179 Quotes by Walter Dean Myers

I think that if we can't go back, then we should try even harder to go forward. And I do want to go forward, to a place where loving someone because they have a gentle smile and a friendly hello is as easy as it once was.

My life is not packaged, Not tidy. There are leftover strands and jagged Edges that cut even my friends.

Forever in your arms Is where I want to be Holding you close Within the space That once held only me... Forever in your warmth The place for me and you I feel the sun Our life's just begun I know you feel it too

You cannot live this life anymore without the ability to read.

People told me to give up trying to be special and settle down to a regular life. There ain't nothing wrong with a regular life, and that's the Lord's truth...but it wasn't for me, because I wanted to be something special. I knew how easy it was for a dream to die. I seen that all around me. You could let it die by just looking the other way.

Children have adopted a consumerist attitude – I dare you to entertain me.

We all think we’re different, but when it comes around, we end up needing the same things. Somebody to love us. Somebody to respect us.

America believes what’s good for us is good for the world. It’s very difficult to understand that that’s not necessarily true.

Sometimes I feel like I have walked into the middle of a movie. Maybe I can make my own movie. The film will be the story of my life. No, not my life, but of this experience. I’ll call it what the lady who is the prosecutor called me. MONSTER.