14 Quotes by Jacqueline Woodson about thinking
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I love slow readers. And readers who think about what I've written, think about how it's written - and copy me!
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I actually don't think of whiteness and heterosexuality as 'the norm'. Maybe there are people who still do but none of them are close friends of mine.
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I'm not afraid of silence. You know, I'm not afraid to sit in a room and have the conversation drop into silence. I think that's a very southern thing.
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I think only once in your life do you find someone that you say, "Hey, this is the person I want to spend the rest of my time on this earth with." And if you miss it, or walk away from it, or even maybe, blink - it's gone.
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I think people are sometime reluctant to read outside of their own race. This is heartbreaking.
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I think writers are the history keepers, right? We're the ones who are bearing witness to what's going on in the world. And I feel like it's our job to put that down on paper, and put it out into the world, so that it can be remembered.
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Mama was always saying I was a brain snob, that I didn't like people who didn't think. I didn't know if that was snobby. Who wanted to walk around explaining everything to people all the time?
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I think I'd rather have my heart broke than do the breaking. —Lena
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I couldnt be a writer without hope. I think I became a writer because Im pretty optimistic.
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