Out of My Heart Quotes

“Everybody thinks they know me,”
― Sharon M. Draper, Out of My Heart

“And all of a sudden I felt like crying. Because… well, that was me—so much on the inside that still could not get to the outside. Energy trapped. Not all of it—I’m glad I have my board to let burps of it out. But, yeah, I’m tangled inside myself. And there’s no magical key to unravel the coils. What the heck? I get on a boat, and boom, I got feelings!”
― Sharon M. Draper, Out of My Heart

“me, the inside wires that connect to my physical body are sort of like the ones inside that fixture. They’re pretty much fried. But the wires to my brain—ah! Absolutely, exceptionally excellent!”
― Sharon M. Draper, Out of My Heart

“Hi, I’m Karyn with a K”—flashing a shy smile at Kim—“and I’m eleven and three quarters. I’ve never been to camp before.” She paused, then said in a rush, “The upstairs part of my body works fine. The downstairs part—not so much. They call it spina bifida. I call it a pain in the butt.”
― Sharon M. Draper, Out of My Heart

“We are often ignored, mistreated, teased, or overlooked. Each of us struggles with something—physical, emotional, or mental—that makes us just a little different from the others. Sometimes a lot different.”
― Sharon M. Draper, Out of My Heart

“Slowly I reached out. I wasn’t scared. But what if I scared it? Be still, hand! I ordered my right hand. Miss Cleo had tiny black button eyes, and it stared right at me. As I touched the snake, it still didn’t move, and neither did my hand! It felt a little like cool, smooth leather on my fingertips. Look at me! Getting all cozy with snakes and stuff—Mom and Dad would never believe this! Once we’d learned more about snakes than we ever imagined we wanted to, Lulu announced that she was going to let this one go home. “Everybody good with that?”
― Sharon M. Draper, Out of My Heart

“Most of the time, their balloon zipped across that grass lik eit”
― Sharon M. Draper, Out of My Heart

“$47.47.”
― Sharon M. Draper, Out of My Heart

“I noticed that kid Noah looking right at me. And smiling. Right at me. How was this even possible?”
― Sharon M. Draper, Out of My Heart

“amazing.”
― Sharon M. Draper, Out of My Heart

“hooked solid,”
― Sharon M. Draper, Out of My Heart

“In our schools, most of us are considered misfits. We are often ignored, mistreated, teased, or overlooked. Each of us struggles with something—physical, emotional, mental—that makes us just a little different from others. Sometimes a lot different. But here, we were awesome, we were noble, we were able, and we were cool!”
― Sharon M. Draper, Out of My Heart

“Trinity came back, looked over my shoulder. “Melody!” she exclaimed, her voice full of wonder. “You painted fireflies!” I nodded yes, but in my heart, it was no. What I had painted… was friends.”
― Sharon M. Draper, Out of My Heart

“For me, the inside wires that connect to my physical body are sort of like the ones inside that fixture. They’re pretty much fried. But the wires to my brain—ah! Absolutely, exceptionally excellent! And that made me think about how here at camp, no one was doing what so many people I’ve met seem to do. Lots of folks still have a tendency to just look at me from the outside. They notice the wheelchair and the head wobbling and the fact that my hands just can’t hold still. I drool sometimes—which, yes, is totally embarrassing. Folks don’t often look deep enough to see the kid who knows the names of every single bone in the human body. I’m almost twelve, but I read on a twelfth-grade level. Lots of that is thanks to Mrs. V, who never saw me as unplugged, but only saw my power.”
― Sharon M. Draper, Out of My Heart

“lik eit”
― Sharon M. Draper, Out of My Heart

“six feet.”
― Sharon M. Draper, Out of My Heart