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There's me in every character I put on the pages.
Jacqueline Woodson
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Jacqueline Woodson
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: February 12
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Columbus
Ohio
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Every
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Time comes to us softly, slowly. It sits beside us for a while. Then, long before we are ready, it moves on.
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Because I write realistic fiction, I generally don't think about fixing anyone - I just think about how I want to feel at the end of the book - And I try to write toward that feeling.
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I'm not afraid of silence. You know, I'm not afraid to sit in a room and have the conversation drop into silence. I think that's a very southern thing.
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If I loved someone enough, I would go anywhere in the world with them. —Staggerlee
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