Best Katherine Paterson Quotes
- It's such a thrill when an adult comes up to me and says, 'I read your book as a child and really loved it.' That's… Adult
- Kids often ask me if characters are real or made up - and I always tell them, 'I hope they're real but I made them… Always Tell
- Death is very mysterious to us. One moment someone is there with us, and the next moment they're not. Death
- 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 we… All
- Children have to have access to books, and a lot of children can't go to a store and buy a book. We need not only… Access
- I think if a book has the power to move a reader, it also has the power to offend a reader. And you want your… Book
- If you're so afraid of your imagination that you stifle it, how are you going to know God? How can you imagine heaven? Afraid
- On Decoration Day, while everyone else in town was at the cemetery decorating the graves of our Glorious War Dead, Willie Beaner and me, Robert… All
- I can't believe there will ever be a time when the book is truly obsolete. It is the perfect technology and feeds the soul. Believe
- If you're a kid who is always on the outside hoping to be on the inside, you're watching a lot. You're trying to figure out… Considers
- Reading asks that you bring your whole life experience and your ability to decode the written word and your creative imagination to the page and… Ability
- I love to read. But I loved to read a lot longer than I started to love writing. Inspirational
- Youth is a mortal wound. Inspirational
- We are trying to communicate that which lies in our deepest heart, which has no words, which can only be hinted at through the means… Communicate
- Words are humanity's greatest natural resource, but most of us have trouble figuring out how to put them together. Words aren't cheap. They are very… Cheap
- I guess real maturity, which most of us never achieve, is when you realize that you're not the center of the universe. Achieve
- All of us can think of a book... that we hope none of our children or any other children have taken off the shelf. But… Abhor
- Reading can be a road to freedom or a key to a secret garden, which, if tended, will transform all of life. All
- It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading. Something that will stretch their imaginations- something… Attitude
- ...the long train ride was like traveling through limbo. You weren't anywhere when you were on a train, she decided. You weren't where you had… Anywhere
- I love revision. Where else can spilled milk be turned into ice cream? Cream
- I was behaving, just like I promised, but fate intervened. Behaving
- ...I just gave up trying to be a Christian... Let's face it, I ain't got the knack for holiness. Besides, I didn't have the slightest… Banquet
- It was up to him to pay back to the world in beauty and caring what Leslie had loaned him in vision and strength. Beauty
- We are trying to communicate that which lies in our deepest heart, which has no words, which can only be hinted at through the means… Alone
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