I cannot just write a frivolous book, a la-di-da book. Everything isn't la-di-da. There is something that's going to pull you up short. I want to reassure young readers. I want to comfort them, to not fear the unexpected. — 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
