Nothing in the world is like this- a bright white page with pale blue lines. The smell of … - Jacqueline Woodson

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My mother died when I was five, and all I did was sit and cry. I cried and cried and cried all day, until the neighbors went away.

Jacqueline Woodson

Nothing in the world is like this- a bright white page with pale blue lines. The smell of a newly sharpened pencil the soft hush of it moving finally one day into letters.

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