All Julius Lester Quotes
- Dying ain't important. Everyone does that. What's important is how well you do your living. Doe
- I write because the lives of all of us are stories. If enough of those stories are told, then perhaps we will begin to see… All
- Books, and especially fiction, do not proceed from ideas. They are born from feelings Book
- The young accept the extraordinary as normal because they do not compare their lives with those of others when everyone is like them. Accept
- Faith is not something that one has; faith is something that one practices at the very moment in your life when you really don't believe… Believe
- When I read students’ attempts at creative writing it is obvious immediately that most of them have not read much or widely. The aspiring writer… Appreciate
- Freeform radio is an art form. The airwaves are the empty canvas, the producer is the artist, and the sound is the paint. Airwaves
- A good teacher is one who helps you become who you feel yourself to be. A good teacher is also one who says something that… Feel
- To write and not tell the truth? That would be death for any writer. But more, it would be death to the imagination. And if… Any
- Often, the human animal dresses terror in rage, and expresses both in a way unlike either. Animal
- Each of us is comprised of stories, stories not only about ourselves but stories about ancestors we never knew and people we've never met. We… Ancestor
- It ain't how long you know somebody that means anything. It's what that person mean to you in your heart. Heart
- Silence was not the absence of sound but was itself a sound that could be loud or soft, soothing or disturbing, complex or simple. Absence
- How can I love you if I don't know what hurts you? Hurt
- Goodness was not a trait you acquired; it was a value you practiced when you were on the verge of doing evil. Acquired
- If I canot know your name, may I light a lamp so I can see your face?' If you sould ever see my face, you… Afraid
- But there are times when a tree can no longer withstand the pain inflicted on it, and the wind will take pity on that tree… All
- But I want you around even when I don't need you. —Jeremy Richards Around Even
- We remember with our emotions. The things that were important in our emotional life, that's what we remember. Emotion
- I'm tired of thinking and I'm really tired of Feeling. —Jenna Richards Feeling
- Some wounds go so deep that you don't even feel them until months, maybe years, later. Deep
- Just because she's dead it doesn't mean I stopped loving her or that she stopped loving me. It's just her body that left. The love… Body
- Being a failure at living your own life as best as you can is better than being a success living the life somebody else says… Best