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title: "3 Michael Bedard Quotes"
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# Michael Bedard

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Michael Bedard is a Canadian children's writer. He was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He graduated from the University of Toronto in 1971 with a BA in philosophy and English. He began writing when his former high school teacher showed him works of Emily Dickinson and T. S. Eliot. Bedar

##  Quotes by Michael Bedard

> [“He stood at the gateway between two worlds, at the place where imagination passed into creation.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bedard/he-stood-at-the-gateway-between-two-worlds-at-the-place-where/)

[Michael Bedard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bedard/)

[Creation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/creation/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70a/michael-bedard-74302_creation_he-stood-at-the-gateway-between-two-worl_406192.jpg)

> [“But there was so much that one had to pretend not to see the incredible clutter that threatened to overtake the entire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bedard/but-there-was-so-much-that-one-had-to-pretend-not-to-see-the/)

[Michael Bedard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bedard/)

[Hoarding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hoarding/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0a/michael-bedard-74302_hoarder_but-there-was-so-much-that-one-had-to-pr_988992.jpg)

> [“Words were few and failing between them as though the silence that sat with them had laid its old lips on theirs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bedard/words-were-few-and-failing-between-them-as-though-the-silence-that/)

[Michael Bedard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bedard/)

[Awkward-silence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/awkward-silence-13408/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89e/michael-bedard-74302_awkward-silence_words-were-few-and-failing-between-them_2746792.jpg)

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