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Julie Berry Quotes

Did we risk our lives to defend a just society, where guilt must be proven and not assumed? Or are we no better than the oppressive kings from whom our fathers fled?

Did we risk our lives to defend a just society, where guilt must be proven and not assumed? Or are we no better than the oppressive kings from whom our fathers fled?

Julie Berry
Kings, Father, Risk
Julie Berry (2013). “All the Truth That's In Me”, p.89, Penguin

The people you save won't celebrate you. They'll gather the wood and cheer while you burn.

Julie Berry
Cheer, People, Woods
Julie Berry (2013). “All the Truth That's In Me”, p.90, Penguin

And what rules of economy dictate that a boy without a foot is more whole than a girl without a tongue?

Julie Berry
Girl, Boys, Feet

The fuzzy boundary lines between different readership ages have always puzzled me, so these days I just write what comes, and assume I can fix the mess later with an editor's help.

Julie Berry
Writing, Editors, Age
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It's a cold world when no one will touch you.

Julie Berry
World, Cold, Cold World
Julie Berry (2013). “All the Truth That's In Me”, p.41, Penguin

Like a soldier back from battle you fill my vision. You're a flood, a baptism I'd forgotten, and the force of you leaves me breathless.

Julie Berry
Love, Baptism, Soldier
Julie Berry (2013). “All the Truth That's In Me”, p.67, Penguin

I nod. Young love is not always forever. I know.

Julie Berry
Love Is, Young Love, Forever
Julie Berry (2013). “All the Truth That's In Me”, p.138, Penguin

I have to trust that if a story is strong, it can find its readership, and good editors can steer me well.

Julie Berry
Strong, Editors, Stories
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A miracle that can never be: your face, your hands, pledged to me.

Julie Berry
Hands, Miracle, Faces
Julie Berry (2013). “All the Truth That's In Me”, p.30, Penguin

There is a curious comfort in letting go. After the agony, letting go brings numbness, and after the numbness, clarity. As if I can see the world for the first time, and my place in it, independent of you, a whole vista of what may be. Even if it is not grand or inspiring, it is real and solid, unlike the fantasy I've built around you. I will do this. I will triumph over you.

Julie Berry
Letting Go, Real, Independent

I don't believe in miracles, but if the need is great, a girl might make her own miracle.

Julie Berry
Girl, Believe, Miracle
Julie Berry (2013). “All the Truth That's In Me”, p.30, Penguin

I always want readers to lose themselves completely in a story and feel something, whatever the book invites them to feel. That experience is the best takeaway any book can offer.

Julie Berry
Book, Stories, Want
Source: www.teachingbooks.net

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