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“ It's easier to make up storiesthan it is to write them down. When I speak, the words come pouring out of me. The storywakes up and walks all over the room. Sits in a chair, crosses one leg over the other, says, Let me introduce myself. Then just starts going on and on. ”

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

~ Jacqueline Woodson

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

~ Jacqueline Woodson

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

~ Jacqueline Woodson

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Who hasn't walked through a life of small tragedies? 'Sister Sonja often asked me, as though to understand the depth and breadth of human suffering would be enough to pull me outside of my own.

~ Jacqueline Woodson

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