Jerry Spinelli Quotes

Nothing is to come, and nothing past: But an eternal now, does always last.

The same yesterday, today, and forever.

I do like the word timeless. That's a great word.

Words are the only things that last forever.

There is magic on earth.

There's a flame of magic inside every stone & every flower, every bird that sings & every frog that croaks. There's magic in the trees & the hills & the river & the rocks, in the sea & the stars & the wind, a deep, wild magic that's as old as the world itself. It's in you too, my darling girl, and in me, and in every living creature, be it ever so small. Even the dirt I'm sweeping up now is stardust. In fact, all of us are made from the stuff of stars.

Time (again, Time) like the soul, wears many faces, many bodies and climates and attitudes. The past is one face, the present a second and the future yet another.

Teach that God is, not was; that He speaketh, not spake.

No matter how interminable something feels, there is always, always an ending. Sometimes that's good, and sometimes it's bad; sometimes it's a matter of indifference, and sometimes it's heartbreaking, and your life is never the same thereafter.

There's a little bit of magic in every box!

And there are really never endings, happy or otherwise.

Always! That is the dreadful word ... it is a meaningless word, too.

My idea of magic doesn't have much to do with stage tricks and illusions. The whole world abounds in magic.

Its name-what passes not away.

Women are like tricks by sleight of hand, Which, to admire, we should not understand

I guess some things never change.

That should be considered long which can be decided but once.

No, Time, thou shalt not boast that I do change.

Even I never dreamed of Magic like this!

Nothing endures except truth.

There was romance in the unknown, but once a place had been discovered and cataloged and mapped, it was diminished, just another dusty fact in a book, sapped of mystery. So maybe it was better to leave a few spots on the map blank. To let the world keep a little of its magic, rather than forcing it to divulge every last secret. Maybe it was better, now and then, to wonder.

M is for magic. All the letters are, if you put them together properly. You can make magic with them, and dreams, and, I hope, even a few surprises.

We don't have to look far for miracles because they're all around us. Everything is astonishing. The universe on it's surface is alive with mystery.

My childhood has never lost its magic, it has never lost its mystery, and it has never lost its drama.

England is never in a hurry because she is eternal.