--- title: "3 Harry Mazer Quotes - Famous Writer" description: "Recipient of the Purple Heart medal (1925-2016)... | Harry Mazer was an American writer of books for children and young adults, acclaimed for his \"reali..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-harry-mazer-84641.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Harry Mazer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-harry-mazer-84641.jpg) # Harry Mazer (1925–2016) Writer **3** quotes in **7** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Harry Mazer was a writer. ## Quick Facts About Harry Mazer Born May 31, 1925 Died April 7, 2016 Profession Writer ## About Harry Mazer Recipient of the Purple Heart medal (1925-2016)... \| Harry Mazer was an American writer of books for children and young adults, acclaimed for his "realistic" novels. He has written twenty-two novels, including The Solid Gold Kid, The Island Keeper, Heroes Don't Run, and Snow Bound, as well as one work of poetry and a few short stories. ## Quotes by Harry Mazer > [“Its my son again. Ja its Emory, God be thanked.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-mazer/its-my-son-again-ja-its-emory-god-be-thanked/) [Harry Mazer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-mazer/) [Thanked](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thanked/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/461/harry-mazer-84641_thanked_its-my-son-again-ja-its-emory-god-be-tha_195457.jpg) > [“I struggle each day not to let the fear of the censor poison my writing. Where the censor rules, a dull sameness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-mazer/i-struggle-each-day-not-to-let-the-fear-of-the-censor-poison-my/) [Harry Mazer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-mazer/) [Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4a/harry-mazer-84641_books_i-struggle-each-day-not-to-let-the-fear_217915.jpg) > [“Books are our windows on the world. They permit us to safely experience other lives and ways of thinking and feeling. Books…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-mazer/books-are-our-windows-on-the-world-they-permit-us-to-safely/) [Harry Mazer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-mazer/) [Book](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37d/harry-mazer-84641_book_books-are-our-windows-on-the-world-they_662884.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-mazer/#itemlist", "name": "Harry Mazer Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Its my son again. 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