Now give me a kiss, say you love me and off you go." "Sure, Aunt Lu," I said, and I gave her the kiss she wanted. Then I ran out and caught my bus. I didn't say I loved her. I guess I did. But asking someone to say they love you--and she always asked--is like buying yourself a birthday present. It's more than likely exactly what you want. But it must make you feel awfully sad to get it.
I want my readers to feel, to think, sometimes to laugh. But most of all I want them to enjoy a good read. - Avi
I want my readers to feel, to think, sometimes to laugh. But most of all I want them to enjoy a good read.
- Avi
A sailor may choose the wind to ride out of seaport, but the wind has a mind of it's own. - Avi
A sailor may choose the wind to ride out of seaport, but the wind has a mind of it's own.
Now give me a kiss, say you love me and off you go." "Sure, Aunt Lu," I said, and I gave her the kiss she wanted. Then I ran out and caught my bus. I… - Avi
Now give me a kiss, say you love me and off you go." "Sure, Aunt Lu," I said, and I gave her the kiss she wanted. Then I ran out and caught my bus. I…
There is a limit to how much a seer wishes to see. - Avi
There is a limit to how much a seer wishes to see.
I think you become a writer when you stop writing for yourself or your teachers and start thinking about readers. - Avi
I think you become a writer when you stop writing for yourself or your teachers and start thinking about readers.
I try to write about complex issues--young people in an adult world-- full of irony and contradiction in a narrative style that relies heavily on sus… - Avi
I try to write about complex issues--young people in an adult world-- full of irony and contradiction in a narrative style that relies heavily on sus…
There are those who'd rob a blind man of his eyelashes if they could. - Avi
There are those who'd rob a blind man of his eyelashes if they could.
All I can think is that when you torment a person...the soul dies. When the soul dies, I suppose mercy dies, too. - Avi
All I can think is that when you torment a person...the soul dies. When the soul dies, I suppose mercy dies, too.
Let's agree then . . . if you're about to come to a conclusion, you'll head off in another direction. You might even find your own voice. - Avi
Let's agree then . . . if you're about to come to a conclusion, you'll head off in another direction. You might even find your own voice.
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