17+ Laura Whitcomb Quotes On Education, Friendship

Laura Whitcomb is an American novelist and playwright. She is best known for her novel A Certain Slant of Light, which was a finalist for the 2005 National Book Award. She has also written several other novels and plays, as well as short stories and essays. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Laura Whitcomb on love, leadership, education.

I would do anything to stay beside you forever. — Laura Whitcomb

Someone was looking at me, a disturbing sensation if you're dead. — Laura Whitcomb

It´s hard to have you with me but not to be able to take your hand or kiss you -James — Laura Whitcomb

i would court you with passion, if things were different. you'd never get me off your porch swing. — Laura Whitcomb

Books are boring," James said as he wrote. "They line the walls like a thousand leather doorways to be opened into worlds unknown," I offered. — Laura Whitcomb

he was watching me and when our eyes met, i had no fan to cover my face, no way to hid my feelings. i was desperate for him, and he could see it, all the way in me. — Laura Whitcomb

He kissed me for a long moment, holding my shoulders, perhaps to keep me from pressing my whole body against his. Then he tried to lift my bag. "My God," he said. "What happened?" "I found out one may check out twenty books at a time from the school library. — Laura Whitcomb

To desperately hope," I whispered James let out a breath. "To gratefully believe. — Laura Whitcomb

...You deserve to be happy. What can I do?" Don't send me away, I thought. He looked at me again. "What do you want?" "I want to taste an apple," I said. And your lips, I thought. — Laura Whitcomb

I couldn't take my eyes off him. Like a desert wanderer afraid of mirages, I gazed at my oasis, but he was real. — Laura Whitcomb

I had asked her for help, and she had sent me to the lions. I knew that she was trying to save her little girl, but sometimes mothers with the best intentions kill their daughters all the same. — Laura Whitcomb

That I am your heart's secret fills me with song. I wish I could sing of you here in my cage. You are my heart's hidden poem. I reread you, memorize you every moment we're apart. — Laura Whitcomb

Like a glimpse of eternity instantly forgotten. She is gone. — Laura Whitcomb

Those who cry to be young again should think twice before they seal those prayers. — Laura Whitcomb

Boys and girls hid in the library stacks or behind the gym and flew at each other with no promise of love or even kindness, tasting one another in clumsly attempts to steal pleasure before they could be hurt or hated. — Laura Whitcomb

i felt my being flutter. each tousled head that came through the door i wanted to be his, but no and on, a dozen boys entered, yet not the one. — Laura Whitcomb

Your mind will never lose anything forever that's worth keeping. — Laura Whitcomb

Life Lessons by Laura Whitcomb

1. Laura Whitcomb's work emphasizes the importance of understanding the complexities of life and the power of love to overcome any obstacle.
2. Her novels show that even in the darkest of times, hope and resilience can be found.
3. Through her stories, Whitcomb encourages readers to embrace their own unique journeys and to never give up on their dreams.