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""She was illusive. She was today. She was tomorrow. She was the faintest scent of a cactus flower, the flitting shadow of an elf owl. We did not know what to make of her. In our minds we tried to pin her to a corkboard like a butterfly, but the pin merely went through and away she flew.""
— Jerry Spinelli

tags: stargirl

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"You’ll know her more by your questions than by her answers. Keep looking at her long enough. One day you might see someone you know."
— Jerry Spinelli (Stargirl)

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"When a stargirl cries, she sheds not tears but light."
— Jerry Spinelli (Stargirl)

tags: books, inspirational, life, stargirl, tears

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"'She's in tenth grade,' he said. 'I hear she's been homeschooled till now.'
'Maybe that explains it,' I said.
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— Jerry Spinelli

tags: stargirl

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"I’m not my name. My name is something I wear, like a shirt. It gets worn. I outgrow it, I change it.

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— Jerry Spinelli

tags: names, stargirl

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"I faced the gaudy sunflower on her canvas bag -- it looked hand-painted and at last my eyes fell into hers. I said, 'Thanks for the card.' Her smile put the sunflower to shame. She walked off."
— Jerry Spinelli (Stargirl)

tags: flower, love, spinelli, stargirl

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"As we approached each other, the noise and the students around us melted away and we were utterly alone, passing, smiling, holding each other's eyes, floors and walls gone, two people in a universe of space and stars.
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— Jerry Spinelli

tags: feeling, kids, love, school, stargirl

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