Every Soul a Star Quotes

“I am not plain, or average or - God forbid - vanilla. I am peanut butter rocky road with multicolored sprinkles, hot fudge and a cherry on top.”
― Wendy Mass, Every Soul a Star

“When people see you're happy doing what you're doing, it sort of takes the power away from them to tease you about it.”
― Wendy Mass, Every Soul a Star

“The trick is that as long as you know who you are and what makes you happy, it doesn't matter how others see you.”
― Wendy Mass, Every Soul a Star

“Whereever you end up;" Jack whispered into my ear."I wish you clear skies. Always”
― Wendy Mass, Every Soul a Star

“You never know, life is short but it’s wide”
― Wendy Mass, Every Soul a Star

“When I was your age I knew nothing about the world or my place in it. I figured I'd be someone's wife, then someone's mother. It never occurred to me to be someone myself.”
― Wendy Mass, Every Soul a Star

“So we stand there, part of a crowd a thousand people strong, beaming up at the sky with wonder. I knew with a sudden certainty that wherever I am in the future - up in my treehouse, alone in the school cafeteria, or trying to figure out what my teachers are talking about, a part of me will always be right here, right now, wish that giant eye in the sky shining down on me, telling me it's going to be alright.”
― Wendy Mass, Every Soul a Star

“Just as I suspected, my room does look different, post-eclipse. It looks smalled, like it can't contain me anymore.
After all, I've got a whole new world to see.”
― Wendy Mass, Every Soul a Star

“And when he [the author of the universe] had compounded the whole, he divided it up into as many souls as there are stars, and allotted each soul to a star. And mounting them on their stars, as if on chariots, he showed them the nature of the universe and told them the laws of their destiny.
- "Timaeus" by Plato 427-347 B.C.”
― Wendy Mass, Every Soul a Star

“My eyes are bright, my hair has come loose from its ribbon, and Stella's scarf is waving around my neck. But that's not what I see when I look at the picture. I see three unlikely friends holding hands. And Ryan, Kenny, and Melanie are standing behind us, rapt.
And in the sky above us, I see a miracle.”
― Wendy Mass, Every Soul a Star

“As long as you know who you are, and see what makes you happy, it doesn't matte how others see you”
― Wendy Mass, Every Soul a Star

“comparing what you see during an eclipse to the darkness at night is like comparing an ocean to a teardrop.”
― Wendy Mass, Every Soul a Star

“I'm going to ask Bree if she'll help me."
"I'm a little scared if her," I admit.
"Me too," Ally says, then laughs. "Maybe it's because she's so beautiful. Don't you think she's the most beautiful girl you've ever seen?"
I shake my head. "I've seen prettier."
"You have not."
"I have." It takes all my courage to look up.
"Oh," she says, and then blushes furiously.”
― Wendy Mass, Every Soul a Star

“Its a very good book and i wish i read it first than anyone else!!!!”
― Wendy Mass, Every Soul a Star

“The trick is that if you know who you are and what makes you happy, it doesn't matter how others see you.”
― Wendy Mass, Every Soul a Star

“If this could be repeated every day for a year, I would never budge from where I stood.”
― Wendy Mass, Every Soul a Star

“I am not plain or average or- god forbid- vanilla. I am peanut butter rocky road with multicolored sprinkles, hot fudge, and a cherry on top.”
― Wendy Mass, Every Soul a Star

“I am not plain, or average or - God forbid - vanilla. I am peanut butter rocky road with multicolored sprinkles, hot fudge and a cherry on top.”
― Wendy Mass, Every Soul a Star

“Wherever you end up, I wish you clear skies. Always.”
― Wendy Mass, Every Soul a Star

“Well, I'm not as lucky as you to have this every day.”
― Wendy Mass, Every Soul a Star

“And as streams of light fan out behind the darkened sun like the wings of a butterfly, I realize that I never saw real beauty until now.”
― Wendy Mass, Every Soul a Star

“The vastness of space always puts my problems in perspective.”
― Wendy Mass, Every Soul a Star

“Life is short but it is wide.”
― Wendy Mass, Every Soul a Star

“She said that the atoms in our bodies came from stars that exploded. I guess what comes around, goes around. I tuck the article back into the book. For some reason, knowing that my atoms are going to one day arrive at the other end of the universe is kind of comforting.”
― Wendy Mass, Every Soul a Star

“I pass the mother of the red-haired twins trying to calm down one of them, who is insisting that his brother is somehow responsible for what’s happening above.”
― Wendy Mass, Every Soul a Star

“Ugh, this social stuff is so hard. It was much easier alone in my treehouse. Lonelier, but easier.”
― Wendy Mass, Every Soul a Star

“Kenny knows a lot of big words for a ten-year-old.”
― Wendy Mass, Every Soul a Star

“The stars just make me feel even more insignificant than I already feel.”
― Wendy Mass, Every Soul a Star

“I know with a sudden certainty that wherever I am in the future - up in my tree house, alone in the school cafeteria, or trying to figure out what my teachers are talking about, a part of me will always be right here, right now, with that giant eye in the sky shining down on me, telling me it's going to be all rightl.”
― Wendy Mass, Every Soul a Star

“It's almost like nothing's changed. Except, of course, everything has.”
― Wendy Mass, Every Soul a Star