All Deb Caletti Quotes
- Stories took twists and turns down fairy-tale paths or down very human everyday ones. You think you’re at the end of the book, and it’s… Book
- There are so many different fifteens. And eighteens. And forty-twos, for that matter. Mature fifteens and young fifteens and wise fifteens and lost fifteens. And… Angry
- A dog — a dog teaches us so much about love. Wordless, imperfect love; love that is constant, love that is simple goodness, love that… Bad
- Onyx is angry," Damian says. "Onyx has a right to be angry. You've got to remember, for many elephants, their life is that of a… Angry
- Stereotypes are fast and easy, but they are lies, and the truth takes its time. Easy
- When you raise an animal, you live it like your own child. Animal
- It's hard to see clearly when your eyes are squinched tight out of fear. Clearly
- Love is ease, love is comfort, love is support and respect. Love is not punishing or controlling. Love lets you grow and breathe. Love's passion… Angst
- This was what happened after you'd been together with someone a long time. You loved that it was old and worn and comfy, but sometimes… Been
- ...forever is hard enough without it beginning now. Beginning
- We hurt each other, is the point. Hurt, annoy, embarrass, but move on. People, it just doesn't work that way. Your own feelings get so… Ability
- ... But then again, a person could turn ugly. Their actual look could change when their actions were repulsive. Action
- I felt a constant, low-flying desperation, the kind you feel when you are trying, trying, trying to get something you will never, ever get. Constant
- Most people, it seems like they've only got one part of the equation down. Caring for themselves, or caring for someone else. And I'v learned… Both
- Cool superiority as a mask for overflowing insecurity. Cool
- You could put your confusion and upset and worries into whatever book you were reading. You could sort of set them down in there, and… Book
- Blessed books—they’re a place to be alone, and no one else can come in. Alone
- This is what happens when nice people are pushed too far. We give too many chances, and so when we've finally had enough, we are… Chance
- Although I love snow, it messes things up terribly around Seattle, with all of our hills. I worry about my loved ones driving. All
- Like all kids with divorced parents, I have an abundance of holidays. Abundance
- You never know how - or when - the idea for a book will appear. Appear
- I think a setting is hugely important. I look at setting as a character with its own look, sound, history, quirks, goofy temperaments and moods. Character
- One of the most constant and sustaining truths of my life has been this: I love the library. Been
- I understood right from the start that every set of library doors were the sort of magic portals that lead to other lands. My God,… Detectives
- My most memorable teacher was Rich Campe, my third-grade teacher at Fairlands Elementary in Pleasanton, California. California