Peggy Cates

“There is a kind of light that can shine in anyone, if they give themselves the space to shine. ”
― Iain S. Thomas, Every Word You Cannot Say

“At the same time, we held back. Because she was different. Different. We had no one to compare her to, no one to measure her against.”
― Jerry Spinelli, Stargirl

“And each night in bed I thought of her as the moon came through my window. I could have lowered my shade to make it darker and easier to sleep, but I never did. In that moonlit hour, I acquired a sense of the otherness of things. I liked the feeling the moonlight gave me, as if it wasn't the opposite of day, but its underside, its private side...”
― Jerry Spinelli, Stargirl

“What she saw, she felt. Her eyes went straight to her heart.”
― Jerry Spinelli, Stargirl