People Quote by Sharon Creech

“What exactly did people do when they had all the time in the world and could do whatever they liked?”

Sharon Creech

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Man needs bread and hyacinths: one to feed the body, and one to feed the soul.

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“By the time I got to the bottom, I understood what Guthrie ment when he shouted LIBERO! It was a celebration of being alive.”

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I wondered about Mrs. Winterbottom and what she meant about living a tiny life. If she didn't like all that baking and cleaning and jumping up to get bottles of nail polish remover and sewing hems, why did she do it? Why didn't she tell them to do some of the things themselves? Maybe she was afraid there would be…

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“What's important is the ambition that results from our weakness.”

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“I could tell you an extensively strange story, I warned. Oh, good! Gram said. Delicious!”

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I wish that every baby everywhere could land in a family that wanted that baby as much as we want ours.

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