Quote by Jandy Nelson Download Open image ““(SELF-PORTRAIT: Boy Remakes World Before World Remakes Boy)”” — Jandy Nelson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“The world was always going to be remade by people who were too busy to remake themselves first and who left the world twice… — Nick Joaquín Copy Share Image
“The book has gone out into the world and the world has remade it.” — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“YOU SEE THE WORLD THAT YOU HAVE MADE, BUT YOU DO NOT SEE YOURSELF AS THE IMAGE-MAKER.” — Gabrielle Bernstein Copy Share Image
“It occurred to Mo that he didn't have any pictures of himself as a boy. Every photo he owned, every memento of his life,… — Leonard Pitts Jr Copy Share Image
“All I wanted was my art and the chance to be the creator of my own world, my own reality.” — Charlotte Eriksson Copy Share Image
“A boy, if he's lucky, discovers his limitations across a leisurely passage of years, with a self-awareness arriving slowly. That way, at least he… — Ron Suskind Copy Share Image
“The world as first seen by the child becomes his lifelong standard of excellence, mindless of the fact he is admiring the ruins of… — William Stolzenburg Copy Share Image
“In all the photos I see the boy I once knew and the man he became, a flawed but decent man whom I grew… — Elizabeth Stone Copy Share Image
“I want to remake the whole world; anything less is not worth the trouble.” — Karen Cushman Copy Share Image
And then he smiles, and in all the places around the globe where it's night, day breaks. — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
Or maybe a person is just made up of a lot of peopleMaybe we’re accumulating these new selves all the time. Hauling them in… — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
“How can people die when you’re in a fight with them? When you’re smack in the middle of hating them? When absolutely nothing between… — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
I wonder why bereaved people even bother with mourning clothes when the grief itself provides such an unmistakable wardrobe. — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
... if you're someone who knows the worst thing can happen at any time, aren't you also someone who knows the best thing can… — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
“I want my sister. I want to hurl a building at God. I take a breath and exhale with enough force to blow the… — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
Grief is forever. It doesn't go away; it becomes part of you, step for step, breath for breath. — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
“Una y otra vez, día tras día, me esforcé por ser vista. Solo quería que me prestara atención, no que me dejara tirada en… — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
grief is a house where the chairs have forgotten how to hold us the mirrors how to reflect us the walls how to contain… — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
He murmers into my hair, "Forget what I said earlier, let's stick with this, I might not survive anything more." I laugh. Then he… — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
“Listen to me. It takes a lot of courage to be true to yourself, true to your heart. You always have been very brave… — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
