“ I wondered If things that might seem frightening could lose their hold over you. I wondered If we find the people we need when we need them. I wondered If we attract our future by some sort of invisib… Sharon Creech
“ It is a relief to discover that although there might be axe murderers and kidnappers in the world, most people seem a lot like us: sometimes afraid and sometimes brave, sometimes cruel and sometimes k… Sharon Creech
“ Then I thought, boy, isn't that just typical? You wait and wait and wait for something, and then when it happens, you feel sad. Sharon Creech
“ A driver had been sent to meet us. He was gray-haired, short, and nimble and introduced himself. I am Patrick and so is every fourth man in Ireland, and the ones in between are named Sean or Mick or F… Sharon Creech
“ I wish that every baby everywhere could land in a family that wanted that baby as much as we want ours. Sharon Creech
“ I had not said anything about what had happened the day before—about being scared down to my very bones when I thought they had left me. I don't know what came over me. Ever since my mother left us th… Sharon Creech
“ And what did I think when I was small and why did I forget? And what else will I forget when I grow older? And if you forget is it as if it never happened? Will none of the things you saw or thought o… Sharon Creech
“ Zola smills, smuggles, what is that word? What is it, that word for the happy teeth?? Sharon Creech
“ What exactly did people do when they had all the time in the world and could do whatever they liked? (p 153) Sharon Creech
“ I could tell you an extensively strange story, I warned.Oh, good! Gram said. Delicious! Sharon Creech
