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Starfish QUOTES

Starfish QUOTES

1 " She's the first person to smile at me today.
The first to make me feel wanted.
Understood.
I blink back tears.
It's unknown how many students' lives
librarians have saved
by welcoming loners at lunch. "

― , Starfish

2 " Why aren't kids allowed
to tell grown-ups when they're wrong?
They don't know
everything
Sometimes it's as if
they don't know
anything. "

― , Starfish

3 " I'm a starfish,
taking up all the room I want. "

― , Starfish

4 " I'm a starfish,
taking p all the room I want. "

― , Starfish

5 " Every kid needs one place they can escape to when life gets to be too much. "

― , Starfish

6 " The best way to be understood is to learn and speak someone else's language. "

― , Starfish

7 " The library is my safe harbor since I dare not go into the cafeteria alone, a whale surrounded by starving sharks. "

― , Starfish

8 " It’s unknown how many students’ lives librarians have saved by welcoming loners at lunch. "

― , Starfish

9 " every kid who’s ever been told, “You’d be so pretty or handsome, if . . .” You ARE beautiful. Now. Just as you are. You deserve to be seen, to be heard, to take up room, to be noticed. So when the world tries to make you feel small, starfish! "

― , Starfish

10 " The fat on my body
never felt as heavy as
your words on my heart. "

― , Starfish

11 " It would be great if people realized that we’re all different, in all kinds of ways, and different is okay. "

― , Starfish

12 " Stereotypes stink. They give people an excuse to hate people who are different instead of taking the time to get to know them. "

― , Starfish

13 " DNA doesn't make you family.
Love does.
Actions do. "

― , Starfish

14 " The universe should warn you when something horrible is about to happen, give you a chance to take a deep breath before your breath gets taken away. "

― , Starfish

15 " That’s what the best books do. They make you think, and rethink how you see yourself, others, and the world. Most of all, they make you feel. Feelings toward people who aren’t like you. Feelings you didn’t know you had. "

― , Starfish

16 " It's unknown how many students' lives
librarians have saved
by welcoming loners at lunch"
-Ellie "

― , Starfish

17 " Mom always says,
"You'd be so pretty"
- and all the big girls in the world
can finish this sentence in unison -
"if you lost weight. "

― , Starfish

18 " I’m a poet, so I love music because lyrics are sung poems,” I say. "

― , Starfish

19 " I'm a poet, so
I love music because
lyrics are sung poems"
-Ellie "

― , Starfish

20 " I plan to become a storyteller,
and a poet,
to help people feel what it's like
to live in
someone else's skin"
-Ellie "

― , Starfish