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> [Read for fun, read for information, read in order to understand yourself and other people with quite different ideas. Learn about the world beyond your door. Learn to be compassionate and grow in wisdom. Books can help us in all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-paterson/read-for-fun-read-for-information-read-in-order-to-understand/)

[Katherine Paterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-paterson/)

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## More by Katherine Paterson

> [ He \[an earnest young reporter\] seemed to share the view of many intelligent, well-educated, well-meaning people that, while adult literature may aim to be… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-paterson/he-an-earnest-young-reporter-seemed-to-share-the-view-of-many/)

[Katherine Paterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-paterson/)

> [“You're the proverbial diamond in the rough.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-paterson/you-re-the-proverbial-diamond-in-the-rough/)

[Katherine Paterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-paterson/)

> [We do have trouble dealing with death, but it's the one thing that is guaranteed we are all going to have to do, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-paterson/we-do-have-trouble-dealing-with-death-but-it-s-the-one-thing-that-is/)

[Katherine Paterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-paterson/)

> [Everybody gets scared sometimes, May Belle. You don't have to be ashamed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-paterson/everybody-gets-scared-sometimes-may-belle-you-don-t-have-to-be-ashamed/)

[Katherine Paterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-paterson/)

> [Obviously, I love to do both contemporary and historical fiction. When a hint of a story grabs me, I try to go with it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-paterson/obviously-i-love-to-do-both-contemporary-and-historical-fiction-when/)

[Katherine Paterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-paterson/)

> [I love revisions...We can't go back and revise our lives, but being allowed to go back and revise what we have written comes closest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-paterson/i-love-revisions-we-can-t-go-back-and-revise-our-lives-but-being/)

[Katherine Paterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-paterson/)

> [I woke up one morning and realized that what I wanted to say to everyone - children, young people, adults - was: Read for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-paterson/i-woke-up-one-morning-and-realized-that-what-i-wanted-to-say-to/)

[Katherine Paterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-paterson/)

> [Our fundamental task as human beings is to seek out connections-to exercise our imaginations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-paterson/our-fundamental-task-as-human-beings-is-to-seek-out-connections-to/)

[Katherine Paterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-paterson/)

> [a work that intends to be art must first be entertaining.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-paterson/a-work-that-intends-to-be-art-must-first-be-entertaining/)

[Katherine Paterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-paterson/)

> [I do know that I need solitude, not only to write but to nourish myself (being, like most writers, an introvert) so that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-paterson/i-do-know-that-i-need-solitude-not-only-to-write-but-to-nourish/)

[Katherine Paterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-paterson/)

> [Everything comes in useful once in a hundred years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-paterson/everything-comes-in-useful-once-in-a-hundred-years/)

[Katherine Paterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-paterson/)

> [“I had no study in those days, not even a desk or file or bookcase to call mine alone…It might have happened sooner \[the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-paterson/i-had-no-study-in-those-days-not-even-a-desk-or-file-or-bookcase-to/)

[Katherine Paterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-paterson/)

> [The challenge for those of us who care about our faith and about a hurting world is to tell stories which will carry the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-paterson/the-challenge-for-those-of-us-who-care-about-our-faith-and-about-a/)

[Katherine Paterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-paterson/)

> [One thing living in Japan did for me was to make me feel that what is left out of a work of art is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-paterson/one-thing-living-in-japan-did-for-me-was-to-make-me-feel-that-what-is/)

[Katherine Paterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-paterson/)

> [“We need a place," she said, "just for us. It would be so secret that we would never tell anyone in the whole world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-paterson/we-need-a-place-she-said-just-for-us-it-would-be-so-secret-that-we/)

[Katherine Paterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-paterson/)

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