86 Quotes by Sharon M. Draper

We were no longer a whole, but three separate pieces. A mom. A dad. A kid sliced in half. Actually, that made us four pieces – ’cause I have to be two people: Mom’s Izzy and Dad’s Isabella.

I don’t think they get paid very much, because they never stay very long. But they should get a million dollars. What they do is really hard, and I don’t think most folks get that. It.

Chocolate family meets vanilla family in the artificial reality that is a mall. Caramel daughter caught helplessly between the two.

Yesterday your heart was broken because they left you.

It’s like I live in a cage with no door and no key. And I have no way to tell someone how to get me out.

Earthquake report: Call the paramedics. A girl in fifth grade is about to explode.

Earthquake report: Walls are tumbling everywhere!

I believe in me. And my family does. And Mrs. V. It’s the rest of the world I’m not so sure of.

Step, fart. Step, fart. Step, fart.