Blue Balliett quotes
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“The greatest art belongs to the world. Do not be intimidated by the experts. Trust your instincts. Do not be afraid to go against what you were taught, or what you were told to see or believe. Every person, every set of eyes, has the right to the truth.”
-- Blue BalliettSource : Blue Balliett (2012). “Chasing Vermeer”, p.103, Scholastic Inc.
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“What was a foreigner, anyway? Is the place you're born the only place you really belong? At what point do you stop being from "away" and start being from "here"?”
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“Passing time isn't a steady thing. People try to measure it, but some days seem to have years packed into them, and others pass in the blink of an eye. Some days matter, and others don't.”
-- Blue BalliettSource : Blue Balliett (2012). “The Calder Game”, p.205, Scholastic Inc.
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“You will come to agree with me.”
-- Blue BalliettSource : Blue Balliett (2012). “Chasing Vermeer”, p.103, Scholastic Inc.
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“Every book is a box of ideas.”
-- Blue BalliettSource : Blue Balliett (2012). “The Danger Box”, p.11, Scholastic Inc.
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“I love the way a list makes a big hodgepodge of things simmer down and behave.”
-- Blue BalliettSource : Blue Balliett (2012). “The Danger Box”, p.29, Scholastic Inc.
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Source : A. A. Gill (2008). “Paper view: the best of the Sunday Times television reviews”, Orion Pub Co
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Source : Abby Sunderland, Lynn Vincent (2011). “Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas”, p.12, Thomas Nelson Inc
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