Quote by Jerry Spinelli

“He still heard his mother's voice--"Davey"--rise like whisper-dust from unseen corners in the house, but it was no longer the only voice he heard.…

— Jerry Spinelli

“That was fifteen years ago. Fifteen Valentine's Days.”

— Jerry Spinelli

“History sits on our shoulders, while reading opens our hearts.”

— Jerry Spinelli

Nobody has the time, the time cannot be owned. The time is free to everyone

— Jerry Spinelli

You’ll know her more by your questions than by her answers. Keep looking at her long enough. One day you might see someone you…

— Jerry Spinelli

“When you're inside your own story, you don't see things like a reader. You don't see your life in tidy paragraphs and chapters.”

— Jerry Spinelli

Nobody knows who said it first, but somebody must have: 'Kid's gotta be a maniac.

— Jerry Spinelli

“There's nothing sadder than a sobbing waffle.”

— Jerry Spinelli

“But feelings, they don't care about telling. They just go right on, piling on top of one another like a big sandwich.”

— Jerry Spinelli

“chewed time like a wad of bubble gum and stretched it across the darkness all the way to dawn, when the light at the…

— Jerry Spinelli

He was the Grand Marshall of our Everyday Parade

— Jerry Spinelli

“When the sun is a bike ride away, I will hear it. It will sound like wind in treetops. I will awaken.”

— Jerry Spinelli