Avi
Avi
American author of young adult literature and winner of the Newbery Medal in 2003.
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth23 December 1937
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
thinking soul mercy
All I can think is that when you torment a person...the soul dies. When the soul dies, I suppose mercy dies, too.
heart men world
The more men see of the world, the bigger their hearts
love-you kissing aunt
Now give me a kiss, say you love me and off you go." "Sure, Aunt Lu," I said, and I gave her the kiss she wanted. Then I ran out and caught my bus. I didn't say I loved her. I guess I did. But asking someone to say they love you--and she always asked--is like buying yourself a birthday present. It's more than likely exactly what you want. But it must make you feel awfully sad to get it.
mother father taken
I kept asking myself if I felt different, if I was different. The answer was always yes. I was no longer nothing… How odd, I thought; it had taken my mother’s death, Father Quinel’s murder, and the desire of others to kill me to claim a life of my own.
teacher writing thinking
I think you become a writer when you stop writing for yourself or your teachers and start thinking about readers.
thinking laughing good-reads
I want my readers to feel, to think, sometimes to laugh. But most of all I want them to enjoy a good read.
wind mind safe
A sailor chooses the wind that takes the ship from a safe port. Ah, yes, but once you're abroad, as you have seen, winds have a mind of their own. Be careful, Charlotte, careful of the wind you choose.
eye heart looks
It all depends on you. If you want it to be different,it will be different. Don't look at the world with your eyes but with your heart.
became five four writers
Writers don't write writing, they write reading. When I was a kid, I read four or five books a week. And that is how I became a writer.
along border commitment early general happened judge performance stage trust unusual
What has happened along the border is a very early stage amid general excitement. We can't judge Egypt's performance in such unusual conditions. We trust they will live up to their commitments.
voting machines computer
It's the concept of having a computer voting machine that bothers me, more so than the specific poor implementation that we have from Diebold.
israel needs initiative
Without a Palestinian partner, Israel needs to take the initiative itself.
reality organization government
The minute they become a partner in the Palestinian government, reality will become a lot more complicated for them than when they were a terror organization alone.
roles wow screen-time
You can have a role in a movie that was originally something minor in terms of screen time, and all of a sudden we see something and go, wow, that's cool.