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Them Quotes by Jerry Spinelli
- I listen to the summer symphony outside my window. Truthfully, it's not a symphony at all. There's no tune, no melody, only the same notes…
- And the more you love someone, the safer it is to be mad at them. Love can handle mad, no problem.
- Nobody told me how hard it was going to be to get published. I wrote four novels that nobody wanted, sent them out all over,…
- Kids still can be said to live in their own little world. Even if their parents are helicoptering around them, assigning play dates and so…
- Now I don't really write for adults or kids - I don't write for kids, I write about them. I think you need to do…
- Live today. Not yesterday. Not tomorrow. Just today. Inhabit your moments. Don’t rent them out to tomorrow. Do you know what you’re doing when you…
- The earth is speaking to us, but we can't hear because of all the racket our senses are making. Sometimes we need to erase them,…
- A mockingbird has moved into our neighborhood. It perches atop a telephone pole behind our backyard. Every morning it is the first thing I hear.…
- Best friends are always together, always whispering and laughing and running, always at each other's house, having dinner, sleeping over. They are practically adopted by…
- Vowels were something else. He didn't like them and they didn't like him. There were only five of them, but they seemed to be everywhere.…
- Life is populated with scarecrows—all those people and things that seem so scary and trouble our sleep. Isn't it nice to know that most of…
- I'm that way, goofy as it sounds. Sometimes I don't want things to happen-I'm talking about good things, even wonderful things-because once they happen, I…
- Why do we wrap things? Usually to protect them. The more fragile they are, the more important the wrapping. Your dream is prey to many…
- She's alone, they kept telling themselves, and surely she danced in no one's arms, yet somehow that seemed to matter less and less. As the…
- Maybe it was the angle, but her fawn's eyes, looking up at me, seemed larger than ever. I had to make an effort to keep…
- Live today. Not yesterday. Not tomorrow. Just today. Inhabit your moments. Don't rent them out to tomorrow.
- You know, there's a place we all inhabit, but we don't much think about it, we're scarcely conscious of it, and it lasts for less…
More Them Quotes
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see… — Paul Auster