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Up and up he went, in a wide circle, his heart pounding with a crazy excitement that was more than half fright. The wind was wet against his face and his ears were full of the breathy whirr of feather...

Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Up and up he went, in a wide circle, his heart pounding with a crazy excitement that was more than half fright. The wind was wet against his face and his ears were full of the breathy whirr of feather...

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Know all the Questions, but not the AnswersLook for the Different, instead of the SameNever Walk where there's room for RunningDon't do anything that can't be a Game

Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Know all the Questions, but not the AnswersLook for the Different, instead of the SameNever Walk where there's room for RunningDon't do anything that can't be a Game

About Author
Zilpha Keatley Snyder (May 11, 1927 – October 7, 2014) was an American author of books for children and young adults. Three of Snyder's works were named Newbery Honor books: The Egypt Game, The Headless Cupid and The Witches of Worm. She was most famous for writing adventure stories and fantasies.

We all invite our own devils, and we must exorcise our own.

Zilpha Keatley Snyder

We all invite our own devils, and we must exorcise our own.

Trick-or-treating is for candy and demonstrations are for things like Peace and Freedom. It's different.

Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Trick-or-treating is for candy and demonstrations are for things like Peace and Freedom. It's different.

There was that special smell made up of paper, ink, and dust; the busy hush; the endless luxury of thousands of unread books. Best of all was the eager itch of anticipation as you went out the door wi...

Zilpha Keatley Snyder

There was that special smell made up of paper, ink, and dust; the busy hush; the endless luxury of thousands of unread books. Best of all was the eager itch of anticipation as you went out the door wi...

The answers aren't important really... What's important is- knowing all the questions.

Zilpha Keatley Snyder

The answers aren't important really... What's important is- knowing all the questions.

Something’s going to happen!

Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Something’s going to happen!

My dear child...fault is an empty word. It is a coin with only one side. It is not a reason or an excuse.

Zilpha Keatley Snyder

My dear child...fault is an empty word. It is a coin with only one side. It is not a reason or an excuse.

Maybe everybody had wing buds, or at least the possibility of wings, only they just didn’t know it. Maybe people had really been meant to have wings.

Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Maybe everybody had wing buds, or at least the possibility of wings, only they just didn’t know it. Maybe people had really been meant to have wings.

As time passed and Harry flew and flew and flew, he forgot all about the fog, the city below him, and just about everything. Nothing in the world seemed to matter but wings, and sky, and motion. The f...

Zilpha Keatley Snyder

As time passed and Harry flew and flew and flew, he forgot all about the fog, the city below him, and just about everything. Nothing in the world seemed to matter but wings, and sky, and motion. The f...

Just looking at the outside of the library made Robin lose herself for a minute, remembering the feel of libraries. There was that special smell made up of paper, ink, and dust; the busy hush; the end...

Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Just looking at the outside of the library made Robin lose herself for a minute, remembering the feel of libraries. There was that special smell made up of paper, ink, and dust; the busy hush; the end...

JUST AS THEY’D planned, April stopped by the Rosses’ apartment on Thursday afternoon, and the three of them, April and Melanie and Marshall, went on down to pick up Elizabeth. Elizabeth

Zilpha Keatley Snyder

JUST AS THEY’D planned, April stopped by the Rosses’ apartment on Thursday afternoon, and the three of them, April and Melanie and Marshall, went on down to pick up Elizabeth. Elizabeth

Forest is and was and will be. Root and roof and all between. Pan-fruit feed me, nid-bough hold me, Peace and Joy be ever green.

Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Forest is and was and will be. Root and roof and all between. Pan-fruit feed me, nid-bough hold me, Peace and Joy be ever green.

But now and then, beneath the outer numbness, something stirred, like a living pain waiting for the anesthetic to wear away.

Zilpha Keatley Snyder

But now and then, beneath the outer numbness, something stirred, like a living pain waiting for the anesthetic to wear away.

Belonging to a place isn't nearly as necessary as belonging to people you love and who love you and need you.

Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Belonging to a place isn't nearly as necessary as belonging to people you love and who love you and need you.

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Belief in mysteries—all manner of mysteries—is the only lasting luxury in life.

Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Belief in mysteries—all manner of mysteries—is the only lasting luxury in life.

Belief in mysteries, any manner of mysteries, is the only lasting luxury in life.

Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Belief in mysteries, any manner of mysteries, is the only lasting luxury in life.

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A–Z, and its dusty show windows were crammed with a weird clutter of old and exotic-looking objects—huge bronze

Zilpha Keatley Snyder

A–Z, and its dusty show windows were crammed with a weird clutter of old and exotic-looking objects—huge bronze