Love, Stargirl Quotes
Disclaimer: I do not own the copyright of any of the two books: Stargirl and Love, Stargirl.
I absolutely love Jerry Spinelli’s books Stargirl and Love, Stargirl! Stargirl aka Susan Caraway is my hero. In a very weird and unexpected way, she saved me from an utterly meaningless and passionless life. The Stargirl book is like my sacred and holy book. I have read it a million times and I do not cease to find beauty in it.
And since I love it so much, I thought I’d share lines from the books which I think, feel and know speak some truth.
BOOK: Love, Stargirl
Stargirl
- “We were once so fresh, a dazzling snowfield. Let’s promise to each other that if we ever meet again we will never plow and push our new-fallen snow. We will not become slush. We will stay like this field and melt away together only in the sun’s good time.”
- “Tell me that even though our bodies were in separate states, our star selves shared an enchanted place.”
Hi,
I changed my name to Stargirl. I didn’t feel like an Ella anymore. Too plain, boring, and definetly not me. I want to be so much like Stargirl, exactly the person she is. But it’s hard. Really hard.
I think everyone is a Star person, they just need to find their inner self. So let all of the stars in our sky shine just as bright to everyone as they shine bright to me.
Love,
Stargirl
I believe you’re right about everybody being a star person but a star person is someone who can wear there personality without any exceptions. You trying to be like stargirl is hiding away from yourself. Stargirl is an example you should follow however.
yep i agree,
but i think the book, ‘Love, Stargirl’ is trying to say….You don’t have to be like her, to realise that you could be her already, but in your own way.
Stargirl is a creative person and has a imaginative, or you could say a magical personality and if you gaze at the stars in the night sky, you’ll find who you are, believe me it works! As crazy as it sounds…
I may seem blond, even though i am, and i am proud to be, i don’t care what people think about me.
Don’t give up hope……
I am glad you have taken that path, but I feel as if you should find your own name. Stargirl had her own reason for choosing Stargirl, so you should wait for your new name to fall onto you.
I think Garret is right about finding your own name, while trying to be a Star person.
Its good to see someone who sees the way I do.
Stargirl and Love, Stargirl just touched me. Although its extremely cheezy, it struck something within me.
But to the poster above me, I think that being “like stargirl” is not the point of stargirl. The stargirl is to be like no-one, and to be like everyone. It’s not to copy, but to just be.
Yes, I think that it doesn’t tell you to be Stargirl, but to be your inner self
Its just a book to tell a good story. Be yourself, not a charactor in a book.
I think the point is to think like Stargirl. See life the way she does. Live for today. Celebrate the things, like solstice, that everyone lets pass them by.
You have to mould Stargirl’s ways into yourself.
These books are truely amazing. They changed my life. Before them, I was miserable. I forgot what life could be about. Now I see it. I see everything.
i agree nothings impossable..
I’m not like Stargirl. I’ll never be like Stargirl. But I just try to be my own magical self. I just try to embrace the starlight inside me and be someone real. It’s a real challenge but impossible.
If I were you I would go somewhere alone for a whole day without coming into contact with one person so you can just forget about everything. The person you are there is the personm you really are.
after i read that book i was more me than i ever have been and when ever i forget who i am i read it over again and it feels like everything i read is new again!
after i read it i couldnt beleive i ever tried to be anything but! and its a fun life. i met chris the hippie in a tree. now i have a pet racoon i found named sandwhich. and just to do something in honor of stargirl rather then my real self i never keep my change. i leave it in random places for people to find, expessially by gum machines and arcades.
but im not a saint like stargirl. the real me isnt a saint. sometimes ill glue one of those quaters to the floor. or catch some cotton balls on fire on the drive way. or steal stuff from my friends without them noticing and give it back to them for there birthdays! thats always fun! have the box of stolen stuff is filled with gum!
I think that Stargirl can relate to anyone. She does things that no one would think of. That’s just who she is.
I feel that if we all be true to ourself and true to the people around you (in a very nice way) that we could change the world for the better.
When I read this book I didn’t think of it as a story, I felt as if I were a character in the book.
Jerry Spinelli is an amazing author and I would give him 3 thumbs up if that was possible.
