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E.L. Konigsburg

I waited for her to catch up, and when I did, she slowed down, and I missed seeing the light in her hair. I never told Nadia how much I liked seeing the halo the sunlight made of her hair. Sometimes silence is a habit that hurts.

E.L. Konigsburg

But lying in bed just before going to sleep is the worst time for organized thinking; it is the best time for free thinking. Ideas drift like clouds in an undecided breeze, taking first this direction and then that.

sleep, thoughts

E.L. Konigsburg

Let me first talk about our brains as a personal radio telescope. Let me talk first about its wonderful built-in wiring for tuning out the static of our civilization in order to better tune in its symphony.

brains, development, life

E.L. Konigsburg

Because after a time having a secret and nobody knowing you have a secret is no fun. And although you don’t want others to know what the secret is, you want them to at least know you have one.

E.L. Konigsburg

Before you can be anything, you have to be yourself. That’s the hardest thing to find.

be-yourself, self-discovery

E.L. Konigsburg

Secrets are the kind of adventure she needs. Secrets are safe, and they do much to make you different. On the inside where it counts.

E.L. Konigsburg

Sometimes it takes more courage to be the passenger than to be the driver.

E.L. Konigsburg

In some way, every creative action disturbs the universe.

art, creation, creativity, literature, revolution

E.L. Konigsburg

It takes more courage to disturb the neighborhood than it takes to disturb the universe. And the price is often higher.

art, books, change, courage, creativity, ideas, revolution, science

E.L. Konigsburg

…I didn’t run away to come home the same. -Claudia

adventure, change, growing-up, running-away

E.L. Konigsburg

I think you should learn, of course, and some days you must learn a great deal. But you should also have days when you allow what is already in you to swell up inside of you until it touches everything. And you can feel it inside of you. If you never take time out to let that happen, then you accumulate facts, and they begin to rattle around inside of you. You can make noise with them, but never really feel anything with them. It’s hollow.

E.L. Konigsburg

It is sometimes necessary to use unnecessary words like thank you and please just to make life prettier.

please, pretty, thank-you, words