Best Katherine Paterson Sayings
- To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another. Chakra
- Peace is not won by those who fiercely guard their differences, but by those who with open minds and hearts seek out connections. Connections
- We all learn here by the honorable path of horrible mistakes. All
- You have to believe it and you hate it. I don't have to and I think it's beautiful. Beautiful
- The wonderful thing about books is that they allow us to enter imaginatively into someone else’s life. And when we do that, we learn to… Able
- 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… Abundant
- It wasn't so much that he minded telling Leslie that he was afraid to go; it was that he minded being afraid. It was as… Afraid
- You gotta know someone cares about you, or you just give up. Care
- The challenge for those of us who care about our faith and about a hurting world is to tell stories which will carry the words… Bones
- Shh," he said. "Look." "Where?" "Can't you see'um?" he whispered. "All the Terabithians standing on tiptoe to see you." "Me?" "Shh, yes. There's a rumor… All
- Miss Edmunds was one of his secrets. He was in love with her. Not the kind of silly stuff Ellie and Brenda giggled about on… Brenda
- . . . Jess believed, that she thought he was the best. It was not the kind of best that counted either at school or… Believed
- We're alike, Jess would tell himself, me and Miss Edmunds . . . We don't belong at Lark Creek, Julia and me. Alike
- If you could hold your nose to avoid a stink, or close your eyes to cut out a sight, why not shut off your brain… Avoid
- ...those of us who write for children are called, not to do something to a child, but be someone for a child. Called
- Everybody gets scared sometimes, May Belle. You don't have to be ashamed. Ashamed
- Impressed. Lord. He had nearly drowned. Drowned
- She had tricked him. She had made him leave his old self behind and come into her world, and then before he was really at… Alone
- That was the rule that you never mixed up troubles at home with life at school. When parents were poor or ignorant or mean, or… Believe
- Sitting in cold wet britches for an hour was no fun even in a magic kingdom. Britches
- Sometimes it seemed to him that his life was delicate as a dandelion. One little puff from any direction, and it was blown to bits. Any
- Church always seemed the same. Jess could tune it out the same way he tuned out school, with his body standing up and sitting down… Always Seemed
- He may not have been born with guts, but he didn't have to die without them. Been
- It's like the smarter you are, the more things can scare you. Funny
- You think it's so great to die and make everyone cry and carry on. Well it ain't. Carry
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