124 Quotes by Sharon Creech

Gramps said, ‘How about a story? Spin us a yarn.

A person isn’t a bird. You can’t cage a person.

Let’s get out of here, my mother said.

I tried. Can’t do it. Brain’s empty.

On their way home, John said, “Marta, that’s a long way to go so that Jacob can have a friend.” “Shh,” Marta said. “Ears.” “What?” “We all have ears. Everyone in this car can hear, John.” “Well, of course we all have ears. Oh.

Once ‘Walk Two Moons’ received the Newbery Medal, I decided to write full-time. Partly because there seemed to be an audience out there who wanted to read what I wanted to write, and partly because I could now support myself financially through writing.

I hated her that day. I didn’t care how upset she was about her mother, I really hated her, and I wanted her to leave. I wondered if this was how my father felt when I threw all those temper tantrums. Maybe he hated me for a while.

Something I am wondering: if you cannot hear do you have no sounds in your head? Do you see a silent movie.

At home that night, I was working on my mythology report when Phoebe called. She was whispering. When she went downstairs to say good night to her father, he was sitting in his favorite chair staring at the television, but the television wasn’t on. If she didn’t know her father better, she would have though he had been crying. ‘But my father never cries,’ she said.