Why do people not listen when you say no? Why do they think you are too stupid or too young to understand?… — Sharon Creech Copy Share Image
Young children are naturally so philosophical. They ask: 'What is real? What is truth?' They have to learn it; they don't automatically… — Sharon Creech Copy Share Image
In many of my books, I explore the ways in which grandparents or other older persons are shaped by the young, and… — Sharon Creech Copy Share Image
I don't remember titles of books or authors from when I was young. I remember the title of only one book, which… — Sharon Creech Copy Share Image
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… — Sharon Creech Copy Share Image
Relationships with parents, grandparents, friends, and siblings were important to me when I was young and have remained so throughout my life.… — 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
