All Jerry Spinelli Quotes
- The flash would prove that proton decay really happens. The flash would mean that the matter of the proton - the solid stuff - had… Ashes
- He doesn't think. He just does. A nonthinking doer. Doe
- We live in a silent explosion, Everything is flying away from everything else... flying away... flying away... Away Flying
- Beware of solipsism Funny word. Sounds like it means "love of melons" or something. I looked it up. It means believing that "the self is… Believe
- Letter from Mr. B: Why does a back scratch feel better coming from somebody else than if you do it yourself? Better
- Every day I hold my breath until I see her. Sometimes in class, sometimes in the hallway. I can't start breathing until I see her… Afraid
- As we meandered, she said my name three times: "Stargirl?" "Yes?" "That was better than TV." "It was." "Stargirl?" "Yes?" "Does the sun do that… Better
- I felt alone on the planet, drifting through the cosmos. With both hands I reached out to the night. There was no answer. Or maybe… Alone
- Let's just be fabulously where we are and who we are. You be you and I'll be me, today and today and today, and let's… Fabulously
- In every age there are plenty of people around to remind you what you cannot possibly do. Thank goodness, for these naysayers provide a priceless… Achieve
- Where were we?" she said. "Getting credit," I said. "What about it?" "Well, it's nice to get credit." The spokes of her rear wheel spun… Ago
- Peace and harmony do not require perfection. Thank goodness for that—because life so often seems to be an itch here, a glitch there, a mess… Bends
- I’m erased. I’m gone. I’m nothing. And then the world is free to flow into me like water into an empty bowl…. And… I see.… All
- I'm Sorry are two of the most powerful words in our language, especially when they are not flipped blithely over the shoulder but spoken from… Balance
- When was the last time you used the words 'teach me'? Maybe not since you started first grade? Here's an irony about school: The daily… Blunts
- How much better might human communication be if words were as precious as diamonds? If each of us were allotted only 100 words per day? Allotted
- The trouble with miracles is, they don't last long. Last
- A strong relationship is an honest relationship, and no honest relationship is all peaches and cream. Love is the key. Where love abides, anger is… Abides
- When bad things turn good, the reason can usually be found in the human heart—sometimes in the hearts of great masses of people, sometimes in… Bad
- Why do we wrap things? Usually to protect them. The more fragile they are, the more important the wrapping. Your dream is prey to many… Blow
- Of course, all of their words for a thousand years could not fill the hole left by his mother, but they could raise a loving… All
- We long to be found, hoping our searchers have not given up and gone home. Found
- of all the unusual features of Stargirl, this struck me as the most remarkable. Bad things did not stick to her. Correction: her bad things… All
- She's alone, they kept telling themselves, and surely she danced in no one's arms, yet somehow that seemed to matter less and less. As the… Alone
- She laughed, and the desert sang. Desert