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> [To leave a place, you'd best leave everything behind; all your possessions, including memory. Traveling's not as easy as it's made out to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-hamilton/to-leave-a-place-you-d-best-leave-everything-behind-all-your/)

[Virginia Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-hamilton/)

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## More by Virginia Hamilton

> [For the writer, there is nothing quite like having someone say that he or she understands, that you have reached them and affected them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-hamilton/for-the-writer-there-is-nothing-quite-like-having-someone-say-that-he/)

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> [The meaning of the Street in all ways and at all times is the need for sharing life with others and the search for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-hamilton/the-meaning-of-the-street-in-all-ways-and-at-all-times-is-the-need/)

[Virginia Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-hamilton/)

> [I can’t explain how it is I keep having new ideas. But one book inevitably follows another. It is my way of exploring the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-hamilton/i-can-t-explain-how-it-is-i-keep-having-new-ideas-but-one-book/)

[Virginia Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-hamilton/)

> [Libraries never let us forget who we are, for their worth stands by the knowledge they keep and save for us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-hamilton/libraries-never-let-us-forget-who-we-are-for-their-worth-stands-by/)

[Virginia Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-hamilton/)

> [To leave a place, you'd best leave everything behind; all your possessions, including memory. Traveling's not as easy as it's made out to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-hamilton/to-leave-a-place-you-d-best-leave-everything-behind-all-your/)

[Virginia Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-hamilton/)

> [You always feel you are not deserving. People who are successful at what they do know what kind of work goes with it, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-hamilton/you-always-feel-you-are-not-deserving-people-who-are-successful-at/)

[Virginia Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-hamilton/)

> [The past moves me and with me, although I remove myself from it. Its light often shines on this night traveler: and when it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-hamilton/the-past-moves-me-and-with-me-although-i-remove-myself-from-it-its/)

[Virginia Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-hamilton/)

> [ The books from which \[children\] learn must reflect movement and change and all of the infinite possibilities of minds at liberty. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-hamilton/the-books-from-which-children-learn-must-reflect-movement-and-change/)

[Virginia Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-hamilton/)

> [For the writer, there is nothing quite like having someone say that he or she understands, that you have reached them and affected them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-hamilton/for-the-writer-there-is-nothing-quite-like-having-someone-say-that-he-2/)

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