Author: Jacqueline Woodson

Quotes

In the family, writing wasn't anything anyone understood - being a writer in the real world? How could it be? We didn't have those mirrors.

In the family, writing wasn't anything anyone understood - being a writer in the real world? How could it be? We didn't have those mirrors.

- Jacqueline Woodson

I've wanted to be a writer since I was seven, but I didn't grow up in family where people aspired to live as writers.

I've wanted to be a writer since I was seven, but I didn't grow up in family where people aspired to live as writers.

- Jacqueline Woodson

The idea of feeling isolated is scary to me - to walk through the world alone would be heartbreaking.

The idea of feeling isolated is scary to me - to walk through the world alone would be heartbreaking.

- Jacqueline Woodson

Each book I write is a shout into the silence and a prayer and a plea for change.

Each book I write is a shout into the silence and a prayer and a plea for change.

- Jacqueline Woodson

I deeply believe in many Christian values: love people; do the right thing; know that there's good in everyone, that God's looking out for all of us.

I deeply believe in many Christian values: love people; do the right thing; know that there's good in everyone, that God's looking out for all of us.

- Jacqueline Woodson

Friendship is such an important thing to me, and I feel like the people who I love and help keep me whole - I can't imagine a life without them.

Friendship is such an important thing to me, and I feel like the people who I love and help keep me whole - I can't imagine a life without them.

- Jacqueline Woodson

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