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> [In order to deliver the emotional truth in the story, you have to include some of the literal truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theresa-breslin/in-order-to-deliver-the-emotional-truth-in-the-story-you-have-to/)

[Theresa Breslin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theresa-breslin/)

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## More by Theresa Breslin

> [“The Maestro spoke again. "When we are not, at what point do we become?" I could not reply. For I had grasped no shape…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theresa-breslin/the-maestro-spoke-again-when-we-are-not-at-what-point-do-we-become-i/)

[Theresa Breslin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theresa-breslin/)

> [In addition to being a writer, I'm a librarian - professionally trained and everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theresa-breslin/in-addition-to-being-a-writer-i-m-a-librarian-professionally-trained/)

[Theresa Breslin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theresa-breslin/)

> [“What makes a human being want to kill another who has done him no personal harm? Patriotism.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theresa-breslin/what-makes-a-human-being-want-to-kill-another-who-has-done-him-no/)

[Theresa Breslin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theresa-breslin/)

> [“I peered at his writing, but I could make nothing of it. Then I saw why, and my soul chilled like marble. His writing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theresa-breslin/i-peered-at-his-writing-but-i-could-make-nothing-of-it-then-i-saw-why/)

[Theresa Breslin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theresa-breslin/)

> [“I must tell you this, Maggie. Your letters are my lifeline. Your threat to stop them terrified me. Never stop writing to me, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theresa-breslin/i-must-tell-you-this-maggie-your-letters-are-my-lifeline-your-threat/)

[Theresa Breslin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theresa-breslin/)

> [“If you are not a Conchie, what are you man?' demanded the Major. After some moments' thought, Francis said, 'I am a human being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theresa-breslin/if-you-are-not-a-conchie-what-are-you-man-demanded-the-major-after/)

[Theresa Breslin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theresa-breslin/)

> [“This was not completely true. I had run so fast that I still had a stitch in my side, but I did not want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theresa-breslin/this-was-not-completely-true-i-had-run-so-fast-that-i-still-had-a/)

[Theresa Breslin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theresa-breslin/)

> [“Being illegitimate is a technicality. It does not mean that there is anything wrong with you. Men use "bastard" as a curse. But to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theresa-breslin/being-illegitimate-is-a-technicality-it-does-not-mean-that-there-is/)

[Theresa Breslin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theresa-breslin/)

> [“The scribe was a strict teacher and he did not accept anything less than perfect... Like a mother sensing the baby quickening within her,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theresa-breslin/the-scribe-was-a-strict-teacher-and-he-did-not-accept-anything-less/)

[Theresa Breslin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theresa-breslin/)

> [One of the reasons I began to write was because I wanted stories for my children where the characters spoke as they did and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theresa-breslin/one-of-the-reasons-i-began-to-write-was-because-i-wanted-stories-for/)

[Theresa Breslin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theresa-breslin/)

> [In order to deliver the emotional truth in the story, you have to include some of the literal truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theresa-breslin/in-order-to-deliver-the-emotional-truth-in-the-story-you-have-to/)

[Theresa Breslin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theresa-breslin/)

> [My hope is for a literature that raises the language above the ordinary, makes words both functional and emotional, and to resonate at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theresa-breslin/my-hope-is-for-a-literature-that-raises-the-language-above-the/)

[Theresa Breslin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theresa-breslin/)

> [When I was young, I read everything I could lay my hands on, but the Scots in my storybooks spent their time fighting glorious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theresa-breslin/when-i-was-young-i-read-everything-i-could-lay-my-hands-on-but-the/)

[Theresa Breslin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theresa-breslin/)

> [What I try to do - and I think this is the former librarian in me - is to get primary source material.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theresa-breslin/what-i-try-to-do-and-i-think-this-is-the-former-librarian-in-me-is-to/)

[Theresa Breslin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theresa-breslin/)

> [In addition to exploring imaginative worlds, I believe that young people should have access to reading material that validates their life, that gives them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theresa-breslin/in-addition-to-exploring-imaginative-worlds-i-believe-that-young/)

[Theresa Breslin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theresa-breslin/)

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