All Natalie Babbitt Quotes
- Don't be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life. You don't have to live forever, you just have to live. Afraid
- Readers are lucky - they will never be bored or lonely. Bored
- The first week of August hangs at the very top of summer, the top of the live-long year, like the highest seat of a Ferris… August
- Nothing seems interesting when it belongs to you, only when it doesn't. Belongs
- Like all magnificent things, it's very simple. All
- For some, time passes slowly. An hour can seem like an eternity. For others, there was never enough. For Jesse Tuck, it didn't exist. Eternity
- Don't fear death, fear the un-lived life Death
- But dying's part of the wheel, right there next to being born. You can't pick out the pieces you like and leave the rest. Being… Blessing
- You dont have to live forever just live. Dont
- Still-there's no use trying to figure why things fall the way they do. Things just are, and fussing don't bring changes. Bring
- Time is like a wheel. Turning and turning - never stopping. And the woods are the center; the hub of the wheel. It began the… Accident
- The first week of August hangs at the very top of summer, the top of the live-long year, like the highest seat of a Ferris… August
- Living's heavy work, but off to one side, the way we are, it's useless, too. It don't make sense. If I knowed how to climb… Beside
- It'd be nice to have a new name, to start with, one that's not all worn out from being called so much. All
- I have always loved astronomy, and being an astronomer once lurked in the back of my mind. But I was never good at algebra. In… Algebra
- I have a wonderful husband, and we have had a great life. Great
- My mother was an artist, and I was fairly good at art as a child. I was always the best drawer in class, except in… Art
- I was born and raised in Ohio. During my childhood, I spent most of my time drawing and reading fairy tales and myths. Born
- Right after graduation, I married Samuel Fisher Babbitt, an academic administrator. I spent the next ten years in Connecticut, Tennessee, and Washington, D.C., raising our… Academic
- I never wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a book illustrator. I used to hurry home from school and draw. Book
- We human beings do a lot of dumb things, and war is certainly the dumbest. Beings
- I grew up wanting only to be an illustrator. I studied art at Laurel School in Cleveland and at Smith College. Art
- I write for children because I am interested in fantasy and the possibilities for experience of all kinds before the time of compromise. I believe… All
- Do not fear death... only the unlived life. You don't have to live forever; You just have to live. Death