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01Undated

I was saying the right things, but not the really true things.

Katherine Hannigan / quote

02Undated

And all the best words together couldn't hold the happiness.

Katherine Hannigan / quote

03Undated

I just loved making words into stories by the sound of my voice.

Katherine Hannigan / quote

04Undated

...how do you run and play when you feel like there are bricks of the heaviest sadness weighing down every part of your body? How do you laugh and talk when there are no laughs left inside of you?

Katherine Hannigan / quote

05Undated

...sadness is a powerful foe, maybe harder to keep down than happiness...

Katherine Hannigan / quote

06Undated

It wasn't till they were on the bridge that Delly asked RB, "So, Ferris Boyd's your favorite?" She didn't mind, mostly.RB answered so fast, though, she knew he wasn't fibbing. "She's my favorite friend," he told her. "You're my favorite everything.

Katherine Hannigan / quote

07Undated

I closed my eyes, took a deep breath, and filled myself up with the breeze from the valley. Then I let it out slow so it could get back to its travels, with a little bit of me added to it.

Katherine Hannigan / quote

08Undated

In the book, hummin bins made castles, and towers up to the sky. They tamed the animals and took care of them. And hummin bins helped each other. They were always good."When I was done, Ma asked, 'Delly, what are hummin bins?' 'They're like people, but better,' I said. Then I told her, 'When I grow up, I'm going to live with the hummin bins,' and she smiled."But Galveston grabbed the book, 'Let me see that,' she said, and started laughing. 'This says human beings. There's no such things as hummin bins.'"'Ma, is it true?' I asked, and she nodded. 'How come you didn't tell me?' I cried."'I liked the hummin bins better, too,' she said." ..."RB's right, Ferris Boyd. You are a hummin bin." Her eyeballs were wet, like they were swimming.It was quiet, then, till RB's soft cloud voice said, "You're a hummin bin, too, Delly.

Katherine Hannigan / quote

09Undated

It thought about the magic that happens when you tell a story right, and everybody who hears it not only loves the story, but they love you a little bit, too, for telling it so well. Like I love Ms. Washington, in spite of myself, the first time I heard her. When you hear somebody read a story well, you can't help but think there's some good inside them, even if you don't know them.

Katherine Hannigan / quote

10Undated

There is never enough time for fun.

Katherine Hannigan / quote

11Undated

There's more than one way to tell each other things, and there's more than one way to listen, too.

Katherine Hannigan / quote