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> [Early in my career, I decided not to do sequels. I know that children enjoy them, but I valued the feeling that this was the only time I would write about these characters. I felt it gave me an added…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betsy-byars/early-in-my-career-i-decided-not-to-do-sequels-i-know-that-children/)

[Betsy Byars](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betsy-byars/)

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## More by Betsy Byars

> [For me, reading books and writing them are tied together. The words of other writers teach me and refresh me and inspire me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betsy-byars/for-me-reading-books-and-writing-them-are-tied-together-the-words-of/)

[Betsy Byars](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betsy-byars/)

> [“I usually get the title for a book first, and I type it up immediately. I sit there and look at it and admire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betsy-byars/i-usually-get-the-title-for-a-book-first-and-i-type-it-up-immediately/)

[Betsy Byars](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betsy-byars/)

> [Early in my career, I decided not to do sequels. I know that children enjoy them, but I valued the feeling that this was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betsy-byars/early-in-my-career-i-decided-not-to-do-sequels-i-know-that-children/)

[Betsy Byars](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betsy-byars/)

> [My own hobbies are rather quiet. I like to read and do needlework, and I love animals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betsy-byars/my-own-hobbies-are-rather-quiet-i-like-to-read-and-do-needlework-and/)

[Betsy Byars](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betsy-byars/)

> [the real reason I had wanted to grow up, the main reason I had been willing to even consider becoming an adult, was so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betsy-byars/the-real-reason-i-had-wanted-to-grow-up-the-main-reason-i-had-been/)

[Betsy Byars](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betsy-byars/)

> [I love writing. I've pursued it with a passion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betsy-byars/i-love-writing-i-ve-pursued-it-with-a-passion/)

[Betsy Byars](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betsy-byars/)

> [Writing is like anything - baseball playing, piano playing, sewing, hammering nails. The more you work on it, the better you get. But it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betsy-byars/writing-is-like-anything-baseball-playing-piano-playing-sewing/)

[Betsy Byars](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betsy-byars/)

> [When I type a title page, I hold it and I look at it and I think, I just need four thousand sentences to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betsy-byars/when-i-type-a-title-page-i-hold-it-and-i-look-at-it-and-i-think-i/)

[Betsy Byars](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betsy-byars/)

> [“I stood right in this house, in that room," Aunt Willie interrupted. She pointed toward the front bedroom. "And I promised your mother, Sara,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betsy-byars/i-stood-right-in-this-house-in-that-room-aunt-willie-interrupted-she/)

[Betsy Byars](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betsy-byars/)

> [“That was the trouble with life—it never quite fulfilled its promises.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betsy-byars/that-was-the-trouble-with-life-it-never-quite-fulfilled-its-promises/)

[Betsy Byars](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betsy-byars/)

> [“I have cried over myself a hundred times this summer, she thought, I have wept over my big feet and my skinny legs and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betsy-byars/i-have-cried-over-myself-a-hundred-times-this-summer-she-thought-i/)

[Betsy Byars](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betsy-byars/)

> [I think how you look is the most important thing in the world. If you look cute, you are cute; if you look smart,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betsy-byars/i-think-how-you-look-is-the-most-important-thing-in-the-world-if-you/)

[Betsy Byars](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betsy-byars/)

> [My husband has some very interesting hobbies, and through him, I've learned to fly and earned my pilot's license. Together, we fly all over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betsy-byars/my-husband-has-some-very-interesting-hobbies-and-through-him-i-ve/)

[Betsy Byars](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betsy-byars/)

> [“It was as if her life was a huge kaleidoscope, and the kaleidoscope had been turned and now everything was changed. The same stones…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betsy-byars/it-was-as-if-her-life-was-a-huge-kaleidoscope-and-the-kaleidoscope/)

[Betsy Byars](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betsy-byars/)

> [“The people you don't know turn out to be exactly like the people you do know, same faults, same everything.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betsy-byars/the-people-you-don-t-know-turn-out-to-be-exactly-like-the-people-you/)

[Betsy Byars](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betsy-byars/)

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