28 Quotes by Nora Raleigh Baskin

Some people, like teachers and librarians and other adults, like to say that names are not important. Like sticks and stones. But they are wrong.Every word you choose means something you think it means, and more.

That's what it says in my IEP, which is more letters. More initials that define who I am. (pg. 58-59)

All we are, all we can be, are the stories we tell," he says, and he is talking as if he is talking only to me. "Long after we are gone, our words will be all that is left, and who is to say what really happened or even what reality is? Our stories, our fiction, our words will be as close to truth as can be. And no one can take that away from you.

Because there is a need to hear one story and to tell another.

In fact, being a unique individual is as much of a farce as trying to be like everyone else. Maybe more.

Why do people want everyone to act just like they do? Talk like they do. Look like they do. Act like they do. And if you don’t – If you don’t, people make the assumption that you do not FEEL what they feel. And then they make the assumption – That you must not feel anything at all.

When I write, I can be heard. And known. But nobody has to look at me. Nobody has to see me at all.

Courage is contagious: When one person of courage stands up, others are affected and stand up with him.

Because it was a selfish prayer, and selfish prayers don’t get answered.