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I grew up wanting only to be an illustrator. I studied art at Laurel School in Cleveland and at Smith College.
— Natalie Babbitt
I was having that dream again, the good one where we're all in heaven and never heard of Treegap.
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The shriek cut thinly though the drizzling dimness, holding for a long moment. At last it broadened and dropped to the old.
— Natalie Babbitt
Life always seems to have worries, even if you own a big and beautiful house on the best street in town.
— Natalie Babbitt
Don't be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life. You don't have to live forever, you just have to live.
— Natalie Babbitt
Closing the gate on her oldest fears as she had closed the gate of her own fenced yard, she discovered the wings she'd always wished she had.
— Natalie Babbitt
A fresh breeze lifted Winnie's hair, and from somewhere in the village behind them a dog barked.
— Natalie Babbitt
You can't have living without dying.
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What is your suggestion for someone who wants to start writing? Be a reader. It's the only real way to learn how to tell a story.
— Natalie Babbitt
Dont be afraid of death, be afraid of the unlived life.
— Natalie Babbitt
Outside, the night seemed poised on tiptoe, waiting, waiting, holding its breath for the storm.
— Natalie Babbitt
And suddenly, she longed for a thunderstorm.
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I was born and raised in Ohio. During my childhood, I spent most of my time drawing and reading fairy tales and myths.
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[B]elieving, was her own true, promising friend once more.
— Natalie Babbitt
Nothing seems interesting when it belongs to you, only when it doesn't.
Tuck Everlasting — Natalie Babbitt
Tuck Everlasting — Natalie Babbitt
They've really begun the war," he said to himself. "And all over a word in a dictionary, the ninnies!
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Like all magnificent things, it's very simple.
— Natalie Babbitt
Don't fear death, fear the un-lived life
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Still-there's no use trying to figure why things fall the way they do. Things just are, and fussing don't bring changes.
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Facts are the barren branches on which we hang the dear, obscuring foliage of our dreams.
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I got a feeling this whole thing is going to come apart like wet bread.
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You can't have living without dying. So you can't call it living, what we got. We just are, we just be, like rocks beside the road.
— Natalie Babbitt
She discovered the wings she never knew she had.
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For some, time passes slowly. An hour can seem like an eternity. For others, there was never enough. For Jesse Tuck, it didn't exist.
— Natalie Babbitt
He wasn't crazy. How could he be? He was just
amazing. But she was struck dumb. All she could do was stare at him. — Natalie Babbitt
amazing. But she was struck dumb. All she could do was stare at him. — Natalie Babbitt
I have a wonderful husband, and we have had a great life.
— Natalie Babbitt
I never wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a book illustrator. I used to hurry home from school and draw.
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The sky was a ragged blaze of red and pink and orange, and its double trembled on the surface of the pond like color spilled from a paintbox.
— Natalie Babbitt
Nonsense. It's elves!
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My mother always found me out. Always. She's been dead for thirty-five years, but I have this feeling that even now she's watching.
— Natalie Babbitt
You really have to love words if you're going to be a writer, because as a writer, you certainly spend a lot of time with words.
— Natalie Babbitt
You dont have to live forever just live.
— Natalie Babbitt