Jerry Spinelli Quotes about Past

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We wanted to define her, to wrap her up as we did each other, but we could not seem to get past weird and strange and goofy. Her ways knocked us off balance.

We wanted to define her, to wrap her up as we did each other, but we could not seem to get past "weird" and "strange" and "goofy." Her ways knocked us off balance.

Jerry Spinelli

Past, Balance, Way

Jerry Spinelli (2001). “Stargirl”, p.11, Knopf Books for Young Readers

Vowels were something else. He didn't like them and they didn't like him. There were only five of them, but they seemed to be everywhere. Why, you could go through twenty words without bumping into some of the shyer consonants, but it seemed as if you couldn't tiptoe past a syllable without waking up a vowel. Consonants, you know pretty much where you stood, but you could never trust a vowel.

Jerry Spinelli

Past, Wake Up, Vowels

He tapped my chest. 'Happy is here.' He tapped his own chest. 'Here.' I looked down past my chin. 'Inside?' 'Inside.' It was getting crowded in there. First angel. Now happy. It seemed there was more to me than cabbage and turnips.

Jerry Spinelli

Angel, Past, Cabbage

Jerry Spinelli (2003). “Milkweed”, p.158, Knopf Books for Young Readers

Jerry Spinelli Quotes about Past

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