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The Great Gilly Hopkins
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"The Great Gilly Hopkins" Quotes

A foster child named Gilly struggles with her identity and her place in the world as she moves from one home to another.

Quotes

Life is a guess.

Katherine Paterson

You don't know what it feels like to be unwanted. I don't care where you go - you take yourself with you.

Katherine Paterson

unwantedself

I don't know why people are sad. That's what I'm always saying. Why be sad when all you have to do is learn something?

Katherine Paterson

sadnesslearning

I don't want to be one of those people who are just remembered. I want to do something.

Katherine Paterson

ambition

I'll believe in anything if it's not a lie.

Katherine Paterson

Nobody never loved me. I might as well get used to it.

Katherine Paterson

loveself-worth

I don't want to be loved. I just want to be heard.

Katherine Paterson

You don't just throw people away. You've got to keep them.

Katherine Paterson

I'm not a bad person. I'm a good person. I just don't know how to show it.

Katherine Paterson

You're not the only one who's ever been disappointed.

Katherine Paterson