Donna Jo Napoli famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Learning is not the accumulation of knowledge, but rather, one thing only: understanding
-- Donna Jo Napoli

#Wisdom #Understanding #Accumulation
And oh I want so much to sing, I tell myself no. But it is so hard to keep from singing.
-- Donna Jo Napoli

#Singing #Want
Summer comes over the hill like a hairy blanket.
-- Donna Jo Napoli

#Summer #Hills #Over The Hill
Forgiveness is a little thing when love is there.
-- Donna Jo Napoli

#Forgiveness #Love Is #Littles
Writing isn't just on the page; it's voices in the reader's head. Read what you write out loud to someone-anyone-and you will catch all kinds of things.
-- Donna Jo Napoli

#Writing #Voice #Pages
Unfortunately, we're using the same language to talk about the language we'retalking about.
-- Donna Jo Napoli

#Language
A massive and brilliant accomplishment--the first English translation of the original Grimm brothers' fairy tales. The plain telling is that much more forceful for its simplicity and directness, particularly in scenes of naked self-concern and brutality. Hate, spite, love, magic, all self-evident, heartbreaking, delightful. I will return to this book over and over, no doubt about it.
-- Donna Jo Napoli

#Brother #Hate #Book
You have to live life if you're going to create believable lives on paper.
-- Donna Jo Napoli

#Live Life #Paper
Or, in truth, eventually, though I still noticed, the callouses on my spirit prevented wounds (p.75).
-- Donna Jo Napoli

#Spirit #Stills #Wounds
If you fall into water, you may still be saved. But if you fall down in literary matters, there is no life left for you.
-- Donna Jo Napoli

#Fall #Water #May
I feel the stars. Each sparkle sets aflame the pain in my heart.
-- Donna Jo Napoli

#Stars #Pain #Heart
Secrets could never be rushed. They had to come of their own accord, on their own schedule. That way ,when they came , the offered themselves as a gift.
-- Donna Jo Napoli

#Secret #Schedules #Way

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