Sharon Draper citations

“Go ahead and cry, Andy. Don't be afraid of those tears. Sometimes they help to wash the soul clean.”

“Do not let anyone stop you from succeding”

“[A] person is so much more than the name of a diagnosis on a chart.”

“Thoughts need words. Words need a voice.”

“But I'll always love you, and I'll always miss you and I'll never forget that It's okay to put dragons in the jungle and tears on a tiger”

“Words have always swirled around me like snowflakes-each one delicate and different, each one melting untouched in my hands.”

“Do you know what courage is? I guess you don't. Do you know that the courage it took at that moment - to actually blow yourself away - was more than enough courage to keep on living?”

“I learned to dream through reading, learned to create dreams through writing, and learned to develop dreamers through teaching. I shall always be a dreamer.”

“I believe in me. And my family does. And Mrs. V.
It's the rest of the world I'm not so sure of.”

“She talked to me like I was just like any other student, not a kid in a wheelchair.”

“By the way, there is nothing cute about a pink wheelchair. Pink doesn't change a thing.”