--- title: "12 Young Quotes By Walter Dean Myers" description: "12 Young quotes by Walter Dean Myers. Plus more from Walter Dean Myers and more Young sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7dd/walter-dean-myers-2582_humanize_with-my-writing-what-i-want-to-do-is-hum_1725142.png" --- > [With my writing, what I want to do is humanize the young people I write about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-dean-myers/with-my-writing-what-i-want-to-do-is-humanize-the-young-people-i/) [Walter Dean Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-dean-myers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7dd/walter-dean-myers-2582_humanize_with-my-writing-what-i-want-to-do-is-hum_1725142.png) > [I want young people to be hesitant to glorify war and to demand of their leaders justification for the sacrifices they ask…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-dean-myers/i-want-young-people-to-be-hesitant-to-glorify-war-and-to-demand-of/) [Walter Dean Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-dean-myers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/004/walter-dean-myers-2582_citizens_i-want-young-people-to-be-hesitant-to-gl_942331.png) > [When we think of war, the tendency is to picture young soldiers only in their military roles. To a large extent this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-dean-myers/when-we-think-of-war-the-tendency-is-to-picture-young-soldiers-only/) [Walter Dean Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-dean-myers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b72/walter-dean-myers-2582_combat_when-we-think-of-war-the-tendency-is-to_38668.png) > [I admired the work ethic of the cowboys I read about. The idea of these young people taking on this much responsibility…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-dean-myers/i-admired-the-work-ethic-of-the-cowboys-i-read-about-the-idea-of/) [Walter Dean Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-dean-myers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afe/walter-dean-myers-2582_appreciation_i-admired-the-work-ethic-of-the-cowboys_698215.png) > [We need to tell young people that America was built by men and women of all colors and that the future of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-dean-myers/we-need-to-tell-young-people-that-america-was-built-by-men-and-women/) [Walter Dean Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-dean-myers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/489/walter-dean-myers-2582_america_we-need-to-tell-young-people-that-americ_154247.png) > [There have been two areas identified as being vital to reading - and that's for very young children between the ages of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-dean-myers/there-have-been-two-areas-identified-as-being-vital-to-reading-and/) [Walter Dean Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-dean-myers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ad/walter-dean-myers-2582_ages_there-have-been-two-areas-identified-as_1257049.png) > [Like the Negro League players, I traveled through the segregated south as a young man. Because I was black, I was denied…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-dean-myers/like-the-negro-league-players-i-traveled-through-the-segregated-south/) [Walter Dean Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-dean-myers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d9/walter-dean-myers-2582_balcony_like-the-negro-league-players-i-traveled_2795059.jpg) > [I think it's difficult for young people to acknowledge being smart, to knowledge being a reader. I see kids who are embarrassed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-dean-myers/i-think-it-s-difficult-for-young-people-to-acknowledge-being-smart-to/) [Walter Dean Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-dean-myers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/268/walter-dean-myers-2582_acknowledge_i-think-it-s-difficult-for-young-people_1890722.png) > [I was raised in Harlem. I never found a book that took place in Harlem. I never had a church like mine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-dean-myers/i-was-raised-in-harlem-i-never-found-a-book-that-took-place-in-harlem/) [Walter Dean Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-dean-myers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4a/walter-dean-myers-2582_about_i-was-raised-in-harlem-i-never-found-a-b_3211990.png) > [It is this language of values which I hope to bring to my books. . . . I want to bring values…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-dean-myers/it-is-this-language-of-values-which-i-hope-to-bring-to-my-books-i/) [Walter Dean Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-dean-myers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/537/walter-dean-myers-2582_book_it-is-this-language-of-values-which-i-ho_399018.png) > [As a young man, I saw families prosper without reading because there were always sufficient opportunities for willing workers who could follow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-dean-myers/as-a-young-man-i-saw-families-prosper-without-reading-because-there/) [Walter Dean Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-dean-myers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2e/walter-dean-myers-2582_cases_as-a-young-man-i-saw-families-prosper-wi_1040597.png) > [What I found fascinating was just how quickly the best of the young Negro League players were drafted into the major leagues…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-dean-myers/what-i-found-fascinating-was-just-how-quickly-the-best-of-the-young/) [Walter Dean Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-dean-myers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c4/walter-dean-myers-2582_baseball_what-i-found-fascinating-was-just-how-qu_656256.jpg) ## Other authors on Young ## More by Walter Dean Myers > [There is a crisis involving reading in certain communities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-dean-myers/there-is-a-crisis-involving-reading-in-certain-communities/) [Walter Dean Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-dean-myers/) > [When we think of war, the tendency is to picture young soldiers only in their military roles. To a large extent this dehumanizes the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-dean-myers/when-we-think-of-war-the-tendency-is-to-picture-young-soldiers-only/) [Walter