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\u201cReaders are lucky \u2013 they will never be bored or lonely.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Natalie Babbitt<\/strong>, American author<\/p>\n

Contribution to Once Upon a Time\u2026Celebrating the Magic of Children\u2019s Books <\/em>in Honor of the Twentieth Anniversary of Reading is Fundamental<\/em> (1986) New York: G.P. Putnam\u2019s Sons, p. 45<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531588755-96303790-852e094f-cf635381-89e575af-c593″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt <\/em><\/strong>[Essay contribution to a collection honoring the Reading is Fundamental (RIF) program]:<\/p>\n

\u201cWith books, your inner world has no walls. And in reading \u2013 and writing \u2013 stories, you can be many different people in many different places, doing things you would never have a chance to do in ordinary life. It\u2019s amazing that those twenty-six little marks of the alphabet can arrange themselves on the pages of a book and accomplish all that. Readers are lucky \u2013 they will never be bored or lonely<\/span>.<\/span>\u201d (p. 45)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source ISBN” tab_id=”1449531589797-29580b31-8c50094f-cf635381-89e575af-c593″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Library \u2013 Once Upon A Time\u2026<\/em> (1986) International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 03-992-13694<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315829087-ce67c619-0fbc5381-89e575af-c593″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Misattributed to Natalie Babbitt<\/strong><\/em><\/span> –<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t be afraid of death\u2026be afraid of an unlived life. You don\u2019t have to live forever, you just have to live.<\/span>\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Jeffrey Lieber<\/span> <\/strong>& James V. Hart<\/strong><\/span>, American screenwriters<\/p>\n

Tuck Everlasting <\/em>(2002) Film adaptation of 1975 book Tuck Everlasting <\/em>by Natalie Babbitt; Walt Disney Pictures, Director Jay Russell; line spoken by actor William Hurt in role of \u2018Angus Tuck\u2019; film preview online via Movieclips Classic Trailers & YouTube, www.youtube.com<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-ban” add_icon=”true” title=”Misquotes” tab_id=”1453315829287-33b1178b-1c815381-89e575af-c593″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Misattibution notes<\/em><\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n

Although the Jeffrey Lieber & James V. Hart screenplay is based closely on author Natalie Babbitt<\/span>\u2019<\/strong>s original version of Tuck Everlasting<\/em>, Babbitt\u2019s 1975 book does not include the line cited here. Lieber & Hart should be attributed as the quote authors.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315829475-7c82a017-1e625381-89e575af-c593″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Screenplay dialogue. Character \u2018Angus Tuck\u2019 to \u2018Winnie Foster.\u2019]:<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t be afraid of death, Winnie, be afraid of an unlived life.<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n

Source note<\/em><\/strong>: Cited line is spoken at approximately 1:40 minutes in the Tuck Everlasting<\/em> official film preview. Please see \u2018Source Link\u2019 tab for video link.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315829682-63e8fade-cf4c5381-89e575af-c593″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source link<\/strong><\/em><\/span>: \u201cTuck Everlasting (2002) Official Trailer #1\u201d (2002) Disney movie preview; online via Movieclips Classic Trailers & YouTube: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rXbbAbDvifw<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n

Resources<\/h4>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=”none” el_class=”Wrapper-Author-Resources”]Learn more about Natalie Babbitt <\/strong><\/span>| Here are a few good places to start –<\/p>\n