Why do people want everyone to act just like they do? Talk like they do. Look like they do. Act like they do. And if you don't— If you don't, people make the assumption that you do not FEEL what… — Nora Raleigh Baskin Copy Share Image
Why do people want everyone to act just like they do? Talk like they do. Look like they do. Act like they do. And… — Nora Raleigh Baskin Copy Share Image
“Some people, like teachers and librarians and other adults, like to say that names are not important. Like sticks and stones. But they are… — Nora Raleigh Baskin Copy Share Image
“Boys are not supposed to cry. Because when they do, things get worse. Then suddenly you have two problems. You have whatever it was… — Nora Raleigh Baskin Copy Share Image
“These were such friendly people, they didn't notice how crabby we were, and before you knew it everyone was as happy as they were.” — Nora Raleigh Baskin Copy Share Image
“In fact, being a unique individual is as much of a farce as trying to be like everyone else. Maybe more.” — Nora Raleigh Baskin Copy Share Image
“Old elbows," she told me. "A woman's elbows always give her age away.” — Nora Raleigh Baskin Copy Share Image
“There are many, many different worlds to live in. And sometimes there is no connection from one to another.” — Nora Raleigh Baskin Copy Share Image
“Because there is a need to hear one story and to tell another.” — Nora Raleigh Baskin Copy Share Image
“There were absolutely amazing photographs everywhere, on everyone's Facebook page and everyone's iPhone and Instagram, just floating around in cyberspace for eternity. People took… — Nora Raleigh Baskin Copy Share Image
When I write, I can be heard. And known. But nobody has to look at me. Nobody has to see me at all. — Nora Raleigh Baskin Copy Share Image
“You know how they say there's only one thing in the universe that's constant?' Jonas started. 'Change. Change is the only constant in the… — Nora Raleigh Baskin Copy Share Image
“All we are, all we can be, are the stories we tell. Long after we are gone, our words will be all that is… — Nora Raleigh Baskin Copy Share Image
“And what people see the most is his silence, because some kinds of silence is actually visible.” — Nora Raleigh Baskin Copy Share Image
“I am like a leaf on a river, riding along the top of the water, not quite floating, not quite drowning. So I can't… — Nora Raleigh Baskin Copy Share Image
