I was wishing I was invisible. Outside, the leaves were falling to the ground, and I was infinitely sad, sad down to my bones. I was sad for Phoebe and her parents and Prudence and Mike, sad for the leaves that were dying, and sad for myself, for something I had lost.
Sharon CreechMy granny Torrelli says when you are angry with someone, so angry you are thinking hateful things, so angry maybe you want to punch them, then you should think of the good things about them, and the nice things they've said, and why you liked them in the first place.
Sharon CreechThen I thought, boy, isn't that just typical? You wait and wait and wait for something, and then when it happens, you feel sad.
Sharon CreechDonโt be in too much of a rush to be published. There is enormous value in listening and reading and writingโand then putting your words away for weeks or monthsโand then returning to your work to polish it some more.
Sharon Creech