Deborah Wiles quotes

“There are always scary things happening in the world. There are always wonderful things happening. And it’s up to you to decide how you’re going to approach the world…how you’re going to live in it, and what you’re going to do.”
-- Deborah Wiles

Source : Deborah Wiles (2016). “Countdown”, p.377, Scholastic Inc.

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“Baseball is an art! A drama! A ballet without music! Let us give it a Greek chorus!”
-- Deborah Wiles

Source : Deborah Wiles (2016). “The Aurora County All-Stars”, p.158, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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“The secret to not being afraid is to understand what scares you”
-- Deborah Wiles

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“Life is full of surprises, but the biggest one of all is learning what it takes to handle them.”
-- Deborah Wiles

Source : Deborah Wiles (2002). “Love, Ruby Lavender”, p.215, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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“A hero can be afraid, but a hero never runs away.”
-- Deborah Wiles

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“I'm a goner, a kid who stays up half the night trying to figure out the horror of the world and trying to survive it.”
-- Deborah Wiles

Source : Deborah Wiles (2016). “Countdown”, p.64, Scholastic Inc.

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“Never talk back to a teacher. Teachers are like God. Actually, teachers are God's boss.”
-- Deborah Wiles

Source : Deborah Wiles (2016). “Countdown”, p.166, Scholastic Inc.

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“I suffer from and enjoy an incredibly vivid dream life. A lot of times there is a sort-of narrative and other times they are just funhouses of non-linear imagery and other scary stuff.”

“The United States has an absolute, uncompromising commitment to Israel's security and an absolute conviction that Israel alone must decide the steps necessary to ensure that security. That is Israel's prerogative. We accept that. We endorse that. Whatever Israel decides cannot, will not, will never, not ever, alter our fundamental commitment to her security.”

Source : "A Quick Look At Reactions In Congress". www.cnn.com. August 20, 1998.

“We can build a collective civic space large enough for all our separate identities, that we can be E Pluribus Unum - Out of One, Many.”

“I'm the world's expert on sterotypes held by academics about athletes and held by athletes about academics. To me, both of them are caricatures.”

“The most beautiful fate, the most wonderful good fortune that can happen to any human being, is to be paid for doing that which he passionately loves to do.”

“Los Angeles is not a town full of airheads. There's a great deal of wonderful energy there.”

“One hopes, of course, that a relationship grows and becomes a deep and wonderful marriage and friendship that lasts forever. But that's not always the case.”

Source : "Is ‘I Do’ Supposed To Be Forever?" by Alana Stewart, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 17, 2013.

“I am becoming increasingly difficult to please as a reader, but I adore being surprised by a really wonderful book, written by someone I've never heard of before.”

“What kind of wonderful God is this who reaches down into the lives of people, picks them up, grants them faith, and changes them!”

Source : Twitter post from Mar 29, 2015

“Sharing words with someone you have never met is like observing a shadow, without seeing the whole person; the place where my shadow touches theirs, is the place where our words meet, and it is in that place where wonderful exchanges can take place.”