Top 30 Andrew Clements Quotes
#1. Sooner or later,reality does occor and when it does, all the lies show up, like blood on snow.
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#2. But of course, all of this is just a silly fad, and when you add an "e" to fad, you get fade. And I predict this fad will fade.
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#3. We just have to go to that next class, read that next chapter, help that next person. You simply have to do that next good thing, and before you know it, you're living a good life.
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#4. But fear doesn't need doors and windows. It works from the inside.
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#5. The highest praise is when a kid says, 'This book feels so real; this could have happened at my school.'
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#7. I have my own story, and I love my story, but I know I can't tell it alone, not now. Because stories have centers, but they don't have edges. No boundaries.
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#8. Robert said, "This is great, huh? Sorry to butt in and everything, but I really need the extra points. For my grade."
Ben nodded and tried to smile. Right, for his grade. He probably wanted to get an A++ in social studies instead of just an A+
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#9. This item belongs to Mrs. Granger and she may call it anything she likes.
-With love from Nicholas Allen
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#10. Part of being a fiction writer is being able to imagine how someone else is thinking and feeling. I think I've always been good at that.
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#11. I had a high school English teacher who made me really work at writing. And once, when I got an assignment back, she'd written: 'This is so good, Andrew. This should be published!' That made a big impression on me.
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#12. I think the reason I'm a writer is because first, I was a reader. I loved to read. I read a lot of adventure stories and mystery books, and I have wonderful memories of my mom reading picture books aloud to me. I learned that words are powerful.
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#13. My sister called her pillow a pilgo. My brother called his pacifier his nimma. But I don't think I was much of a word generator myself.
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#14. And then I see what she means. Because I did have to tell her, just like she had to tell me all of this. I had to trust her. Sometimes you have to tell someone else what it's like. Because if you don't, you'll go nuts.
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#15. Watch TV or something." That's what the note says.
So I say to myself, Fine. But I think I'll do the "or something" part.
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#16. There's so much made of the exceptional and the celebrity, the famous, and the wannabees.
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#17. Okay heres the deal a whole day of NO TALKING IN SCJHOOL.Not in class,not in the halls, not on the plaground nowhere.No talking at all. And its a contest- BOYS AGAINST GIRLS. Whichever side talks less, wins.
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#19. Two wrongs don't make a right, but don't three lefts make a right? Two wrongs don't make a right, but don't two negatives make a positive?
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#20. A singing goat is like reading books, I love goats and dinosaurs.-Albert Einstein
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#21. I glance into the faces of all these people out for a Sunday stroll, but I'm not seeing eyes and noses and mouths. I'm seeing stories. Every person has a story. All the hopes and dreams. And fears. And secrets.
In every face.
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#22. Dave couldn't remember the last time a grownup had apologized to him.
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#23. Aha. The mom doesn't know. She's fishing. This next part has to be just right, or I'm blacklisted by the mother and hated by the daughter. The first would be an inconvenience; the second would be a tragedy.
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#25. I get wonderful letters from kids and teachers. I must have the best readers in the world.
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#28. He spotted Jill sitting about thirty feet away, face tipped toward the sun, her straight brown hair tucked behind one ear and slanted across her neck. And Ben decided that when her mouth wasn't full of tuna salad, she was sort of pretty.
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#29. We both hang up, but it's like there's still a connection. I can feel it.
And it feels good.
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#30. I almost tell him that I'd never be able to do something like that, just take out my instrument and begin playing on a street corner. But it feels to personal. Yes, I'm shy, but why bring it to his attention? I'm too shy to talk about how shy I am.
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