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I think only once in your life do you find someone that you say, Hey, this is the person I want to spend the rest of my time on this earth with. And if you miss it, or walk away from it, or even maybe, blink - it's gone.

Jacqueline Woodson

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Jacqueline Woodson
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: February 12
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No matter how big you get, it's still okay to cry because everybody's got a right to their own tears.
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I think people are sometime reluctant to read outside of their own race. This is heartbreaking.
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I'm always wondering if he'll return. Sometimes I pray that he doesn't. And sometimes I hope he will. I wish on falling stars and eyelashes. Absence isn't solid the way death is. It's fluid, like language. And it hurts so much...so, so much.
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But on paper, things can live forever. On paper, a butterfly never dies.
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I think it's important to remember that writing is a gift and our stories are gifts to ourselves and to the world and sometimes giving isn't always the easiest thing to do but it comes back.
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That's what makes best friends. It's not whether or not you live on the same block or go to the same school, but how you feel about each other in your hearts.
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If I loved someone enough, I would go anywhere in the world with them. —Staggerlee
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Yes, writing is not easy. But can any writer imagine NOT writing?
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I don't know how women stop being friends with other women.
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