9 Quotes & Sayings By Janet Turpin Myers

Janet Myers is an award winning author, teacher and speaker. She is the author of over 30 books for children, including The Fairy Wren Series, The Mysterious Key Series, Chickabiddy Series, The Mystery of the Missing Dog Series, and The Great American Adventure Series. Her books have won numerous awards, including the American Library Association's Amelia Bloomer List and the Christopher Award. She has also won awards for her writing Read more

Janet is a former teacher and librarian, having taught kindergarten through high school for over 20 years. She now writes full-time and lives in Westport, Connecticut with her husband and their dog, Hobbes.

The universe is a gathering of nows that I spread...
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The universe is a gathering of nows that I spread before my feet like a landscape. Janet Turpin Myers
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Such is the dilemma of the atheist. Who to thank? It’s a terrible condition, to feel one’s heart swelling with the wonders of our world and yet have nobody to thank for it. It makes a man feel thwarted. Janet Turpin Myers
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Why doesn’t anyone go to the moon anymore? What happened to our optimism? Janet Turpin Myers
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I learned that adults were not soaring gods, but rather back-yard birds with broken wingtips. When you are thirteen, about to free-fall into the real world, discovering the broken wingtips is terrifying. Janet Turpin Myers
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Blessing Number One. Thank you for getting old because it means you are getting to live. Janet Turpin Myers
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Was the dementia of old age a blessing in disguise? No more thoughts. No more damage inflicted. No more memories of damage survived. Janet Turpin Myers
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I’ve always felt sorry for Mike Collins, driving all the way to the moon but not allowed out of the car to look around. Janet Turpin Myers
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If I had a wish it would be this: that Google maps could take me, not to just anywhere on the planet, but to anywhere in time. Janet Turpin Myers