Quotes for All
I almost tell him that I’d never be able to do something like that, just take out my instrument and begin playing on a street corner. But it feels to personal. Yes, I’m shy, but why bring it to his attention? I’m too shy to talk about how shy I am. Andrew Clements
Watch TV or something.” That’s what the note says. So I say to myself, Fine. But I think I’ll do the “or something” part. Andrew Clements
Darkness is only light’s absence. Andrew Clements
Because a real kiss, a kiss that two real people choose to give each other – it’s something that can’t be filmed or photographed or drawn, or even described with words. Because a kiss isn’t what it looks like or how it feels. A real kiss happens down deep inside of two hearts at the … Read more
And I love Jane Austen’s use of language too–the way she takes her time to develop a phrase and gives it room to grow, so that these clever, complex statements form slowly and then bloom in my mind. Beethoven does the same thing with his cadence and phrasing and structure. It’s a fact: Jane Austen … Read more
who says dog means dog? Andrew Clements
Two wrongs don’t make a right, but don’t three lefts make a right? Two wrongs don’t make a right, but don’t two negatives make a positive? Andrew Clements
Dave couldn’t remember the last time a grownup had apologized to him. Andrew Clements
I glance into the faces of all these people out for a Sunday stroll, but I’m not seeing eyes and noses and mouths. I’m seeing stories. Every person has a story. All the hopes and dreams. And fears. And secrets. In every face. Andrew Clements
It is not good to have TOO MUCH of anything. Andrew Clements