I love how much love there is in the world of young adult and children's literature.
Interpretation
The quote expresses admiration for the abundance of love found in young adult and children's literature.
Jacqueline Woodson highlights the rich emotional landscape present in young adult and children's literature, emphasizing that these stories often center around themes of love, connection, and empathy. This genre serves as a vital space for young readers to explore their own feelings and the complexities of relationships, showcasing the transformative power of love in storytelling.
In practice
In a speech about the importance of reading, one might use this quote to highlight the emotional impact of literature on young minds.
'Brown Girl Dreaming' was a book I had a lot of doubts about - mainly, would this story be meaningful to anyone besides me? My editor, Nancy Paulsen, kept assuring me, but there were moments when I was in a really sad place with the story for so many reasons. It wasn't an easy book to write - emotionally, physically, or creatively.
In the midst of observing the world and coming to consciousness, I was becoming a writer, and what I wanted to put on the page were the stories of people who looked like me.
Sometimes you do have to laugh to keep from crying. And sometimes the world feels all right and good and kind of like it's becoming nice again around you. And you realize it, and realize how happy you are in it, and you just gotta laugh.
I don't want anyone to walk through the world feeling invisible ever again.
The strength of my mother is something I didn't pay attention to for so long. Here she was, this single mom, who was part of the Great Migration, who was part of a Jim Crow south, who said, 'I'm getting my kids out of here. I'm creating opportunities for these young people by any means necessary.'
I would have written 'Brown Girl Dreaming' if no one had ever wanted to buy it, if it went nowhere but inside a desk drawer that my own children pulled out one day to find a tool for survival, a symbol of how strong we are and how much we've come through.
She's beautiful, and therefore to be wooed; She is a woman, therefore to be won.
What love we've given, we'll have forever.
Everything comes from love, all is ordained for the salvation of man, God does nothing without this goal in mind.
That is what fame is, isn't it? To get the world to fall in love with you.
Send Love in Some Form to those you Believe have Wronged you, & Notice How Much Better you Feel
If you want your life to be a small part of eternity, to be lucid even in the heart of madness, love... Love with all your strength, love as though it is all you know how to do, love enough to make the gods themselves jealous... for it is in love that all ugliness reveals its beauty.
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