Dean Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-dean-myers/) > [The most difficult idea to reconcile in war is the notion that anything is going to be solved by killing a stranger, or in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-dean-myers/the-most-difficult-idea-to-reconcile-in-war-is-the-notion-that/) [Walter Dean Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-dean-myers/) > [he was trying to convince himself that he wasn't guilty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-dean-myers/he-was-trying-to-convince-himself-that-he-wasn-t-guilty/) [Walter Dean Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-dean-myers/) > [Within the black community, roughly 60 percent of children are born to single moms. Moms don't have the emotional wherewithal to deal with their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-dean-myers/within-the-black-community-roughly-60-percent-of-children-are-born-to/) [Walter Dean Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-dean-myers/) > [“pain is the only real emotion. Everything else can be taken away. Love,happiness,joy can always be taken away. Even old sadness can be dissipated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-dean-myers/pain-is-the-only-real-emotion-everything-else-can-be-taken-away-love/) [Walter Dean Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-dean-myers/) > [“People who want to hate you can find something in you they don't like. They have a talent for doing that.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-dean-myers/people-who-want-to-hate-you-can-find-something-in-you-they-don-t-like/) [Walter Dean Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-dean-myers/) > [One of the lessons learned during the Vietnam War was that the depiction of wounded soldiers, of coffins stacked higher than their living guards,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-dean-myers/one-of-the-lessons-learned-during-the-vietnam-war-was-that-the/) [Walter Dean Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-dean-myers/) > [I am very much interested in getting parents to read to children, and trying to get people mentoring children. If I can do both…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-dean-myers/i-am-very-much-interested-in-getting-parents-to-read-to-children-and/) [Walter Dean Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-dean-myers/) > [We need to tell kids flat out: reading is not optional.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-dean-myers/we-need-to-tell-kids-flat-out-reading-is-not-optional/) [Walter Dean Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-dean-myers/) > [We need to tell young people that America was built by men and women of all colors and that the future of this country…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-dean-myers/we-need-to-tell-young-people-that-america-was-built-by-men-and-women/) [Walter Dean Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-dean-myers/) > [“Sometimes everybody touches in the dark. You touch to see what you can stand to touch, what you can to feel with your fingers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-dean-myers/sometimes-everybody-touches-in-the-dark-you-touch-to-see-what-you-can/) [Walter Dean Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-dean-myers/) > [Yeah, that's funny, huh?...Something hurts you real bad and you get used to it. Like being hurt becomes part of who you are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-dean-myers/yeah-that-s-funny-huh-something-hurts-you-real-bad-and-you-get-used/) [Walter Dean Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-dean-myers/) > [“Love came to me, but it Just wasn't for me. It touched my heart and left it Lying on the shore, and Love smiled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-dean-myers/love-came-to-me-but-it-just-wasn-t-for-me-it-touched-my-heart-and/) [Walter Dean Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-dean-myers/) > [“That night the mosquitoes ate us up. I had bites all over my body. Back home I thought mosquitoes never bit black people. Not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-dean-myers/that-night-the-mosquitoes-ate-us-up-i-had-bites-all-over-my-body-back/) [Walter Dean Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-dean-myers/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/young/walter-dean-myers/#itemlist", "name": "12 Young Quotes By Walter Dean Myers", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "With my writing, what I want to do is humanize the young people I write about.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Walter Dean Myers" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-dean-myers/with-my-writing-what-i-want-to-do-is-humanize-the-young-people-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7dd/walter-dean-myers-2582_humanize_with-my-writing-what-i-want-to-do-is-hum_1725142.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7dd/walter-dean-myers-2582_humanize_with-my-writing-what-i-want-to-do-is-hum_1725142.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7dd/walter-dean-myers-2582_humanize_with-my-writing-what-i-want-to-do-is-hum_1725142.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“With my writing, what I want to do is humanize the young people I write about.” — Walter Dean Myers", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I want young people to be hesitant to glorify war and to demand of their leaders justification for the sacrifices they ask of our citizens.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Walter Dean Myers" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-dean-myers/i-want-young-people-to-be-hesitant-to-glorify-war-and-to-demand-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/004/walter-dean-myers-2582_citizens_i-want-young-people-to-be-hesitant-to-gl_942331.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/004/walter-dean-myers-2582_citizens_i-want-young-people-to-be-hesitant-to-gl_942331.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/004/walter-dean-myers-2582_citizens_i-want-young-people-to-be-hesitant-to-gl_942331.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I want young people to be hesitant to glorify war and to demand of their leaders justification for the…” — Walter Dean Myers", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When we think of war, the tendency is to picture young soldiers only in their military roles. 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