Stephanie S. Tolan > Quotes

“How do we know imagination isn't just a different way of knowing something? A message from outside.”
― Stephanie S. Tolan, Welcome to the Ark

“Education is an adventurous quest for the meaning of life, involving an ability to think things through. --Z. Applewhite.”
― Stephanie S. Tolan

“It's lonely at midnight in the nuthouse.”
― Stephanie S. Tolan, Welcome to the Ark

“Every living thing is a spirit.”
― Stephanie S. Tolan, Listen!

“What you hear depends on how you listen.”
― Stephanie S. Tolan, Listen!

“Kids learn not so much from what they're taught as from what they do.”
― Stephanie S. Tolan, Applewhites at Wit's End

“....You all have another month to encourage these kids to do what they do best-"
"Not just what they do best!" E.D. protested.
Jake nodded. "If that's all they do, how will they ever find out the rest of who they are?”
― Stephanie S. Tolan, Applewhites at Wit's End

“She had s feeling the adults were going to let the kids do whatever they could think of short of murder and mayhem.She remembered a term from a program she had seen on television: plausible deniability. This way, if things went wrong somehow, the adults could all say they hadn't known about any of it.”
― Stephanie tolan Applewhite's at Wit's End

“There are no small parts, only small actors.’ You have a big part and you just need to let yourself grow into it.”
― Stephanie S. Tolan, Applewhites Coast to Coast: An Outlandish Middle Grade Adventure About a Creative Family's Road Trip for Kids

“Hal...cleared his throat."....Doing the hard stuff's what makes it an adventure.”
― Stephanie S. Tolan, Applewhites at Wit's End

“I'd probably be in another county by now if I'd been able to get the door open, she thought as she reached the top of the stairs.”
― Stephanie S. Tolan, Who's There?

“She didn’t want her sister to see her crying.”
― Stephanie S. Tolan, Applewhites at Wit's End: A Humorous Middle-Grade Sequel About Saving a Summer Camp for Kids

“Chapter Six”
― Stephanie S. Tolan, Applewhites Coast to Coast: An Outlandish Middle Grade Adventure About a Creative Family's Road Trip for Kids

“Will let go of his handlebars then and crossed his arms over his chest as they began to gather speed on the downward slope. "Where there's a Will, there's a way!”
― Stephanie S. Tolan, Who's There?

“Nobody cares about the guys who lose.”
― Stephanie S. Tolan, Applewhites Coast to Coast: An Outlandish Middle Grade Adventure About a Creative Family's Road Trip for Kids