Nancy Willard (June 26, 1936 – February 19, 2017) was an American writer: novelist, poet, author and occasional illustrator of children's books. She won the 1982 Newbery Medal for A Visit to William Blake's Inn.
Live in your roots, not in your branches.
It used to be on the Internet no one knew you were a dog. Now not only does everyone know that you are a dog, they know what kind of a dog you are, who you run with, where you hide your bones, the accidental piddle behind the couch, the fight you got into with the boxer, and your thoughts on the hot poodle down the street.
What you need will come back to you.
What one heart finds hard to believe, a hundred find easy.
the skin of moss holds the footprints of star-footed birds.
Faith takes root in the insignificant.
If prayers worked, Hitler would have been stopped at the border of Poland by angels with swords of fire.
I haven't a clue how my story will end, but that's all right. When you set out on a journey and night covers the road, that's when you discover the stars.
Sometimes questions are more important than answers.
Answers are closed rooms; and questions are open doors that invite us in.
We don't really understand something until we have forgotten it.