Be careful Quote by Avi

I don't like the idea of a book being a test or being used for a test. The way - in my opinion - to make good readers is to let kids choose their own books and not test them.

— Avi

“What was the point of freedom if it only lead to death?”

— Avi

“She can be fierce, but for all of that she's actually kindness itself.”

— Avi

“Something Zachariah told me filled my mind and excited my heart: "A Sailor," he said, "chooses the wind that takes the ship from a safe port…but winds have a mind of their own.”

— Avi

“Laurence, not sure what to do, remained standing below the steps. "And who is this?" Mrs Hamlyn asked. Patrick looked back. "His name is . . . Laurence, mistress." Mrs Hamlyn scrutinized the boy before her. "Where does he come from?" she said, finding him scrawny and dirty. "He came to America on the same ship we did." Mrs Hamlyn…

— Avi

I think you become a writer when you stop writing for yourself or your teachers and start thinking about readers.

— Avi

Now give me a kiss, say you love me and off you go." "Sure, Aunt Lu," I said, and I gave her the kiss she wanted. Then I ran out and caught my bus. I didn't say I loved her. I guess I did. But asking someone to say they love you--and she always asked--is like buying yourself a birthday…

— Avi

All I can think is that when you torment a person...the soul dies. When the soul dies, I suppose mercy dies, too.

— Avi

“The boys, hearing this declaration, allowed not the slightest hint that they had ever heard anything like it before.”

— Avi

Listen and watch the world around you. Don't be satisfied with answers others give you.

— Avi

“The more I came to know of the world, the more I knew I knew it not.”

— Avi