"I didn’t start out writing to give children hope, but I’m glad some of them found it."
― Beverly Cleary
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Hope
― Beverly Cleary
More From Beverly Cleary
- "I write in longhand on yellow legal pads."
- "I don’t think children’s inner feelings have changed. They still want a mother and father in the very same house; they want places to play."
- "I don’t necessarily start with the beginning of the book. I just start with the part of the story that’s most vivid in my imagination and work forward and backward from there."
More In Hope
- "Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic."― Thomas Szasz
- "I think sometimes all you need is to hear someone else say the same thing that you’re going through to realize that you’re not alone. I try to put some sense of hope into the songs, into whatever the situation is so that it’s not just dirt, drudgery and a life of misery."― Sarah McLachlan
- "I know we can’t always know what medical surprises may happen during childbirth. But my hope is to go fully natural – no epidural, no interventions. Wish me luck."― Danica McKellar