Why do people not listen when you say no? Why do they think you are too stupid or too young to understand? Why do they think you are too shy to reply? Why do they keep badgering you until you… — Sharon Creech Copy Share Image
Man needs bread and hyacinths: one to feed the body, and one to feed the soul. — Sharon Creech Copy Share Image
“By the time I got to the bottom, I understood what Guthrie ment when he shouted LIBERO! It was a celebration of being alive.” — Sharon Creech Copy Share Image
Something I am wondering: if you cannot hear do you have no sounds in your head? Do you see a silent movie — Sharon Creech Copy Share Image
“But I thought about all the things that had to have spun into place in order for us to be alive and for us… — Sharon Creech Copy Share Image
And what did I think when I was small and why did I forget? And what else will I forget when I grow older?… — Sharon Creech Copy Share Image
I once fell 20 feet from a tree, was knocked unconscious, and when I picked myself up and straggled home, my parents thought I… — Sharon Creech Copy Share Image
I wondered about Mrs. Winterbottom and what she meant about living a tiny life. If she didn't like all that baking and cleaning and… — Sharon Creech Copy Share Image
Sometimes when you are trying not to think about something it keeps popping back in your head you can't help it you think about… — Sharon Creech Copy Share Image
I started thinking about life insurance and how nice it would be if you could get insurance that your life would be happy, and… — Sharon Creech Copy Share Image
“I could tell you an extensively strange story, I warned. Oh, good! Gram said. Delicious!” — Sharon Creech Copy Share Image
I wish that every baby everywhere could land in a family that wanted that baby as much as we want ours. — Sharon Creech Copy Share Image
What I have since realized is that if people expect you to be brave, sometimes you pretend that you are, even when you are… — Sharon Creech Copy Share Image
I am drawn to the ways in which we are shaped by people and by place. — Sharon Creech Copy Share Image
