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title: "1 Living Tiny Quotes By Sharon Creech"
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> [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 jumping up to get bottles of nail polish remover and sewing hems, why did she do…](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/)

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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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