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title: "11 Way Quotes By Jacqueline Woodson"
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> [I think there is such a richness to the South and a lushness and a way of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/i-think-there-is-such-a-richness-to-the-south-and-a-lushness-and-a/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

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> [Everything I write, I read aloud. It has to sound a certain way and look a certain way on page.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/everything-i-write-i-read-aloud-it-has-to-sound-a-certain-way-and/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

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> [I'm usually working on several things at once. If I get bored with one, I can go on to another. That way,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/i-m-usually-working-on-several-things-at-once-if-i-get-bored-with-one/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce3/jacqueline-woodson-1482_go_i-m-usually-working-on-several-things-at_21286.jpg)

> [Everything I write, I read out loud. It has to sound a certain way. It has to look a certain way on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/everything-i-write-i-read-out-loud-it-has-to-sound-a-certain-way-it/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

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> [Labeling is not the best way to get young people to deeply engage in reading.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/labeling-is-not-the-best-way-to-get-young-people-to-deeply-engage-in/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

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> [I think that happens for a lot of people, they have this idea that there's only one type of way to write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/i-think-that-happens-for-a-lot-of-people-they-have-this-idea-that/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

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> [We do inherently know that poetry is about the way we speak. It's about where we pause, where we drop our words…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/we-do-inherently-know-that-poetry-is-about-the-way-we-speak-it-s/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

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> [I feel like I'm a New Yorker to the bone. But there is a lot of the South in me. I know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/i-feel-like-i-m-a-new-yorker-to-the-bone-but-there-is-a-lot-of-the/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

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> [For me as a writer, it was understanding that we're so far behind in our way of dealing with death. We put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/for-me-as-a-writer-it-was-understanding-that-we-re-so-far-behind-in/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

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> [I feel like so much of what I'm doing is making a road where there is no road and inviting people on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/i-feel-like-so-much-of-what-i-m-doing-is-making-a-road-where-there-is/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/750/jacqueline-woodson-1482_feels_i-feel-like-so-much-of-what-i-m-doing-is_669219.png)

> [I'm always wondering if he'll return. Sometimes I pray that he doesn't. And sometimes I hope he will. I wish on falling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/i-m-always-wondering-if-he-ll-return-sometimes-i-pray-that-he-doesn-t/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

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## Other authors on Way

## More by Jacqueline Woodson

> [A lot of times, when people send me books to read - new writers mostly - I find that the book is still in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/a-lot-of-times-when-people-send-me-books-to-read-new-writers-mostly-i/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

> [I think, even though homophobia still exists, there is much more of a dialogue and a taboo around being homophobic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/i-think-even-though-homophobia-still-exists-there-is-much-more-of-a/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

> [I still love Carson McCullers and Raymond Carver and Toni Morrison and James Baldwin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/i-still-love-carson-mccullers-and-raymond-carver-and-toni-morrison/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

> [I'm usually working on several things at once. If I get bored with one, I can go on to another. That way, I never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/i-m-usually-working-on-several-things-at-once-if-i-get-bored-with-one/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

> [You have those walls up all around you...Come a day you gonna want to tear them down brick by brick and gonna find that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/you-have-those-walls-up-all-around-you-come-a-day-you-gonna-want-to/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

> [“That's all anybody is-themselves. People all the time wanting to change that.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/that-s-all-anybody-is-themselves-people-all-the-time-wanting-to/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

> [I don't know how women stop being friends with other women.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/i-don-t-know-how-women-stop-being-friends-with-other-women/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

> [Who are you without your girls? I truly believe that. Who are you without the people who help you make sense of the misogyny,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/who-are-you-without-your-girls-i-truly-believe-that-who-are-you/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

> [“And freedom? Oh, freedom. Well that's just some people talking. Your prison is walking through this world all alone.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/and-freedom-oh-freedom-well-that-s-just-some-people-talking-your/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

> [I've learned about marrying poetry and prose and making both accessible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/i-ve-learned-about-marrying-poetry-and-prose-and-making-both/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

> [You're a part of me...You're in my heart. Forever and always, all right? —D](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/you-re-a-part-of-me-you-re-in-my-heart-forever-and-always-all-right-d/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

> [I wouldn't mind the early autumn if you came home today I'd tell you how much I miss you and know I'd be okay.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/i-wouldn-t-mind-the-early-autumn-if-you-came-home-today-i-d-tell-you/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

> ['Another Brooklyn' came to me in this kind of dreamlike series of vignettes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/another-brooklyn-came-to-me-in-this-kind-of-dreamlike-series-of/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

> [“They're all inside of us,...past people and present people. And probably even the people we'll become.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/they-re-all-inside-of-us-past-people-and-present-people-and-probably/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

> [When I was a kid, I got in trouble for lying a lot, and I had a teacher say, 'Instead of lying, write it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/when-i-was-a-kid-i-got-in-trouble-for-lying-a-lot-and-i-had-a-teacher/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

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