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Jerry Spinelli Inspirational Quotes (71)

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We live in a silent explosion, Everything is flying away from everything else... flying away... flying away...
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Why fit in when you're born to stand out?
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Live today. Not yesterday. Not tomorrow. Just today. Inhabit your moments. Don't rent them out to tomorrow.
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We were awash in tiny attentions. Small gestures, words, empathies thought to be extinct came to life... We discovered the color of each other's eyes.
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How much better might human communication be if words were as precious as diamonds? If each of us were allotted only 100 words per day?
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I grabbed her, right there outside the lunch room in the swarming mob. I didn't care if others were watching. In fact, i hoped they were. I grabbed her and squeezed her. I had never been so happy and so proud in my life.
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Live today like there's no tomorrow!
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I became a children's author by accident.
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Or maybe you’re merely uncomfortable with uncertainty. Like the rest of the human race.
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He doesn't think. He just does. A nonthinking doer.
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Maybe it was the angle, but her fawn's eyes, looking up at me, seemed larger than ever. I had to make an effort to keep my balance lest I fall into them.
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We long to be found, hoping our searchers have not given up and gone home.
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Life is populated with scarecrows—all those people and things that seem so scary and trouble our sleep. Isn't it nice to know that most of them turn out to be made of nothing but straw?
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You are what you are Which is what? I wondered
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Every name is real. That's the nature of names.
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I seem to have a natural tendency to want to share my own observations and feelings with other people, and writing seems to be the way I'm best equipped to do that.
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Who are you if you lose your favorite person? Can you lose your favorite person without losing yourself? I reach for Stargirl and she's gone. I'm not me anymore.
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Letter from Mr. B: Why does a back scratch feel better coming from somebody else than if you do it yourself?
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The earth is speaking to us, but we can't hear because of all the racket our senses are making. Sometimes we need to erase them, erase our senses. Then - maybe - the earth will touch us. The universe will speak. The stars will whisper.
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Each night I lie down in a graveyard of memories. Moonlight spins a shroud about me.
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If I get a new idea today—or any day—I won't run from it. I won't trash it. If it's something I really want to do—I'll do it.
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The trouble with miracles is, they don't last long.
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I went to Gettysburg College, where the famous Civil War battle was fought. I majored in English. I would've liked to major in writing, but they didn't offer a major in that.
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I felt alone on the planet, drifting through the cosmos. With both hands I reached out to the night. There was no answer. Or maybe I just couldn't hear it.
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