“Being a mother is like trying to hold a wolf by the ears,” Gram said. “If you have three or four –or more – chickabiddies, you’re dancing on a hot griddle all the time. You don’t have time to think about anything else. And if you’ve only got one or two, it’s almost harder. You have room left over – empty spaces that you think you’ve got to fill up.”
“Being a mother is like trying to hold a wolf by the ears,” Gram said. “If you have three or four –or more – chickabiddies, you’re dancing on a hot griddle all the time. You don’t have time to think about anything else. And if you’ve only got one or two, it’s almost harder. You have room left over – empty spaces that you think you’ve got to fill up.”
Sharon Creech
“It is a relief to discover that although there might be axe murderers and kidnappers in the world, most people seem a lot like us: sometimes afraid and sometimes brave, sometimes cruel and sometimes kind.”
Sharon Creech“I love the way that each book—any book—is its own journey. You open it, and off you go….”
Sharon Creech“The sea, the sea, the sea. It rolled and rolled and called to me. Come in, it said, come in.”
Sharon Creech, The Wanderer“What's important is the ambition that results from our weakness.”
Sharon Creech, The Great Unexpected“Mrs. Mudkin closed her eyes. "We should pray.""I ain't praying," Crazy Cora said. Mrs. Mudkin said, "Lord, please bless---""I ain't praying.""--this land and the people who--""I ain't praying.""--have toiled on this earth--""Stop that praying.""I can pray if I want to.""Then be quiet about it.”
Sharon Creech, The Great Unexpected“I don't want tobecause boysdon't write poetry.Girls do.”
Sharon Creech, Love That Dog“So much dependsupona blue carsplattered with mudspeeding down the road.”
Sharon Creech, Love That Dog“I tried.Can't do it.Brain's empty.”
Sharon Creech, Love That Dog“Being a mother is like trying to hold a wolf by the ears,” Gram said. “If you have three or four –or more – chickabiddies, you’re dancing on a hot griddle all the time. You don’t have time to think about anything else. And if you’ve only got one or two, it’s almost harder. You have room left over – empty spaces that you think you’ve got to fill up.”
Sharon Creech, Walk Two Moons“You can't keep the birds of sadness from flying over your head, but you can keep them from nesting in your hair.”
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