“What was a little dark, anyway? Just no sun, [Petra] reminded herself as her sneakers pounded toward the opening. Just dark, all… — Blue Balliett Dark Copy Share Image
“Grams calls them "worry crumbs" those leftover bits of an uncomfortable idea. She fixes worry crumbs with sayings and she has one… — Blue Balliett Fear Copy Share Image
“I don't know how anyone else sees the world and no one else sees the world exactly how I see the world!… — Blue Balliett Copy Share Image
Passing time isn't a steady thing. People try to measure it, but some days seem to have years packed into them, and… — Blue Balliett Blink Copy Share Image
“not really a quote but here is is The setting is the start.The story hangs from that hook,and the characters move slowly… — Blue Balliett Copy Share Image
“my grandpa and grandma aren't like me. They're more like sheets drying outside on a breezy day--they change directions without any fuss.… — Blue Balliett Copy Share Image
I love the way a list makes a big hodgepodge of things simmer down and behave. — Blue Balliett Behave Copy Share Image
The greatest art belongs to the world. Do not be intimidated by the experts. Trust your instincts. Do not be afraid to… — Blue Balliett Art Copy Share Image
What was a foreigner, anyway? Is the place you're born the only place you really belong? At what point do you stop… — Blue Balliett Born Copy Share Image
“Yes, the wind came up--" Mrs. Sharpe began. She paused. "And changed us all," Petra said softly.” — Blue Balliett Change Copy Share Image
“Picasso said that art is a lie, but a lie that tells the truth" ... Calder wondered what Picasso had meant. Was… — Blue Balliett Art Copy Share Image
“in the summer, it's short greens and tall greens and sometimes a smudge of other colors. In winter, it's squinty white,and sometimes… — Blue Balliett Early spring Copy Share Image
