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Stargirl
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"Stargirl" Quotes

A nonconformist girl named Stargirl transforms an Arizona high school with her unique personality and unconventional behavior.

Quotes

She was elusive. She was today. She was tomorrow. She was the faintest scent of a cactus flower, the flitting shadow of an elf owl. We did not know what to make of her. In our minds we tried to pin her to a corkboard like a butterfly, but the pin merely went through and away she flew.

Jerry Spinelli

mysteryenigma

She was bendable light: she shone around every corner of my day.

Jerry Spinelli

brightnessinspiration

It was a simple love, I would not have traded it for anything. And then, when it ended, I knew that somehow that love would live on.

Jerry Spinelli

lovememories

She was the one I could tell my dreams to. In fact, she was the dream, the one in my head and heart all the time, the one I was in love with.

Jerry Spinelli

lovedreams

The trouble with miracles is, they don't last long.

Jerry Spinelli

miraclesreality

The snow fell in silence, in a sky of yellow parchment.

Jerry Spinelli

snowatmosphere

She was a miracle. She was an anthem sung by angels. She sparkled. She pulled at the air and made colors appear.

Jerry Spinelli

miraclebeauty

I think what I want most of all is to disappear. I think in a few years, when I grow up, I will get a little place in the woods, and I will be mostly alone.

Jerry Spinelli

solitudefreedom

I did not have a name I wanted to share with her, and if I did, I surely would have been too embarrassed to tell her.

Jerry Spinelli

shynessembarrassment

I was mesmerized, desperate to follow her into her world.

Jerry Spinelli

fascinationcuriosity