Jandy Nelson
Jandy Nelson
Jandy Nelsonis an American author of young adult fiction. Prior to her career as an author, Nelson worked for 13 years as a literary agent. She holds a BA from Cornell University as well as MFAs in poetry and children's writing from Brown University and Vermont College of Fine Arts. Nelson lives in San Francisco, California...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth24 June 1965
CountryUnited States of America
heart knows know-how
I don't know how the heart withstands it.
giving maps firsts
For the first time in our lives, I’m somewhere she can’t find, and I don’t have the map to give her that leads to me.
simple people sound
And why do English people sound smarter than the rest of us? Like they should be awarded the Nobel Prize for a simple greeting?
horizon way ifs
It's as if someone vacuumed up the horizon while we were looking the other way.
brightness knows felt
I didn't know love felt like this, like turning into brightness.
flower grandmother thinking
My grandmother thinks it's really funny to put all sorts of things in our - my lunch. I never know what'll be inside: e.e. cummings, flower petals, a handful of buttons. She seems to have lost sight of the original purpose of the brown bag." - Lennie "Or maybe she thinks other forms of nourishment are more important." - Joe
dark way my-way
I can't shove the dark out of my way.
mind let-me my-own
Let me just unsubscribe to my own mind already, because I don't get any of it.
wall book dark
Meeting your soul mate is like walking into a house you've been in before - you will recognize the furniture, the pictures on the wall,the books on the shelves, the contents of drawers: You could find your way around in the dark if you had to.
people stories meant-to-be
Maybe some people are just meant to be in the same story.
sun hell decency
At least, the sun had the decency to stay the hell away from us.
luck ifs knows
If bad luck knows who you are, become someone else.
talking paper mouths
I've no use for talking, would just as soon store paper clips in my mouth.
eye sky white
The first thing I notice is the sky, so full of blue and the kind of brilliant white clouds that make you ecstatic to have eyes. Nothing can go wrong under this sky...