"Out of My Mind" Quotes
"Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper tells the story of Melody, a brilliant girl with cerebral palsy, as she finds her voice and strives to be heard in a world that underestimates her abilities.
realistic fiction | 295 pages | Published in 2010
Quotes
Words have always swirled around me like snowflakes—each one delicate and different, each one melting untouched in my hands.
I have discovered that there is something I love even more than being a rock star—being a writer!
I don’t know what they are called, the spaces between seconds—but I think of you always in those intervals.
People don't think. They generalize, and if the world looks like a place filled with people who are all alike, all thinking and acting and talking the same, then there is no room for anybody who is different.
I have a voice, and I have something to say. I want to say it. I want to write. I want to be heard.
I have a photographic memory, but I don't always take the picture.
Just because I can't talk doesn't mean I have nothing to say.
People who need help sometimes look a lot like people who don't need help.
If people were silent, they could hear their own hearts beat. If people were silent, they could hear the truth ringing in their souls.
Sometimes the bravest thing I can do is talk to people.
