Clare Vanderpool Quotes
Finding your way doesn't mean you always know where you're going. It's knowing how to find your way back home that's important.
Memories were like sunshine. They warmed you up and left a pleasant glow, but you couldn't hold them.
Sometimes it's best not to see your whole path laid out before you. Let life surprise you...There are more stars out there than just the ones with names. And they're all beautiful.
I'd heard of really bad things Klan folks did to Negroes. Mean, hateful, deadly things. I didn't know they were hateful toward white folks too.
When there is suffering, we look for a reason. That reason is easiest found within oneself.
Maybe that was how I found comfort just then, even with him being so far away. By remembering the flavor of his words.
As the ocean tugged me at my feet, i realized that Early Auden, that strangest of boys, had saved me from being swept away.
What would you rather be, Jackie? Angry mad or crazy mad? I think I'd rather be crazy mad, because you can be crazy and still happy.
We’d all agreed that we’d outgrown jumping rope, but Shady had given me such a nice gift of a skipping rope, and when there’s nothing better to do, I guess you go back to what once felt good.
And in the background of Early's story was her voice. Her soul. Her sadness and longing. Because when it's raining, it's always Billie Holiday. p. 81
But my mom shook her head at him and said to me, "Yes, you made your bed, but for heaven's sakes, don't just lie in it!
