Donna Jo Napoli Quotes

#1. If you fall into water, you may still be saved. But if you fall down in literary matters, there is no life left for you.

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#2. Some affixes are wildly promiscuous.

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#3. You have to live life if you're going to create believable lives on paper.

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#4. The world would be a better place if everyone traveled.
~Miss Clarrie

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#5. Forgiveness is a little thing when love is there.

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#6. Every story began with the same claim: If you hear the first part, you'll want to hear the second. If you hear the story today, you'll come back tomorrow for another. If you hear the story tonight, you'll think about it as you sleep.

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#7. And the world kept moving, not toward any goal, just going, because that's what life does. And its bound to be better with a companion who knows how to be tender, a companion you may grow to cherish.

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#8. Learning is not the accumulation of knowledge, but rather, one thing only: understanding

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#9. The British story of Peter Pan is about a boy who never grows up and plays all day.

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#10. Or, in truth, eventually, though I still noticed, the callouses on my spirit prevented wounds (p.75).

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#11. I believe we have breaks because we need them. So my suggestion is that you take the break. Eat chocolate.

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#12. Secrets could never be rushed. They had to come of their own accord, on their own schedule. That way ,when they came , the offered themselves as a gift.

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#13. And oh I want so much to sing, I tell myself no. But it is so hard to keep from singing.

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#14. Unfortunately, we're using the same language to talk about the language we'retalking about.

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#15. Words spoken in pain could be far crueler than the speaker really intended.
-Bound

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#16. Writing isn't just on the page; it's voices in the reader's head. Read what you write out loud to someone-anyone-and you will catch all kinds of things.

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#17. Summer comes over the hill like a hairy blanket.

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#18. A young man who had watched her eating with her fingers offered a set of chopsticks- those sticks for eating that had become so popular. He looked at her suggestively. Instead of blushing, she accepted the chopsticks boldly and continued to walk on, using them to eat noodle and vegetable dishes.

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#19. I feel the stars. Each sparkle sets aflame the pain in my heart.

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