Well, it’s simple to love someone. But it’s hard to know when you need to say it out loud.

—Rebecca Stead in When You Reach Me

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About Rebecca Stead

Portrait of Rebecca Stead

Rebecca Stead (born January 16, 1968) is an American writer of fiction for children and teens. She won the American Newbery Medal in 2010, the oldest award in children's literature, for her second novel When You Reach Me.

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Trying to forget really doesn’t work. In fact, it’s pretty much the same as remembering. But I tried to forget anyway, and to ignore the fact that I was remembering you all the time.

—Rebecca Stead in When You Reach Me

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Science may never come up with a better office communication system than the coffee break.

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Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws.

—Douglas Adams

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Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.

—George Eliot

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No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.

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Language is the source of misunderstandings.

—Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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History

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