I cannot just write a frivolous book, a la-di-da book. Everything isn't la-di-da. There is something that's going to pull you up short. I want to reassure young readers. I want to comfort them, to not fear the unexpected.
When I read good stories, I want to write good stories too. - Sharon Creech
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. - Sharon Creech
Life is like a bowl of spaghetti. Every once in a while, you get a meatball.
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… - Sharon Creech
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…
A library is the door to many lives. - Sharon Creech
A library is the door to many lives.
You know, maybe that's all anybody wants, is to be useful. And have somebody else notice it. - Sharon Creech
You know, maybe that's all anybody wants, is to be useful. And have somebody else notice it.
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. - Sharon Creech
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.
Sometimes you know in your heart you love someone, but you have to go away before your head can figure it out. - Sharon Creech
Sometimes you know in your heart you love someone, but you have to go away before your head can figure it out.
A person isn't a bird. You can't cage a person. - Sharon Creech
A person isn't a bird. You can't cage a person.
You can't keep the birds of sadness from flying over your head, but you can keep them from nesting in your hair. - Sharon Creech
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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