Rebecca Stead Quotes

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• But every person has to learn to accept what has happened in the past. Without bitterness. Or there is no point in continuing with life.
• Life is really just a bunch of nows, one after the other.
• The writing process is not just putting down one page after another-it's a lot of writing and then rewriting, restructuring the story, changing the way…
• Beautiful and fresh, Girl Saves Boy is full of the absolute truth-life is complicated. I could not put it down.
• If I'm afraid of someone on the street, I'll turn to him (it's always a boy) and say, "Excuse me, do you happen to know…
• Sometimes you never feel meaner than the moment you stop being mean.
• Well, it's simple to love someone," she said. "But it's hard to know when you need to say it out loud.
• Didn't you ever have a father yourself? You don't want him for a reason. You want him because he's your father.' So I figured it's…
• I'm an old man, and she's gone now. So don't worry, okay?
• Sometimes you never feel meaner than the moment you stop being mean. It's like how turning on a light makes you realize how dark the…
• Pajamas are good for the soul.
• Trying to forget really doesn't work. In fact, it's pretty much the same as remembering. But I tried to forget anyway, and to ignore the…
• Einstein says common sense is just habit of thought. It's how we're used to thinking about things, but a lot of the time it just…
• I don't know. I just feel stuck, like I'm afraid to take any steps, in case they're the wrong ones.
• Like when that man was running down Broadway stark naked and we all had to eat in the cafeteria while the police tried to catch…
• Many of the books on my list are, in my opinion, amazing. Some I didn't like. But I give them all five stars, because stars…
• I still think about the letter you asked me to write. It nags at me, even though you're gone and there's no one to give…
• Boredom is what happens to people who have no control over their minds.
• Life is a million different dots making one gigantic picture. And maybe the big picture is nice, maybe it's amazing, but if you're standing with…
• Mom's always telling me to smile and hoping I'll turn into a smiley person, which, to be honest, is kind of annoying.

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