They say talk is cheap. Maybe so. But kindness is even better—it's free! Free to give. Free to receive. Makes you wonder why there's not more of it, huh? Jerry Spinelli More Quotes by Jerry Spinelli More Quotes From Jerry Spinelli Or maybe you’re merely uncomfortable with uncertainty. Like the rest of the human race. Jerry Spinelli uncomfortable humans race I have a curious background for someone who turns out to be a writer. Jerry Spinelli curious turns backgrounds Events become feelings, feelings become events Jerry Spinelli events feelings I didn't realize we were being watched. We were all being watched Jerry Spinelli realizing You are truly focused when you're so focused that you don't know you're focused. Jerry Spinelli focused knows She taught me to revel. She taught me to wonder. She taught me to laugh. My sense of humor had always measured up to everyone else's; but timid introverted me, I showed it sparingly: I was a smiler. In her presence I threw back my head and laughed out loud for the first time in my life Jerry Spinelli taught laughing firsts I love surprises! That's what is great about reading. When you open a book, you never know what you'll find. Jerry Spinelli surprise reading book She laughed when there was no joke. She danced when there was no music. She had no friends, yet she was the friendliest person in school. Jerry Spinelli no-friends persons school If we are destined to be together again, be happy to know you’ll be getting the real me, not some blubbering half me. Jerry Spinelli together-again real half I’ll still be missing you as much as ever. I’l still smile at the memory of you. I’ll still be - Okay, I’ll say it again - loving you, but I won’t abandon myseld for you. I cannot be faithful to you without being faithful to myself. Jerry Spinelli loving-you missing memories In my mind, I'm writing for everybody. Jerry Spinelli mind writing Many girls have been romanced under the moon, and I don’t mean to say moonlight is overrated, but few I think have known the magic of a sunrise kiss. Jerry Spinelli kissing girl mean He's so cute, I can't help myself. Jerry Spinelli i-can helping cute Why fit in when you're born to stand out? Jerry Spinelli standing-out fit individuality 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. Jerry Spinelli effort eye fall Throughout the day, Stargirl had been dropping money. She was the Johnny Appleseed of loose change: a penny here, a nickel there. Tossed to the sidewalk, laid on a shelf or bench. Even quarters. "I hate change," she said. "It's so . . . jangly." "Do you realize how much you must throw away in a year?" I said. "Did you ever see a little kid's face when he spots a penny on a sidewalk?" Jerry Spinelli hate kids years She dreams a lot. She dreams of Ondines and falling maidens and houses burning in the night. But search her dreams all you like and you'll never find Prince Charming. No knight on a white horse gallops into her dreams to carry her away. When she dreams of love, she dreams of smashed potatoes. Jerry Spinelli horse dream fall Hey, this is it—right now!—the time when you find out who you are and what you can do. And how will you ever know if you don't try new stuff? Jerry Spinelli hey stuff trying They don't live here. They live in Heaven.' Where's that?' I don't know,' I said. 'Enos says it's right here, on this side of the wall, but I never saw an angel over here. Kuba says it's in Russia. Olek says Washington America.' What's Washington America?' Enos says it's a place with no wall and no lice and lots of potatoes. Jerry Spinelli wall russia angel No one on earth is so boring and insignificant that he or she is not worth writing or reading about...One thing's for sure—no one but you can be the hero of your story. Jerry Spinelli reading hero writing
