The House You Pass on the Way Quotes

“If I loved someone enough, I would go anywhere in the world with them."

—Staggerlee”
― Jacqueline Woodson, The House You Pass on the Way

“And freedom? Oh, freedom.
Well that's just some people talking.
Your prison is walking through this world all alone.”
― Jacqueline Woodson, The House You Pass on the Way

“What did it sound like...having someone call your name across a crowded school yard? How did it feel to turn to the sound of your name, to see some smiling face or waving hand and know it was for you and you alone?"

—Staggerlee”
― Jacqueline Woodson, The House You Pass on the Way

“That's good. Always take the time. You really never know when you're not going to have it anymore.”
― Jacqueline Woodson, The House You Pass on the Way

“I have all this stuff—all these thoughts going on inside me and they all seem so—so dangerous."

—Tyler”
― Jacqueline Woodson, The House You Pass on the Way

“They're all inside of us,...past people and present people. And probably even the people we'll become.”
― Jacqueline Woodson, The House You Pass on the Way

“That's all anybody is-themselves. People all the time wanting to change that.”
― Jacqueline Woodson, The House You Pass on the Way

“Probably still believed that if you wished hard enough you could make the impossible happen.”
― Jacqueline Woodson, The House You Pass on the Way

“...she said she was going to live-that tomorrow wasn't guaranteed.”
― Jacqueline Woodson, The House You Pass on the Way

“Sometimes people don't get a chance to say good-bye, Stag.”
― Jacqueline Woodson, The House You Pass on the Way