James Howe Quotes


We all start out thinking that there is such a thing as perfection and that there's something wrong with us if we settle for less. First we won't eat the food with the brown spots. Then we hate ourselves because we have our own brown spots—pimples or ears that are too big or legs that are too skinny.


Citations

Howe, James. The Misfits. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2001, p. 235.

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  • Born: August 2, 1946
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Writer

James Howe is an American children's writer with more than 79 juvenile and young adult fiction books to his credit. He is known best for the Bunnicula series about a vampire rabbit that sucks the juice out of vegetables.