Frasi di Sharon M. Draper

“Mentre guardavo il film mi domandai che cosa avremmo chiesto al mago, se io e il mio cane fossimo stati trasportati ad Oz.
Mmm, vediamo un po'. Cervello? Ne ho da vendere.
Coraggio? Cubik non ha paura di niente!
Un cuore? Io e la mia cucciola abbiamo un cuore grande così.
Che cosa avrei chiesto, allora? Mi piacerebbe cantare come il Leone Codardo e danzare come l'Uomo di Latta. Nessuno dei due lo faceva molto bene, ma a me sarebbe bastato.”

“Le parole mi turbinano intorno da sempre come fiocchi di neve, tutte delicate e diverse, e tutte mi si sciolgono in mano prima che le tocchi.”

“Ho capito di essere diversa un pò alla volta, credo. Pensavo o ricordavo le cose senza problemi, ma ero stupita di non poter fare le cose. E questo mi mandava in bestia.”

“Go ahead and cry, Andy. Don't be afraid of those tears. Sometimes they help to wash the soul clean.”

“Do not let anyone stop you from succeding”

“[A] person is so much more than the name of a diagnosis on a chart.”

“Thoughts need words. Words need a voice.”

“But I'll always love you, and I'll always miss you and I'll never forget that It's okay to put dragons in the jungle and tears on a tiger”

“Words have always swirled around me like snowflakes-each one delicate and different, each one melting untouched in my hands.”

“Do you know what courage is? I guess you don't. Do you know that the courage it took at that moment - to actually blow yourself away - was more than enough courage to keep on living?”

“I learned to dream through reading, learned to create dreams through writing, and learned to develop dreamers through teaching. I shall always be a dreamer.”

“I believe in me. And my family does. And Mrs. V.
It's the rest of the world I'm not so sure of.”

“She talked to me like I was just like any other student, not a kid in a wheelchair.”

“By the way, there is nothing cute about a pink wheelchair. Pink doesn't change a thing.”