Gerry

“When you care about other people, it takes the spotlight off your own drama.”
― Holly Goldberg Sloan, Counting by 7s

“I read because one life isn't enough, and in the page of a book I can be anybody;
I read because the words that build the story become mine, to build my life;
I read not for happy endings but for new beginnings; I'm just beginning myself, and I wouldn't mind a map;
I read because I have friends who don't, and young though they are, they're beginning to run out of material;
I read because every journey begins at the library, and it's time for me to start packing;
I read because one of these days I'm going to get out of this town, and I'm going to go everywhere and meet everybody, and I want to be ready.”
― Richard Peck, Anonymously Yours

“That was the thing about tragedy. It was just sitting there, keeping you company, waiting. And you had absolutely no idea.”
― Kate DiCamillo, Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures

“The only way you can write is by the light of the bridges burning behind you”
― Richard Peck