Jaqueline Woodson

“Even the silence
has a story to tell you.
Just listen. Listen.”
― Jacqueline Woodson, Brown Girl Dreaming

“You can't always be pushing people away. Someday nobody'll come back.”
― Jacqueline Woodson, The Dear One

“Time comes to us softly, slowly. It sits beside us for a while. Then, long before we are ready, it moves on.”
― Jacqueline Woodson, If You Come Softly

“I believe in one day and someday and this perfect moment called Now.”
― Jacqueline Woodson, Brown Girl Dreaming

“I wouldn't mind the early autumn
if you came home today
I'd tell you how much I miss you
and know I'd be okay.

It's funny how we never know
exactly how our life will go
It's funny how a dream can fade
with the break of day.

Time can't erase the memory
and time can't bring you home
Last Summer was a part of me
and now a part is gone.

—Margaret”
― Jacqueline Woodson, Last Summer with Maizon

“But on paper, things can live forever.
On paper, a butterfly
never dies.”
― Jacqueline Woodson, Brown Girl Dreaming

“People are going to judge you all the time no matter what you do...Don't worry about other people. Worry about you.”
― Jacqueline Woodson, The Dear One

“When there are many worlds
you can choose the one
you walk into each day.”
― Jacqueline Woodson, Brown Girl Dreaming
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“Sometimes...you have to try to forget people you love just so you can keep living.”
― Jacqueline Woodson, Between Madison and Palmetto

“You're a part of me...You're in my heart. Forever and always, all right?

—D”
― Jacqueline Woodson, After Tupac and D Foster