All Jacqueline Woodson Quotes
- I loved and still love watching words flower into sentences and sentences blossom into stories. Blossom
- I believe in one day and someday and this perfect moment called Now. Believe
- I do believe that books can change lives and give people this kind of language they wouldn't have had otherwise, Believe
- There is something so deeply visceral about libraries for me-rooms and rooms full of people dreaming and remembering. Deeply
- Sometimes it seems as though not a moment has moved, but then you look up and you're already old or you already have a household… Already Old
- Mama was always saying I was a brain snob, that I didn't like people who didn't think. I didn't know if that was snobby. Who… All
- Maybe this was our last summer as best friends. I feel like something's going to change now and I'm not going to be able to… Able
- 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. It's… Autumn
- If I loved someone enough, I would go anywhere in the world with them." —Staggerlee Anywhere
- I think I'd rather have my heart broke than do the breaking. —Lena Breaking
- I feel like the world stopped. And I got off...and then it started spinning again, but too fast for me to hop back on. I… Fast
- Lately, I'd been feeling like I was standing outside watching everything and everybody. Wishing I could take the part of me that was over there… Been
- You're a part of me...You're in my heart. Forever and always, all right? —D All
- 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 the… All
- You can't always be pushing people away. Someday nobody'll come back. Away Someday
- People are going to judge you all the time no matter what you do...Don't worry about other people. Worry about you. All
- 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 stars and eyelashes.… Absence
- That's what makes best friends. It's not whether or not you live on the same block or go to the same school, but how you… Best
- Sometimes...you have to try to forget people you love just so you can keep living. Forget
- No matter how big you get, it's still okay to cry because everybody's got a right to their own tears. Big