All Jerry Spinelli Quotes
- Who are you if you lose your favorite person? Can you lose your favorite person without losing yourself? I reach for Stargirl and she's gone.… Anymore
- You occupied my space. But because you were not in my present, when I looked into my future I saw . . . nothing. Isn't… Future
- If you start by hating one or two people, you won't be able to stop. Pretty soon you'll hate a hundred people." "A zillion?" "Even… Able
- I am a mess. Like that MargieMocha, I am spilled across a floor, but there's nobody to mop me up. I have only one thing… Across
- Nothing’s more fun than being carried away. Carried
- Happy". I had not heard that word since Mr. Milgrom spoke it at the last Hanukkah. I asked him the question that had been on… Asked
- I’m not my name. My name is something I wear, like a shirt. It gets worn. I outgrow it, I change it. Change
- As we approached each other, the noise and the students around us melted away and we were utterly alone, passing, smiling, holding each other's eyes,… Alone
- A mockingbird has moved into our neighborhood. It perches atop a telephone pole behind our backyard. Every morning it is the first thing I hear.… All
- Today the mockingbird does not sound very happy. It sounds if it is coming apart. As of the very heart of itself-its song-is breaking into… Apart
- Best friends are always together, always whispering and laughing and running, always at each other's house, having dinner, sleeping over. They are practically adopted by… Adopted
- Whos love do you cherrish more? Hers or theirs? when you deside that, it's all downhill from there. All
- When you own nothing, it's easy to let things go. Easy
- Because that's what you do, you stand up for your best friend. And you eat lunch with him and talk with him and share secrets… Best
- And so I'm me again, Leo. Thanks to the example of a five-year-old. I'm hoping you wouldn't want it any other way. Not that you… Any
- Tell me I didn't imagine it, Leo. Tell me that even though our bodies were in seperate states, our star selves shared an enchanted place.… Around Noon
- Do not follow me! Let's just be fabulously where we are and who we are. You be you and I'll be me, today and today… Collision
- Disagreement is not necessarily a reason to head for Splitsville. In fact, a relationship without disagreement is probably too brittle to last. Some of the… Best
- He was the Grand Marshall of our Everyday Parade Everyday
- We wanted to define her, to wrap her up as we did each other, but we could not seem to get past "weird" and "strange"… Balance
- Don't confine yourself to a select group of friends, often known as a clique. Cliques by definition leave people out. Lock yourself into one, and… Clique
- They say talk is cheap. Maybe so. But kindness is even better—it's free! Free to give. Free to receive. Makes you wonder why there's not… Better
- No one on earth is so boring and insignificant that he or she is not worth writing or reading about...One thing's for sure—no one but… Boring
- Great achievement goes through, not around, discouragement. Is there a roadblock in my way, keeping me from something I want to achieve? Am I discouraged?… Achieve
- Love is big. Love makes room for conflicting feelings. Big