when he shouted, "LIBERO!" It was a celebration of being alive

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  Alive, Celebration, Bottom

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• Sometimes when you are trying not to think about something it keeps popping back in your head you can't help it you think about it and think about it and think about it until your brain feels like a squashed pea.

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  Thinking, Brain, Trying

  Sharon Creech (2001). “Love That Dog”, p.64, A&C Black

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• Why do people not listen when you say no? Why do they think you are too stupid or too young to understand? Why do they think you are too shy to reply? Why do they keep badgering you until you will say yes?

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  Stupid, Thinking, People

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• I wish that every baby everywhere could land in a family that wanted that baby as much as we want ours.

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  Baby, Land, Wish

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• On that night after Phoebe had given her Pandora report, I thought about the Hope in Pandora's box. Maybe when everything seemed sad and miserable, Phoebe and I could both hope that something might start to go right.

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  Night, Might, Pandora's Box

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• As readers can probably tell from my books, I love the outdoors.

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  Book, Reader

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• Young children are naturally so philosophical. They ask: 'What is real? What is truth?' They have to learn it; they don't automatically know it. To them, it's a game. You can study this for years in college, and yet you probably asked it when you were four or five years old.

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  Children, Real, Philosophical

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• Once 'Walk Two Moons' received the Newbery Medal, I decided to write full-time. Partly because there seemed to be an audience out there who wanted to read what I wanted to write, and partly because I could now support myself financially through writing.

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  Writing, Moon, Two

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• Being a mother is like trying to hold a wolf by the ears,” Gram said. “If you have three or four –or more – chickabiddies, you’re dancing on a hot griddle all the time. You don’t have time to think about anything else. And if you’ve only got one or two, it’s almost harder. You have room left over – empty spaces that you think you’ve got to fill up.

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  Mother, Thinking, Two

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• I tried. Can't do it. Brain's empty.

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  Brain, Empty

  Sharon Creech (2001). “Love That Dog”, p.1, A&C Black

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• The sea, the sea, the sea. It rolled and rolled and called to me. Come in, it said, come in.

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  Sea, Said

  Sharon Creech (2008). “The Wanderer”, p.3, Pan Macmillan

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• I don't remember titles of books or authors from when I was young. I remember the title of only one book, which was 'The Timber Toes.' I remember it was a family of little wooden people who lived in the woods, and for some reason that stayed with me.

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  Book, People, Titles

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• Each child brings so much joy and hope into the world, and that is reason enough for being here. As you grow older, you will contribute something else to this world, and only you can discover what that is.

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  Children, Joy, World

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• Something I am wondering: if you cannot hear do you have no sounds in your head? Do you see a silent movie

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  Sound, Wonder, Silent

  Sharon Creech (2014). “Hate That Cat: A Novel”, p.16, HarperCollins

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• As readers can probably tell from my books, I love the outdoors. I love to hike, kayak, and swim. I also love to read (which is probably not a surprise) and I love the theater and art museums. I especially love all the instruments of art: inks, pens, paintbrushes, watercolors and oils, fine papers and canvases, and although I love to mess around with these tools and objects, I have minimal artistic skills.

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  Art, Book, Museums

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• I started thinking about life insurance and how nice it would be if you could get insurance that your life would be happy, and that everyone you knew could be happy, and they could all do what they really wanted to do, and they could all find the people they wanted to find.

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  Nice, Thinking, People

  Sharon Creech (2008). “The Wanderer”, p.121, Pan Macmillan

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• Relationships with parents, grandparents, friends, and siblings were important to me when I was young and have remained so throughout my life. Our relationships with other people both shape and reflect who we are. These relationships are infinitely fascinating to explore!

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  Sibling, People, Grandparent

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• I enjoy receiving and giving realistic fiction, for both children and adults, with strong characters, beautiful language, and humane visions.

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  Beautiful, Strong, Children

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• I don't want to because boys don't write poetry. Girls do.

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  Girl, Writing, Boys

  Sharon Creech (2001). “Love That Dog”, p.1, A&C Black

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• So much depends upon a blue car splattered with mud speeding down the road.

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  Blue, Car, Mud

  Sharon Creech (2001). “Love That Dog”, p.4, A&C Black

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• I prayed to trees. This was easier than praying directly to God. There was nearly always a tree nearby.

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  Prayer, Tree, Praying

  Sharon Creech (2009). “Walk Two Moons”, p.7, Harper Collins

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• In a course of a lifetime, what does it matter?

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  Doe, Matter, Lifetime

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