I caught a glimpse of happiness, and saw it was a bird on a branch, fixing to take wing. — Richard Peck Bird Copy Share Image
I read because one of these days I'm going to get out of this town, and I'm going to go everywhere and… — Richard Peck Ready Copy Share Image
...they'd just tell you to turn the other cheek, wouldn't they?...Trouble is, Mrs. Dowdel observed, after you've turned the other cheek four… — Richard Peck Four Copy Share Image
“The Shambaughs came, bringing Letty. She simpered up to me. Her eyes summed up the lace tippets on my Princess dress and… — Richard Peck Copy Share Image
Writing is communication, not self-expression. Nobody in this world wants to read your diary except your mother. — Richard Peck Communication Copy Share Image
The years went by, and Mary Alice and I grew up, Slower than we wanted to, faster than we realized. — Richard Peck Faster Copy Share Image
“I read because one life isn't enough, and in the page of a book I can be anybody; I read because the… — Richard Peck Books Copy Share Image
Grandma, how old is she?" "Oh I don't know." Grandma said. "You'd have to cut off her head and count the rings… — Richard Peck Cutting Copy Share Image
We don't write what we know. We write what we wonder about. — Richard Peck Inspirational Copy Share Image
“Never worry about a book corrupting a child. Worry if your children are not getting ideas from books.” — Richard Peck Book Copy Share Image
I read because one life isn't enough and in the pages of a book, I can be anybody. — Richard Peck Book Copy Share Image
“And I'll tell you something else for free. If you set a foot over that doorsill, I'll wring your red neck.” — Richard Peck Copy Share Image
“At last she said, "Them Burdicks isn't worth the powder and shot to blow them up. They're like a pack of hound… — Richard Peck Copy Share Image
“She said that time was like the Mississippi River. It only flows in one direction. She meant you could never go back.… — Richard Peck Mississippi river Copy Share Image
Martin Wilson's What They Always Tell Us hears the voices of the young as they struggle toward adulthood... — Richard Peck Adulthood Copy Share Image
Anyone who thinks small towns are friendlier than big cities lives in a big city. — Richard Peck Big cities Copy Share Image
“As I pen these words to leave a lasting record, I wonder myself where it all began.” — Richard Peck Began Copy Share Image
I'm so far gone that I'm telling the truth. It sounds like a foreign language. — Richard Peck Foreign language Copy Share Image
This is how you hold onto your family. You hold them with open hands so they are free to find futures of… — Richard Peck Family Copy Share Image
Never trust an ugly woman. She's got a grudge against the world,' said Grandma who was no oil painting herself. — Richard Peck Grandma Copy Share Image
