Jason Reynolds Quotes

Fear is real, but so is love.

I was loved as a kid; I was raised with more love and emotional support than most folks could wish for... my memories aged nought to ten... are all bound up together in a mesh of innocence and fun.

'E.T.' was a healing movie; it was a heart movie. It was all about getting about getting home and love.

Ultimately, there are only two emotions: love and fear. And pretty much anything else you want to name can be broken down into one of those.

We were always surrounded by people who knew us very well and cared about us.

What all of us long for in our hearts, at Christmastime and always, is to feel bound together in love with the sweet assurance that it can last forever.

My books are about ordinary people, like you, me, people on the street, people who really have an expectation of reasonable happiness in life, want their life to have a sense of security and predictability, who want to belong to something bigger than them, who want love and affection in their life, who want a good future for the children.

The thrill of coming home has never changed.

I love my house. I love my family. I love my animals.

I think what 'The Hobbit' and Middle-earth deal in are quite universal and timeless themes of honour and love and friendship... so they're things that do resonate with people.

I was blessed to grow up in really interesting times and to go back to a home where I was very safe.

We want to feel that this earth is all ours, like our parents' house when we were children.

I knew that I was loved. And that's such an important thing. And, of course, at such an early age, you take it for granted. Of course your parents love you. Of course Mrs. Hubert across the street loves you and your godmother loves you and your grandparents love you.

Our songs touch people, and take them back to a time when there was no threat of terrorism, when you didn't have to lock your doors and when Mom and Dad took care of everything.

There's a monster outside my room, can I have a glass of water?

Home is one's birthplace, ratified by memory.

I have me. I have God. I have my son. Everything else is extra.

Children are the keys of paradise.

We all know about love, faith, sadness, despair, hope, hopelessness, longing, desire... those are things we all have inside of us, and that's what my songs are about... what it means to be a human being.

Luckily for me I have a very supportive family and a loving group of friends.

It's great to have a home and everything else that comes with it.

My home is not a place, it is people.

Even as a child, you can recognise the innocence of Piglet or the strange adult qualities of Eeyore. You just know you are with friends and family.

Happiness is one thing, and I've had it my whole life - that's family.

Whenever I'm with you, I'm home.