Sharon M. Draper Quotes
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Thoughts need words. Words need a voice.
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Without the local library in my neighborhood, I don’t think I would have grown up to be a writer or a teacher.
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She talked to me like I was just like any other student, not a kid in a wheelchair.
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It can connect us to memories. It can influence our mood and our responses to problems we might face.
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Teachers must be celebrated for moving civilization from ignorance to enlightenment, from apathy to responsibility.
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Do not let anyone stop you from succeding
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But I'll always love you, and I'll always miss you and I'll never forget that It's okay to put dragons in the jungle and tears…
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I learned to dream through reading, learned to create dreams through writing, and learned to develop dreamers through teaching. I shall always be a dreamer.
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Go ahead and cry, Andy. Don't be afraid of those tears. Sometimes they help to wash the soul clean.
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Words. I'm surrounding by thousands of words. Maybe millions...Deep within me, words pile up in huge drifts. Mountains of phrases and sentences and connected ideas.…
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Do you know what courage is? I guess you don't. Do you know that the courage it took at that moment - to actually blow…
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One series of notes, high and delicate, sang of a sweet moonlight kiss gone sour; another line of music rippled with regret over opportunities forever…
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Words have always swirled around me like snowflakes-each one delicate and different, each one melting untouched in my hands.
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[A] person is so much more than the name of a diagnosis on a chart.
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What would you do if you could fly?" Mrs. V asks as she glances from the bird to me. "Is that on the quiz?" I…
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I believe in me. And my family does. And Mrs. V. It's the rest of the world I'm not so sure of.
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By the way, there is nothing cute about a pink wheelchair. Pink doesn't change a thing.
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