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When there are many worldsyou can choose the oneyou walk into each day.Jacqueline Woodson
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But on paper, things can live forever. On paper, a butterfly never dies.Jacqueline Woodson
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My mother has a gap betweenher two front teeth. So does Daddy Gunnar.Each child in this family has the same spaceconnecting us.Jacqueline Woodson
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Y'all know how much I love you? "Infinity and back again, " I say the way I've said it a million times. And then, daddy says to me, "go on and add a little bit more to that.Jacqueline Woodson
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Do you remember?' Someone's always asking andsomeone else, always doesJacqueline Woodson
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It's easier to make up storiesthan it is to write them down. When I speak, the words come pouring out of me. The storywakes up and walks all over the room. Sits in a chair, crosses one leg over the other, says, Let me introduce myself. Then just starts going on and on.Jacqueline Woodson
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Nothing in the world is like this-a bright white page withpale blue lines. The smell of a newly sharpened pencilthe soft hush of itmoving finallyone dayinto letters.Jacqueline Woodson