The Same Stuff as Stars Quotes

“You gotta know someone cares about you, or you just give up.”
― Katherine Paterson, The Same Stuff as Stars

“What is man—and of course the writer means all of us puny little insignificant creatures—what is a mere human being that God who made the immense universe should ever notice?' She chuckled. 'The sky does take you down to size.'

Not even big as bugs. Not even a speck of dust to the nearest star,' Angel agreed.

But the psalmist answers his own question. "Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honor..." '

What?' Angel asked, not sure she had heard right.

A little lower than the angels, crowned with glory and honor.'

The real angels? Do you believe that?'

Yes, Angel, I do. When people look down on me, and these days'—she laughed shortly—'these days everyone over the age of five does. When people look down on me, I remember that God looks at this pitiful, twisted old thing that I have become and crowns me with glory.”
― Katherine Paterson, The Same Stuff as Stars

“Cows...weren't like people, with feelings of lonesomeness and worrying about what might happen next. That was just people, wasn't it? Sure, you could scare a cow, but wouldn't they get over it as soon as you let them be? They didn't stand around fretting about the next scare and the next and the next. ”
― Katherine Paterson, The Same Stuff as Stars

“Ow,” she said. It didn’t hurt so much as surprise her. “See this?” he said, lifting her arm up where he’d pinched it. “See this stuff here? This is the stuff of stars.”
― Katherine Paterson, The Same Stuff As Stars