Jacqueline Woodson, Brown Girl Dreaming Quotes

But on paper, things can live forever. On paper, a butterfly never dies.

When there are many worldsyou can choose the oneyou walk into each day.

My mother has a gap betweenher two front teeth. So does Daddy Gunnar.Each child in this family has the same spaceconnecting us.

Y'all know how much I love you? "Infinity and back again, " I say the way I've said it a million times. And then, daddy says to me, "go on and add a little bit more to that.

Do you remember?' Someone's always asking andsomeone else, always does

Nothing in the world is like this-a bright white page withpale blue lines. The smell of a newly sharpened pencilthe soft hush of itmoving finallyone dayinto letters.