“Time comes to us softly, slowly. It sits beside us for a while. Then, long before we are ready, it moves on.”Jacqueline Woodson Source: If You Come Softly
“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 Source: The Dear One
“The empty swing set reminds us of this--that bad won't be bad forever,and what is good can sometimes lasta long, long time.”Jacqueline Woodson book Brown Girl DreamingSource: Brown Girl Dreaming
“I think only once in your life do you find someone that you say, "Hey, this is the person I want to spend the rest of my time on this earth with." And if you miss it, or walk away from it, or even maybe, blink - it's gone.”Jacqueline Woodson Source: If You Come Softly