Sharon M. Draper Zitate

“Go ahead and cry, Andy. Don't be afraid of those tears. Sometimes they help to wash the soul clean.”

“Do not let anyone stop you from succeding”

“[A] person is so much more than the name of a diagnosis on a chart.”

“Thoughts need words. Words need a voice.”

“But I'll always love you, and I'll always miss you and I'll never forget that It's okay to put dragons in the jungle and tears on a tiger”

“Words have always swirled around me like snowflakes-each one delicate and different, each one melting untouched in my hands.”

“Do you know what courage is? I guess you don't. Do you know that the courage it took at that moment - to actually blow yourself away - was more than enough courage to keep on living?”

“I learned to dream through reading, learned to create dreams through writing, and learned to develop dreamers through teaching. I shall always be a dreamer.”

“I believe in me. And my family does. And Mrs. V.
It's the rest of the world I'm not so sure of.”

“She talked to me like I was just like any other student, not a kid in a wheelchair.”

“By the way, there is nothing cute about a pink wheelchair. Pink doesn't change a thing.”