Being a failure at living your own life as best as you can is better than being a success living the life somebody else says you should live. — Julius Lester Copy Share Image
A good teacher is one who helps you become who you feel yourself to be. A good teacher is also one who says something… — Julius Lester Copy Share Image
“Stagolee was, undoubtedly and without question, the baddest nigger that ever lived. Stagolee was so bad that the flies wouldn't even fly around his… — Julius Lester Copy Share Image
But there are times when a tree can no longer withstand the pain inflicted on it, and the wind will take pity on that… — Julius Lester Copy Share Image
“To give good hugs you have to have some soft places. —Jeremy Richards” — Julius Lester Copy Share Image
“Perhaps one of the writer's tasks is to weave himself into others' pain.” — Julius Lester Copy Share Image
“Just because you're bron to someone, it doesn't mean you belong to them.” — Julius Lester Copy Share Image
Being a failure at living your own life as best as you can is better than being a success living the life somebody else… — Julius Lester Copy Share Image
I write because the lives of all of us are stories. If enough of those stories are told, then perhaps we will begin to… — Julius Lester Copy Share Image
Books, and especially fiction, do not proceed from ideas. They are born from feelings — Julius Lester Copy Share Image
Dying ain't important. Everyone does that. What's important is how well you do your living. — Julius Lester Copy Share Image
When I read students’ attempts at creative writing it is obvious immediately that most of them have not read much or widely. The aspiring… — Julius Lester Copy Share Image
Silence was not the absence of sound but was itself a sound that could be loud or soft, soothing or disturbing, complex or simple. — Julius Lester Copy Share Image
If I canot know your name, may I light a lamp so I can see your face?' If you sould ever see my face,… — Julius Lester Copy Share Image
