Famous Julius Lester Quotes

  • The young accept the extraordinary as normal because they do not compare their lives with those of others when everyone is like them. – Julius Lester

    The young accept the extraordinary as normal because they do not compare their lives with those of others when everyone is like them.– Julius Lester

  • Silence was not the absence of sound but was itself a sound that could be loud or soft, soothing or disturbing, complex or simple. – Julius Lester

    Silence was not the absence of sound but was itself a sound that could be loud or soft, soothing or disturbing, complex or simple.– Julius Lester

  • He took the box but did not avail himself of a tissue. She understood. Sometimes it was comforting to feel the wetness of grief’s tears on your face. – Julius Lester

    He took the box but did not avail himself of a tissue. She understood. Sometimes it was comforting to feel the wetness of grief’s tears on your face.– Julius Lester

  • … the object of learning was not to build a better mousetrap but to ask a better question. – Julius Lester

    … the object of learning was not to build a better mousetrap but to ask a better question.– Julius Lester

  • Often, the human animal dresses terror in rage, and expresses both in a way unlike either. – Julius Lester

    Often, the human animal dresses terror in rage, and expresses both in a way unlike either.– Julius Lester