“That was fifteen years ago. Fifteen Valentine's Days.” — Jerry Spinelli Fifteen years Copy Share Image
The blanket was there, but it was the boy's embrace that covered and warmed him. — Jerry Spinelli Copy Share Image
Be very, very careful not to let the facts get mixed up with the truth. — Jerry Spinelli Copy Share Image
We long to be found, hoping our searchers have not given up and gone home. — Jerry Spinelli Copy Share Image
It (enchantment) started when the earth was born. It never stops. It is, always. It's just here. — Jerry Spinelli Copy Share Image
“Good Boy: Just because he doesn't get into trouble doesn't mean he doesn't appreciate trouble.” — Jerry Spinelli Copy Share Image
“I understood. I suffered. But whose sake was I suffering for? I kept thinking of Señor Saguaro's question: Whose affection do you… — Jerry Spinelli Affection Copy Share Image
If we are destined to be together again, be happy to know you’ll be getting the real me, not some blubbering half… — Jerry Spinelli Destined Copy Share Image
“Okay, so you're not perfect. Who is? Sure, Susan makes sense. But my heart doesn't care about sense. My heart never says:… — Jerry Spinelli Copy Share Image
Whos love do you cherrish more? Hers or theirs? when you deside that, it's all downhill from there. — Jerry Spinelli Copy Share Image
You occupied my space. But because you were not in my present, when I looked into my future I saw . .… — Jerry Spinelli Copy Share Image
“Every day brings a new memory of something we did a year ago. A parade of unhappy anniversaries.” — Jerry Spinelli Anniversary Copy Share Image
“A little hatred goes a long, long way. It grows and grows. And it’s hungry. You keep feeding it more and more… — Jerry Spinelli Forgiveness Copy Share Image
As we approached each other, the noise and the students around us melted away and we were utterly alone, passing, smiling, holding… — Jerry Spinelli Astronomy Copy Share Image
Whom do I write for? I write for the story. Each story, it seems to me, knows best how it should be… — Jerry Spinelli Copy Share Image
She dreams a lot. She dreams of Ondines and falling maidens and houses burning in the night. But search her dreams all… — Jerry Spinelli Copy Share Image
I went to Gettysburg College, where the famous Civil War battle was fought. I majored in English. I would've liked to major… — Jerry Spinelli Battle Copy Share Image
The golden rule of writing is to write what you care about. If you care about your topic, you'll do your best… — Jerry Spinelli Books Copy Share Image
The kids who leave their favorite authors behind do not in fact leave us utterly abandoned, but in due time drive children… — Jerry Spinelli Copy Share Image
“-She was illusive. She was today. She was tomorrow. She was the faintest scent of a cactus flower, the flitting shadow of… — Jerry Spinelli Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I try to erase myself. And then, if I've done a good job, I'm erased. I'm nothing. And then the world… — Jerry Spinelli Boundary Copy Share Image
“When does the enchantment start? We were sitting side by side, facing the mountains. "It started when the earth was born." Her… — Jerry Spinelli Enchantment Copy Share Image
Every day I hold my breath until I see her. Sometimes in class, sometimes in the hallway. I can't start breathing until… — Jerry Spinelli Copy Share Image
“I have to tell you I love living in a world without clocks. The shackles are gone. I'm a puppy unleashed in… — Jerry Spinelli Morning Copy Share Image
Tell me I didn't imagine it, Leo. Tell me that even though our bodies were in seperate states, our star selves shared… — Jerry Spinelli Copy Share Image
“I’m not sure,” she said. “There’s no one answer to that. You have to find your own way. Sometimes I try to… — Jerry Spinelli Copy Share Image
Vowels were something else. He didn't like them and they didn't like him. There were only five of them, but they seemed… — Jerry Spinelli Consonants Copy Share Image
“Of course we did other things too. We walked. We talked. We rode bikes. Though I had my driver's license, I bought… — Jerry Spinelli Copy Share Image
Nobody knows who said it first, but somebody must have: 'Kid's gotta be a maniac. — Jerry Spinelli Copy Share Image
I have a curious background for someone who turns out to be a writer. — Jerry Spinelli Copy Share Image
“I would just spit, burp, and call "good riddance! Who needs ya? Who cares?” — Jerry Spinelli Good riddance Copy Share Image