Stargirl is definately an inspiration to everyone who reads her tale. I’ve been calling myself Snickerdoodle lately.
hahhahaha no one should copy her but everyone should take her advice.
i defenetly agree.
stargirl is someone we all have a little inside us
but shes also something we want to have a greater knowledge of.
She’s someone we can act like we fully comprehend, but we also at the same time know nothing about her.
She’s someone we wish to mimic but don’t have the courage to.
She’s more human then most of us, but yet so much human that she becomes less then average human-kind itself.
And lastly, we wish to judge her, but not to judge ourselves.
This is what makes stargirl, stargirl [:
bowe chicka wow wow
Huh?
RANDOM!!!!!
i have the 2nd book i dont find it as good as the first butr still great
iluv the characters in both books
rock on
ps say rock on at the end of yur comment if u agree with me!!!
I havn’t read the second book, i dun no what its called, but i would love 2 know!
rock on…
I thought the second book had a bigger meaning than the first.
Hey Grass Guy. Like you, the second book had a greater impact on me. Maybe because it was told from Stargirl’s perspective.
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I spent the entire second book cursing Leo. He does not deserve Susan’s love. She is hung up on him but he was the problem not her. They could not have been together and though that does not mean that they will not continue to love each other it was Leo that ultimately blew it. He should have been (as Jack White put it) a “martyr for their love”. He should have shut it down and walked away. It would have been the hardest thing he probably ever had done but it would have been the right things.
“I’m beginning to like you
So you probably won’t get what I’m going to do
I’m walkin’ away from you
It probably don’t make much sense to you
But I’m trying to save you
From all of the things that I’ll probably say or do”
The White Stripes – A Martyr for my Love for You.
Stargirl is an incredible book,deeper than i was expecting. I don’t think the meaning of the story is to become Stargirl’s identical twin because you wouldn’t be your true self. It’s just a different perspective on life,a positive perspective and i think that’s the reason why this book has touched so many of us,we’re all trying to find the meaning of life and Stargirl seems to have it mastered. It’s comforting to know that there are star people out there.Well done Jerry Spinelli. You’re a wizard.
Wow. I’m so happy I didn’t delete my blog. I’m so touched by all your comments. I’ll try and get everything you guys said to Mr. Spinelli. Maybe through email or something.
I’m a tad older now. But there’s a stargirl in me that never ever dies. I hope all the people who love stargirl can come together for a camp. It would be a blast. We’d do all sorts of crazy nice things.
I TOO CHANGED MY NAME TO STARGIRL….AND SINCE THEN, I HAVE HAD THE BEST 10 MINUTES OF MY LIFE
Stargirl has changed my life. Has opened my life to new possibilities. Without my having read it, my life would have gone along a different path, without a doubt. Thank-you, Stargirl.
I think that is the same for me =)
I think my favourite Van Gogh painting would be Starry Night and I love the Don Mclean song Vincent which is about this painting.
Both “Stargirl” and “Love, Stargirl” had such an impact on me. It made me see the world for what it is and it helped me find myself. This character made me confident in myself. I no longer care what others think or say about me. I do not try to hide anymore. I am just me. Not something someone else wants me to be. I am happy with myself. I’m glad that I had the chance of having to read the first book at school. I will always be gratful to Jerry Spinelli, and the Stargirl books. This book changed me. If I hadn’t read it then I don’t know who I’d be right now. Probably another clone of this world. Same as everybody else. Thank you Stargirl.
Stargirl is the only person who came from a book that changed my world completely.
Thank you, Stargirl.
~It’s a Stargirl Universe.
~Julienne
Stargirl universe, you can say that again!!!!
Your just like me. The Stargirl Series is absolutely the best book(s) I ever read. I say that about quite a few books but after I read the Stargirl books. I was depressed, apathetic, and I just wanted to give up on life. I was laying in bed thinking about sneaking out and finding a rope in the garage. I could easily tie it around one of the rafters and proceed to hang myself, never having to deal with the pain in life again. But then I thought about somthing a friend of mine said. Two simple words: stay positive. I know it sounds so easy but it really saved my life. That and the passage from “Love, Stargirl” that basically says to live for today, not for tomorrow. Today might totally suck, and all the days that lead up to that, but you should make tomorrow a new day. Make tomorrow better. These things helped me get over my depression.
yep,
‘love, stargirl’ is the best book i’ve read in my life so far and i am reading it my third time right this minute, because i remember how crazy/aparently wako to Alvina, stargirl is….
