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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-creech/why-do-people-not-listen-when-you-say-no-why-do-they-think-you-are/)

[Sharon Creech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-creech/)

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## More by Sharon Creech

> [Man needs bread and hyacinths: one to feed the body, and one to feed the soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-creech/man-needs-bread-and-hyacinths-one-to-feed-the-body-and-one-to-feed/)

[Sharon Creech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-creech/)

> [“By the time I got to the bottom, I understood what Guthrie ment when he shouted LIBERO! It was a celebration of being alive.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-creech/by-the-time-i-got-to-the-bottom-i-understood-what-guthrie-ment-when/)

[Sharon Creech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-creech/)

> [Something I am wondering: if you cannot hear do you have no sounds in your head? Do you see a silent movie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-creech/something-i-am-wondering-if-you-cannot-hear-do-you-have-no-sounds-in/)

[Sharon Creech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-creech/)

> [“But I thought about all the things that had to have spun into place in order for us to be alive and for us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-creech/but-i-thought-about-all-the-things-that-had-to-have-spun-into-place/)

[Sharon Creech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-creech/)

> [And what did I think when I was small and why did I forget? And what else will I forget when I grow older?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-creech/and-what-did-i-think-when-i-was-small-and-why-did-i-forget-and-what/)

[Sharon Creech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-creech/)

> [I once fell 20 feet from a tree, was knocked unconscious, and when I picked myself up and straggled home, my parents thought I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-creech/i-once-fell-20-feet-from-a-tree-was-knocked-unconscious-and-when-i/)

[Sharon Creech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-creech/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-creech/i-wondered-about-mrs-winterbottom-and-what-she-meant-about-living-a/)

[Sharon Creech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-creech/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-creech/sometimes-when-you-are-trying-not-to-think-about-something-it-keeps/)

[Sharon Creech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-creech/)

> [“What's important is the ambition that results from our weakness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-creech/what-s-important-is-the-ambition-that-results-from-our-weakness/)

[Sharon Creech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-creech/)

> [I started thinking about life insurance and how nice it would be if you could get insurance that your life would be happy, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-creech/i-started-thinking-about-life-insurance-and-how-nice-it-would-be-if/)

[Sharon Creech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-creech/)

> [“I could tell you an extensively strange story, I warned. Oh, good! Gram said. Delicious!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-creech/i-could-tell-you-an-extensively-strange-story-i-warned-oh-good-gram/)

[Sharon Creech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-creech/)

> [I wish that every baby everywhere could land in a family that wanted that baby as much as we want ours.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-creech/i-wish-that-every-baby-everywhere-could-land-in-a-family-that-wanted/)

[Sharon Creech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-creech/)

> [A person isn't a bird. You can't cage a person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-creech/a-person-isn-t-a-bird-you-can-t-cage-a-person/)

[Sharon Creech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-creech/)

> [What I have since realized is that if people expect you to be brave, sometimes you pretend that you are, even when you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-creech/what-i-have-since-realized-is-that-if-people-expect-you-to-be-brave/)

[Sharon Creech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-creech/)

> [I am drawn to the ways in which we are shaped by people and by place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-creech/i-am-drawn-to-the-ways-in-which-we-are-shaped-by-people-and-by-place/)

[Sharon Creech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-creech/)

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