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title: "2 Breathless Quotes By Natalie Babbitt"
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> [Time is like a wheel. Turning and turning - never stopping. And the woods are the center; the hub of the wheel. It began the first week of summer, a strange and breathless time when accident, or fate, bring lives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-babbitt/time-is-like-a-wheel-turning-and-turning-never-stopping-and-the-woods/)

[Natalie Babbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-babbitt/)

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> [the first week of August is motionless, and hot. It is curiously silent, too, with blank white dawns and glaring noons, and sunsets smeared with too much color. Often at night there is lightning, but it quivers all alone. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-babbitt/the-first-week-of-august-is-motionless-and-hot-it-is-curiously-silent/)

[Natalie Babbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-babbitt/)

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## More by Natalie Babbitt

> [Like all magnificent things, it's very simple.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-babbitt/like-all-magnificent-things-it-s-very-simple/)

[Natalie Babbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-babbitt/)

> [“He knows you?” said Mae, her frown deepening. “But you didn’t call out to him, child. Why not?” “I was too scared to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-babbitt/he-knows-you-said-mae-her-frown-deepening-but-you-didn-t-call-out-to/)

[Natalie Babbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-babbitt/)

> [“He wasn't crazy. How could he be? He was just -- amazing. But she was struck dumb. All she could do was stare at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-babbitt/he-wasn-t-crazy-how-could-he-be-he-was-just-amazing-but-she-was/)

[Natalie Babbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-babbitt/)

> [My mother was an artist, and I was fairly good at art as a child. I was always the best drawer in class, except…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-babbitt/my-mother-was-an-artist-and-i-was-fairly-good-at-art-as-a-child-i-was/)

[Natalie Babbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-babbitt/)

> [Do not fear death... only the unlived life. You don't have to live forever; You just have to live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-babbitt/do-not-fear-death-only-the-unlived-life-you-don-t-have-to-live/)

[Natalie Babbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-babbitt/)

> [“You can't have living without dying. So you can't call it living, what we got. We just are, we just be, like rocks beside…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-babbitt/you-can-t-have-living-without-dying-so-you-can-t-call-it-living-what/)

[Natalie Babbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-babbitt/)

> [“I’m not exactly sure what I’d do, you know, but something interesting—something that’s all mine. Something that would make some kind of difference in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-babbitt/i-m-not-exactly-sure-what-i-d-do-you-know-but-something-interesting/)

[Natalie Babbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-babbitt/)

> [“Miles said softly, “Ma. We’ll get you out right away.” “Sure, Ma,” said Jesse. “Don’t worry about me none,” said Mae in the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-babbitt/miles-said-softly-ma-we-ll-get-you-out-right-away-sure-ma-said-jesse/)

[Natalie Babbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-babbitt/)

> [But dying's part of the wheel, right there next to being born. You can't pick out the pieces you like and leave the rest.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-babbitt/but-dying-s-part-of-the-wheel-right-there-next-to-being-born-you-can/)

[Natalie Babbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-babbitt/)

> [“There’s a pretty good old rowboat. I’ll take you out for a row after supper.” “No, I will,” said Jesse. “Let me . I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-babbitt/there-s-a-pretty-good-old-rowboat-i-ll-take-you-out-for-a-row-after/)

[Natalie Babbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-babbitt/)

> [Don't be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life. You don't have to live forever, you just have to live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-babbitt/don-t-be-afraid-of-death-be-afraid-of-an-unlived-life-you-don-t-have/)

[Natalie Babbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-babbitt/)

> [Readers are lucky - they will never be bored or lonely.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-babbitt/readers-are-lucky-they-will-never-be-bored-or-lonely/)

[Natalie Babbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-babbitt/)

> [“...with white dawns and glaring moons, and sunsets smeared with too much color.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-babbitt/with-white-dawns-and-glaring-moons-and-sunsets-smeared-with-too-much/)

[Natalie Babbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-babbitt/)

> [in reading ... stories, you can be many different people in many different places, doing things you would never have a chance to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-babbitt/in-reading-stories-you-can-be-many-different-people-in-many-different/)

[Natalie Babbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-babbitt/)

> [Time is like a wheel. Turning and turning - never stopping. And the woods are the center; the hub of the wheel. It began…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-babbitt/time-is-like-a-wheel-turning-and-turning-never-stopping-and-the-woods/)

[Natalie Babbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-babbitt/)

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