109 Quotes by Natalie Babbitt

Midville’s best street was High Street. It was up on a hill. Not much of a hill, to tell the truth, but in that part of the state, the flat south-central part, hills are not taken for granted.

Life’s got to be lived, no matter how long or short.

A fresh breeze lifted Winnie’s hair, and from somewhere in the village behind them a dog barked.

You can’t have living without dying.

She’s gone,” he answered.

What is your suggestion for someone who wants to start writing? Be a reader. It’s the only real way to learn how to tell a story.

And finally she had sobbed the only truth there was into her mother’s shoulder, the only explanation: the Tucks were her friends. She had done it because – in spite of everything, she loved them.

And soon they were rolling on again, leaving Treegap behind, and as they went, the tinkling little melody of a music box drifted out behind them and was lost at last far down the road.

Life always seems to have worries, even if you own a big and beautiful house on the best street in town.