86 Quotes by Sharon M. Draper

I hate that word, by the way. Retarded. I.

By the way, there is nothing cute about a pink wheelchair. Pink doesn’t change a thing.

They make computers for the special eddies?” “It talks? Mine doesn’t do that.” “You don’t need yours to talk!” “It sounds weird.” “So do you.

It can connect us to memories. It can influence our mood and our responses to problems we might face.

A library filled with thousands of books waiting for a thirsty kid like me to gulp them down.

Do you know what courage is? I guess you don’t. Do you know that the courage it took at that moment – to actually blow yourself away – was more than enough courage to keep on living?

It’s hard to imagine you and Daddy as ever being young and foolish. I figured you just appeared one day, fully grown and knowing all the answers,” she teased.

Without the local library in my neighborhood, I don’t think I would have grown up to be a writer or a teacher.

Stella’s father hesitated. “Georgia supports me, but she was a mite trembly this morning. I brought Stella though.“He squeezed her shoulders affectionately. “I don’t want to just tell her about bravery – I want to show her what it looks like.