Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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I once fell 20 feet from a tree, was knocked unconscious, and when I picked myself up and straggled home, my parents thought I was making it up. However, when my brother and I fabricated a story about an encounter with a bear, they believed that! So maybe I learned very early on that fiction was more interesting to listeners!

Sharon Creech's Popular Quotes

When I read good stories, I want to write good stories too.

- Sharon Creech

Life is like a bowl of spaghetti. Every once in a while, you get a meatball.

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My granny Torrelli says when you are angry with someone, so angry you are thinking hateful things, so angry maybe you want to punch them, then you sh…

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A library is the door to many lives.

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You know, maybe that's all anybody wants, is to be useful. And have somebody else notice it.

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Then I thought, boy, isn't that just typical? You wait and wait and wait for something, and then when it happens, you feel sad.

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Sometimes you know in your heart you love someone, but you have to go away before your head can figure it out.

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A person isn't a bird. You can't cage a person.

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You can't keep the birds of sadness from flying over your head, but you can keep them from nesting in your hair.

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