--- title: "3 Danced Quotes By Jerry Spinelli" description: "3 Danced quotes by Jerry Spinelli. Plus more from Jerry Spinelli and more Danced sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d85/jerry-spinelli-1413_arms_she-s-alone-they-kept-telling-themselves_2152149.png" --- > [She's alone, they kept telling themselves, and surely she danced in no one's arms, yet somehow that seemed to matter less and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-spinelli/she-s-alone-they-kept-telling-themselves-and-surely-she-danced-in-no/) [Jerry Spinelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-spinelli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d85/jerry-spinelli-1413_arms_she-s-alone-they-kept-telling-themselves_2152149.png) > [She laughed when there was no joke. She danced when there was no music. She had no friends, yet she was the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-spinelli/she-laughed-when-there-was-no-joke-she-danced-when-there-was-no-music-2/) [Jerry Spinelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-spinelli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fef/jerry-spinelli-1413_danced_she-laughed-when-there-was-no-joke-she-d_2503205.png) > [“She laughed when there was no joke. She danced when there was no music.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-spinelli/she-laughed-when-there-was-no-joke-she-danced-when-there-was-no-music-4/) [Jerry Spinelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-spinelli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff5/jerry-spinelli-1413_danced_she-laughed-when-there-was-no-joke-she-d_2884436.png) ## More by Jerry Spinelli > [“He still heard his mother's voice--"Davey"--rise like whisper-dust from unseen corners in the house, but it was no longer the only voice he heard.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-spinelli/he-still-heard-his-mother-s-voice-davey-rise-like-whisper-dust-from/) [Jerry Spinelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-spinelli/) > [“That was fifteen years ago. Fifteen Valentine's Days.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-spinelli/that-was-fifteen-years-ago-fifteen-valentine-s-days/) [Jerry Spinelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-spinelli/) > [“History sits on our shoulders, while reading opens our hearts.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-spinelli/history-sits-on-our-shoulders-while-reading-opens-our-hearts/) [Jerry Spinelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-spinelli/) > [Nobody has the time, the time cannot be owned. The time is free to everyone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-spinelli/nobody-has-the-time-the-time-cannot-be-owned-the-time-is-free-to/) [Jerry Spinelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-spinelli/) > [You’ll know her more by your questions than by her answers. Keep looking at her long enough. One day you might see someone you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-spinelli/you-ll-know-her-more-by-your-questions-than-by-her-answers-keep/) [Jerry Spinelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-spinelli/) > [“When you're inside your own story, you don't see things like a reader. You don't see your life in tidy paragraphs and chapters.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-spinelli/when-you-re-inside-your-own-story-you-don-t-see-things-like-a-reader/) [Jerry Spinelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-spinelli/) > [Nobody knows who said it first, but somebody must have: 'Kid's gotta be a maniac.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-spinelli/nobody-knows-who-said-it-first-but-somebody-must-have-kid-s-gotta-be/) [Jerry Spinelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-spinelli/) > [“There's nothing sadder than a sobbing waffle.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-spinelli/there-s-nothing-sadder-than-a-sobbing-waffle/) [Jerry Spinelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-spinelli/) > [“But feelings, they don't care about telling. They just go right on, piling on top of one another like a big sandwich.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-spinelli/but-feelings-they-don-t-care-about-telling-they-just-go-right-on/) [Jerry Spinelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-spinelli/) > [“chewed time like a wad of bubble gum and stretched it across the darkness all the way to dawn, when the light at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-spinelli/chewed-time-like-a-wad-of-bubble-gum-and-stretched-it-across-the/) [Jerry Spinelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-spinelli/) > [He was the Grand Marshall of our Everyday Parade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-spinelli/he-was-the-grand-marshall-of-our-everyday-parade/) [Jerry Spinelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-spinelli/) > [“When the sun is a bike ride away, I will hear it. It will sound like wind in treetops. I will awaken.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-spinelli/when-the-sun-is-a-bike-ride-away-i-will-hear-it-it-will-sound-like/) [Jerry Spinelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-spinelli/) > [“I had to get out. Move. I ran through neighborhoods, other lives, other worlds. Solipsism. A man on his lawn mower. Green and yellow.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-spinelli/i-had-to-get-out-move-i-ran-through-neighborhoods-other-lives-other/) [Jerry Spinelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-spinelli/) > [He tapped my chest. 'Happy is here.' He tapped his own chest. 'Here.' I looked down past my chin. 'Inside?' 'Inside.' It was getting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-spinelli/he-tapped-my-chest-happy-is-here-he-tapped-his-own-chest-here-i/) [Jerry Spinelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-spinelli/) > [She was elusive. She was today. She was tomorrow. She was the faintest scent of a cactus flower, the flitting shadow of an elf…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-spinelli/she-was-elusive-she-was-today-she-was-tomorrow-she-was-the-faintest/) [Jerry Spinelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-spinelli/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/danced/jerry-spinelli/#itemlist", "name": "3 Danced Quotes By Jerry Spinelli", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "She's alone, they kept telling themselves, and surely she danced in no one's arms, yet somehow that seemed to matter less and less. 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