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63 quotes by Walter Dean Myers

Walter Dean Myers (born Walter Milton Myers; August 12, 1937 – July 1, 2014) was an American writer of children's books best known for young adult literature. He wrote more than one hundred books including picture books and nonfiction. He won the Coretta Scott King Award for African-American authors five times. His 1988 novel Fallen Angels is one of the books most frequently challenged in the U.S. because of its adult language and its realistic...
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One of the lessons learned during the Vietnam War was that the depiction of wounded soldiers, of coffins stacked higher than their living guards, had... →

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I joined the army on my seventeenth birthday, full of the romance of war after having read a lot of World War I British poetry and having seen a lot... →

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I was teased if I brought my books home. I would take a paper bag to the library and put the books in the bag and bring them home. Not that I was... →

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We need to tell young people that America was built by men and women of all colors and that the future of this country is dependent on the... →

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As a young man, I saw families prosper without reading because there were always sufficient opportunities for willing workers who could follow simple... →

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I keep threatening to keep a formal journal, but whenever I start one it instantly becomes an exercise in self-consciousness. Instead of a journal I... →

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I think it's difficult for young people to acknowledge being smart, to knowledge being a reader. I see kids who are embarrassed to read books.... →

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I'll never live to write all the stories I have in my head.

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To fight for one's country, to offer one's very life to promote the well being of the United States, is truly a noble undertaking. But so is... →

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I was a good student, but a speech impediment was causing problems. One of my teachers decided that I couldn't pronounce certain words at all.... →

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I like people who take responsibility for their lives.

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I know what falling off the cliff means. I know from being considered a very bright kid to being considered like a moron and dropping out of school.

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We need to tell kids flat out: reading is not optional.

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