Nancy Willard Quotations

We don't really understand something until we have forgotten it.

the skin of moss / holds the footprints of / star-footed birds.

What one heart finds hard to believe, a hundred find easy.

Faith takes root in the insignificant.

What you need will come back to you.

Live in your roots, not in your branches.

Answers are closed rooms; and questions are open doors that invite us in.

It used to be on the Internet no one knew you were a dog. Now not only does everyone know that you are a dog, they know what kind of a dog you are, who you run with, where you hide your bones, the accidental piddle behind the couch, the fight you got into with the boxer, and your thoughts on the hot poodle down the street.

If prayers worked, Hitler would have been stopped at the border of Poland by angels with swords of fire.

Sometimes questions are more important than answers.