“I’m not my name. My name is something I wear, like a shirt. It gets worn. I outgrow it, I change it.”
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American children's writer 1941Related quotes

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“It’s either I’m going to wear the black shirt, otherwise, I’m going to wear pyjamas.”
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“Listen John—’
‘Who’s John?’
‘You’re John.’
‘I’m John?’
‘Yeah, I changed your name.”
A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius (2000)