Jaydyn

“I love the smell of my mother’s hair after she washes it.
I love the feel of the scratchy stubble on my father’s face before he shaves.
But I’ve never been able to tell them.”
― Sharon M. Draper, Out of My Mind

“What would you do if you could fly?" Mrs. V asks as she glances from the bird to me.
"Is that on the quiz?" I ask, grinning as I type.
"I think we've studied just about everything else." Mrs. V chuckles.
"I'd be scared to let go," I type.
"Afraid you'd fall?" she asks.
"No. Afraid it would feel so good, I'd just fly away.”
― Sharon M. Draper, Out of My Mind

“By the way, there is nothing cute about a pink wheelchair. Pink doesn't change a thing.”
― Sharon M. Draper, Out of My Mind

“[A] person is so much more than the name of a diagnosis on a chart.”
― Sharon M. Draper, Out of My Mind