Shelley Pearsall > Quotes

“Some angels are like peacocks. Others are less flashy. Like city pigeons. It all depends on the wings.”
― Shelley Pearsall, The Seventh Most Important Thing

“First off, it’s not junk,” Arthur said, his voice rising. “It started on an island in World War II. With things from an island. It started with Death and War.”
― Shelley Pearsall, The Seventh Most Important Thing

“rap,”
― Shelley Pearsall, All of the Above

“Fear not.”
― Shelley Pearsall

“Words just seemed like they had always been there, surrounding me from birth. Like oxygen.”
― Shelley Pearsall, Things Seen from Above

“I'm the artist and no one can tell me what art to make.”
― Shelley Pearsall, Things Seen from Above

“In other words, there could be a lot of reasons why people decided to save some things and why they threw others away—reasons that might not make any sense until you dug much deeper.”
― Shelley Pearsall, The Seventh Most Important Thing

“Your Honor.”
― Shelley Pearsall, The Seventh Most Important Thing

“WHERE THERE IS NO VISION, THE PEOPLE PERISH.”
― Shelley Pearsall, The Seventh Most Important Thing

“What”
― Shelley Pearsall, The Seventh Most Important Thing

“I would like to say that for a nosebleed, it is best to sit up and lean forward slightly. Then you pinch your nose together lightly until the bleeding stops.”
― Shelley Pearsall, Things Seen from Above

“However, I came to the conclusion a long time ago that people often see only what they expect to see. If they don't expect much they don't see much.”
― Shelley Pearsall, Things Seen from Above

“He would punish death for what it had done. He would punish everybody.”
― Shelley Pearsall, The Seventh Most Important Thing

“We need to show the younger kids how to get along with each other and accept each other's talents and differences.”
― Shelley Pearsall, Things Seen from Above

“Joey hated reading. From above, most words were confusing and dangerous. They stretched across the page in endless rows of peaks and valleys.”
― Shelley Pearsall, Things Seen from Above

“In other words, there could be a lot of reasons why people decided to save some things and why they threw others away - reasons that might not make any sense until you dug much deeper.”
― Shelley Pearsall

“coward.”
― Shelley Pearsall, The Seventh Most Important Thing

“Our outlines kept moving and changing every day-- and there was no telling who we would eventually become.”
― Shelley Pearsall, Things Seen from Above

“Sometimes when I'm feeling overwhelmed, I try ro look at things the way Joey did. From above. It always makes big problems seem smaller.”
― Shelley Pearsall, Things Seen from Above

“Hampton”
― Shelley Pearsall, The Seventh Most Important Thing