Quotes by Rodman Philbrick

About Rodman Philbrick:

Rodman Philbrick is an American writer of novels for adults and children. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and currently lives in Maine and Florida. He and Lynn Harnett were married from 1980 until her death in 2012. They collaborated on scary books for young readers, including The House on Cherry Street, The Werewolf Chronicles , and Visitors, three trilogies published by Scholastic, Inc. Philbrick has also written using the pen names W. R. Philbrick, William R. Dantz, and Chris Jordan.
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Keep marching boys and girls. Keep marching

Rodman Philbrick

I know who the real hero is, and it isn't me or brave Lanaya. It's an old man with a white beard and a walking stick and a heart so big it won't let him stop thinking he can change the world by writing down things in a book no one will ever read.

Rodman Philbrick

Shut up!" I say, holding my hands to my ears. "Shut up!" But the stupid gummy won't shut up; he's trying to tell me something important even though I'm covering my ears and I don't want to hear it and I don't want to think about who I am or what's wr...

Rodman Philbrick

I'm thinking maybe letting the latches burn is the right idea. Let everything burn until there's nothing left but ashes and cool rain.

Rodman Philbrick

Do not despair, my friend. Today is theirs, but the future is ours

Rodman Philbrick

I believe that we have the ability to change our lives using our imaginations. Imagination is a muscle—the more you use it, the stronger it gets.

Rodman Philbrick

Bean finds the best apple in our tree and hands it up to me. "You know what this tastes like when you first bite into it?" she asks. "No, what?" "Blue sky." "You're zoomed." "You ever eat blue sky?" "No," I admit. "Try it sometime," she says. "It's a...

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I used to belong to a family unit, with a foster mom and dad and my little sister, Bean, but that's over and I don't want to talk about what happened , or how unfair it was. Not yet. The less said about that the better, because if there's one thing I...

Rodman Philbrick

The only real treasure is in your head. Memories are better than diamonds and nobody can steal them from you

Rodman Philbrick

You ever notice how long it takes for things to happen when you know they're supposed to happen? My fake Walkman has a built-in alarm, and I set it for two in the morning and wear the headphones to bed, but before you can wake up you have to fall asl...

Rodman Philbrick

Books are like truth serum-- if you don't read, you can't figure out what's real.

Rodman Philbrick

remembering is a great invention of the mind, and if you try hard enough you can remember anything, whether it really happened or not.

Rodman Philbrick

Sure it will hurt. But so what? Pain is just a state of mind. You can think your way out of anything, even pain.

Rodman Philbrick

Author Bio

  • NameRodman Philbrick
  • DescriptionAmerican writer
  • Born1951
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionNovelist; Writer