When I lock myself up to write, I cannot allow myself to think about the censor or the reviewer or anyone but my characters and their story!
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Having the freedom to read and the freedom to choose is one of the best gifts my parents ever gave me.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The freedom to read and choose is a valuable gift that enhances personal growth.
Judy Blume expresses appreciation for the liberty to explore literature and make independent choices in reading, highlighting how this freedom has positively impacted her life. It emphasizes the importance of nurturing a child's ability to make personal decisions, as it fosters creativity, critical thinking, and individual development.
Themes
FreedomReadingParentsGiftChoice
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about the importance of education, you might cite this quote to stress parental influence.
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What can happen if a young reader picks up a book he/she isn't yet ready for? Questions, maybe. Usually, that child puts down the book and says, 'Boring.' Or, 'I'm not ready for this.' Kids are really good at knowing what they can handle.
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Concentrate on how good if feels to be alive. No matter what. Just to see the color of the sky, just to smell the air, and feel the wind in your face
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I wrote 'Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret' right out of my own experiences and my own feelings when I was in sixth grade.
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Nobody ever asks me why my characters don't text each other. Besides, as soon as you put something 'electronic' in a book, it's already out of date by the time it's published: everything will have changed. Human emotion, on the other hand, will never change.
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