"What is a vow... but the mouth repeating……" — Jane Yolen
"What is a vow... but the mouth repeating what the heart has already promised?"
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41 Quotes by Jane Yolen
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- Love the writing, love the writing, love the writing... the rest will follow.
- In fantasy stories we learn to understand the differences of others, we learn compassion for those things we cannot fathom,…
- You write to be read. That is the bottom line.
- Childrens books change lives. Stories pour into the hearts of children and help make them what they become.
- I believe that culture begins in the cradle . . .To do without tales and stories and books is to…
- Ideas are the cheapest part of the writing. They are free. The hard part is what you do with ideas…
- Write, write, and write some more. Think of writing as a muscle that needs lots of exercise.
- Intuition works best when you remember that 'tuition' is part of it. You need to have paid ahead of time…
- Exercise the writing muscle every day.
- It is the last thing we learn, / listening to the creature world...
- Well,' the Goddess said, 'your heart didn't heal straight the last time it broke. So we'll break it again and…
- Fairy Tales always have a happy ending.' That depends... on whether you are Rumpelstiltskin or the Queen.
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