Natalie Babbitt Quotes

I write for children because I am interested in fantasy and the possibilities for experience of all kinds before the time of compromise. I believe that children are far more perceptive and wise than American books give them credit for being.

Natalie Babbitt

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 28, 1932 - October 31, 2016

Topics

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There is nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation.

John Ciardi

WrongNothingSobrietyModeration

I'm actually Cuban-born, born in 1956, the year Fidel Castro came into power, and my father moved my family to Miami a few years later when things were starting to look bad.

Steven Bauer

FamilyFatherPowerMiamiYearLook

We are never so defensless against suffering as when we love.

Sigmund Freud

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My mother had multiple sclerosis.

Ruth Rendell

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When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don't throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer.

Corrie Ten Boom

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As fiction writers, we are entertainers.

Bob Mayer

FictionEntertainersWriters

We want people that fit in our locker room. As I said, it's all about teamwork.

Bob McNair

TeamworkPeopleSaidWantRoomFit

Regardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us.

Bodhidharma

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Almost every time I make a building, some people will condemn it straight to Hell.

Arne Jacobsen

TimePeopleBuildingHellWillSome

We Bosniaks would for sure fight for integrity of Bosnia.

Alija Izetbegovic

IntegrityFightSureWouldBosnia

George Lucas puts those types of characters in for the kids. Same with Jar Jar.

Peter Mayhew

SameJarKidsThoseCharactersPuts

As a member of the Armed Service Committee and a co-chair of the Democratic National Security Task Force, I will continue to work to keep Americans safe at home and abroad.

Seth Moulton

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