Just as crazy as i am and aparently people say i’m wako at times, but i think the crazy people are always the best!…though everyone’s got, just, somethng dramatic, facinating within them…..who ever they may be? you never know you might have something, but have not yet discovered it!!
This book is my forever favorite.
Its way below my readinq level, but when i found it I just HAD to read it because I remembered how much I loved the first one. Years have passed since then; 4, but this book still reached out to me like it would any little kid. It really helps people open their eyes & see the realness of the world.
it’s like reading about myself(how arrogant does that sound)
i was always persecuted for being different..
and i always stayed true to who i am, i lost alot of people because of that.
but i wouldn’t have it any other way.
everything i’ve been through.. the way i’ve always seen things.
it’s a very comforting book for me
x
just bought the hardback version of love, star girl
for my starboy who moved to kansas
aha
x x xx
I Love beginnings-
-Stargirl (love,Stargirl)
I love the relationship between Perry and Stargirl. In a way Perry’s almost like her.Stargirl is like the perfect role model! Where is she when we need a star person in this world?!
We need a shiny star in this dull world!
So let’s help her out!
Thanks for writing these books,Jerry Spinelli!
You rock!
I think that Perry and Stargirl have not yet discovered their very simalar, but i do agree there relationship is fantastic, yes we do need a bright star, which shines BRIGHT, within the LIGHT, put it together and it makes a star a ‘bright light!’ And thats exactly what we need.
I don’t think the reason is to copy Stargirl. We should all just be ourselves. Be YOU and don’t let anyone stop you. Because you are what you are and you should let yourself shine. You should change your name if you don’t think it fits, but do you need to name yourself Stargirl? *DEJA VU!*
Stargirl & Love, Stargirl Are AMAZING Books And They Have A Message. You Need To Look Inside Yourself To Find That Message!
Love Emerald-Mae ♥
I love the characters in ‘love, stargirl’, their unique and different and as it sounds, impossable, but everyone knows nothings impossable…The book shows skill and you realise how hard it is to be apart of something special!
Smile’s all around…….
Freya, x
freya
How many down sides do u have in your life? I’ve got, well i don’t know, probably 2 out of my lucky number 5
how many bad sighns of love have u got in your life?
When i ended readinq this book i felt like a stab in my heart like the world chanqed to me for some reason… i LOVE this book so much!!! i literlly started cryinq at the end i was left speachles. i love the way STARGIRL “dared to be different” from the rest of the people. i have not yet found the real person in me but one day i will and ill feel full and complet! don’t look after Stargirl what i mean is look inside you follow her footsteps but be yourself inside and not some one else…. Love && Rockets;; Karlli<3
I just read Stargirl a week ago and I was very surprised to discover that we share a single thing: changing names. I’ve been changing my name since I was in grade school. I once called myself Pie-Pie, Anna, Miyaka, Sky and many more.
I love the story but I love Stargirl more. I dream to be one of the Star people
This is the best book ever. i reccomended it to all of my friends and i am hooked ont the series. its such an intense book and so detailed!
Perry Dellloplane sounds like quite the dude! haha,wanna read so much more of these books!
Best wishes to readers,
Love Stargirl wannabe
For so long I’ve been wrapped up in the world of fashion and trends and being the same as every other girl in my area. I changed my name from Kat to SeaShell exactly one hour, 5 mins and 3 seconds ago. I am wearing shorts and a short sleeved t-shirt and a crazy rainbow shawl. My afro hair hanging around my shoulders and there is a big smile on my face.
I love Stargirl
I somehow felt depresssed after I read the book, It touched me, and I found that I could do things to have a better morale, but, I saw the amazing relationship Stargirl & Leo had and I couldn’t stop reading page 125, but I began to feel depressed for I bacame unsure if ____ was right, and would lead to the same happiness.
Confused,